Survive the Night (Soundslides)
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You all probably forgot about MEND and Survive the Night already since it was about a month ago, but Bodhi and I finished our Soundslides presentation and turned it in last Monday to our JOUR450 Advanced Photojournalism class. I wrote all of my experiences on here, so this entry will be about the Soundslides instead.
First, I actually liked the length of this Soundslides more than I did on my CSUN Student one because it’s just longer, and it makes the watchers absorb more of the story instead of having it all rushed. Second, I liked the two songs we chose in the Soundslides as well. The only problem I have with them is that they seem to pop out too randomly, and I can’t believe neither Bodhi and I realized that until we saw it in class. I did thought that wavelengths that was on GarageBand were too sharp, but Bodhi and I thought it was fine when we listened to it. I guess we were just so tired since we were working on this until 4 a.m. that we didn’t really hear it carefully, and I normally have my headset on when I do my own work. Haha. Anyway, the song “Sunshine” by The All-American Rejects could also be louder in the end because it was indeed softer than any other audio. Last but not least, and I thought of this as well, people wanted to see and listen more about the former homeless people. The only problem was we didn’t have many photos of them. I wasn’t sure to just leave one photo and have it stand there for over a minute long with the audio. Would you listen if it were like that?
So, those were my self critiques on that. I think what I don’t like the most is just the audio popping in and popping out randomly because it’s just tough on the ears. When I listen to any audio, I love to have it flow in my ears. Ah well. Bodhi and I will just have to see what Todd grades us in the end. Professor Blumenkrantz gave me a 17/20 on my CSUN Student one, which I guess it makes sense because I do feel like I could’ve done so much more on it.