Week 8 Class Notes
This week in class we will do three things:
- Use the Soundslides software program to create an audio-visual slideshow.
- FTP the completed Soundslides project onto hkstories.net, like this sample project.
- Embed the Soundslides project onto our blogs.
Instructions for embedding Soundslides into Uniblogs:
If (for example) the URL of the soundslides project is http://hkstories.net/YingChan_Vision/ , then create a new post in your Uniblog. Click on the flash or “f” icon. A window will open. Paste in this http://hkstories.net/YingChan_Vision//soundslider.swf (in otherwords URL plus //soundslider.swf) You will then be asked to enter dimensions. Enter 620 for width and 533 for height.
Useful Soundslides tutorials:
- Soundslides Slide Shows from the Knight Center
- Photopop Soundslides Tutorial
- Soundslides Tutorial Part 1 by Multimedia Shooter.
- Chaptered SS Tutorial by Multimedia Shooter.
Some good professional examples of Soundslides work (courtesy of Mindy McAdams):
- Guitar Lessons at the Central Area Senior Center: An 81-year-old Seattle woman loves taking guitar lessons. No narration, nice story, several interviews skillfully edited together.
- Cockfighting in Puerto Rico: Awesome photos, wonderful audio that puts you at the scene.
- Nutcracker: A fresh photojournalism grad tells us the story of a production of the Nutcracker ballet. She produced this while on an internship at The Gainesville (Fla.) Sun. Notice the variety in shots, scenes, lenses, etc. Notice too the excellent editing of the pictures to match the content of the audio. (Update, Jan. 29, 2008: Sorry, but the newspaper has apparently moved or removed this Soundslides. You can see the original photo story on the photographer’s bog here.)
- After the Riots: A Soundslides about the housing projects in Paris, by the British newspaper The Guardian. Exceptional storytelling and great use of sound.
JMSC student examples:
The New York Times multimedia page has great examples of audio slideshows.
You should study these as you prepare to put together your own Soundslides assignments.
- previous:
- Week 7 Class notes
- next:
- Week 9 Class Notes
