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Title – Heather Marie Wells Heather Marie Wells Education Technology Coordinator Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bentonville, AR http://crystalbridges.org Producing Amazing Audio Content In-House
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The presentation contains three major points:1. Pre Production.2. Production.3. Post Production.
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Title – Heather Marie Wells
Heather Marie WellsEducation Technology Coordinator Crystal Bridges Museum of American ArtBentonville, ARhttp://crystalbridges.org
Producing Amazing Audio Content In-House
Bio – Heather Marie Wells
Heather Marie Wells is the education technology coordinator at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AR, where she started in November of 2010. Before joining the staff at Crystal Bridges she was the collections assistant and technology coordinator at Shiloh Museum of Ozark History where she started many technology initiatives such as podcasting, iTunes U, the museum's Twitter feed, Facebook page, and teen website, The Shiloh Loft, as well as developing the museum’s first publically curated exhibit. Before that she served as a collections assistant and an education assistant at the University of Arkansas Museum.
Heather Marie’s projects have earned awards from the Arkansas Museum Association (AMA) as well as a MUSE award from the Media & Technology Committee. She was also named as the Southeastern Museums Conference (SEMC) Emerging Professional of the Year for 2008. She has presented numerous times at AMA, SEMC, and AAM meetings and written tech articles for the Historic House Museum Affinity Group newsletter and the American Public Gardens Association magazine. She is serving her first term on the Arkansas Museum Associations’ board. Heather Marie earned her MA in anthropology from the University of Arkansas.
Heather Marie Wells
PRODUCING AMAZING AUDIO CONTENT IN-HOUSE
Heather Marie WellsOctober 24, 2011
Poll: What are you thinking of using audio for?
Tours
Podcasting
Streaming
On demand in galleries
Presentations
Other
Poll: What goals are you trying to achieve with audio?
Alternative learning method
Means of delivering supplemental information
Reaching a global audience
Accessibility outside of business hours
Other
The Steps to Creating Audio
Pre Production
Production
Post Production
Poll: Which step do you need the most help with?
Pre Production
Production
Post Production
Pre Production - Make a Plan
Write what your goals are
How do you think you want to publish your audio?
What tone do you want to have - formal or informal?
How to pick voices
Where to record
Getting equipment
Content Concerns: Think Before You Record
Release forms
Language
Subject matter
Copyright
Copyright - Theirs
Types of material
Performance rights organizations
ASCAP license
BMI license
SESAC license
Royalty free music (podsafe music)
Sound effects
Copyright - Yours
Terms of Use
Creative Commons
Control vs. Accessibility
Making Recording Fun - Selecting Voices
Listen to the voices around you
What sounds pleasant to you
Tone, timber, gender, age (of the voice not the talent)
Match content to voice style
Balance of knowledge and quality
Making Recording Fun - Location
Quiet place
Small or large
Comfortable furniture - stands, floor mats, chairs
No phones - cell phones should be in airplane mode
Hang up signs asking for quiet
Plenty of power outlets
Convenient facilities
Good, but quiet ventilation
Available for multiple sessions
Production
Production
Record directly on a computer
Audacity
Garageband
Portable digital recorder
Digital Recorders
You get what you pay
Don’t look at anything less than $100.00
Really nice ones start in the range of $400 - $600
Pro recorders start at $1000 and go up
ConsiderationsBattery life & type
Physical size
Inputs
Audio quality
Memory type
Recording format
Accessories
Resource: www.transom.org
http://transom.org/?page_id=7514
Microphones
Type of plug
Condenser
Phantom power
Direction
Misc. EquipmentCables
Adapters
Headphones
Shock mounts
Windscreens
Mixers
Sound booth
Accessories
Sound Booth
Making Recording Fun - TalentSet expectations, explain the process, talk about who the audience is
Have water available
Don’t schedule marathon sessions
Allow time for breaks and questions
Be patient
If they ask for another take, let them
Be supportive, but constructive
If a mistake is made restart at a logical place
Making Recording Fun - Mic Test
“Check one, two. Check one, two.”
“Pop goes the weasel ticky-tock, ticky-tock while Suzie sells seashells by the seashore.”
“A steel seal searches childish snakes for chewy chocolates.”
“Boldly balancing pickles on punks in poodleskirts.”
Post Production
Learn from my Beginner Mistakes
Make a backup of your raw audio and make edits to another copy
Save and save often
Save multiple versions
Do not delete any related files until you have published your audio
Where to Edit
Quiet place
Hang up signs
Comfortable furniture
Plenty of power outlets
Controllable light source
Good ventilation
As An Editor
Give yourself breaks
Have water
Big monitors / dual monitors
Pad the schedule - it always takes longer than you think
Ergonomic work station
Like writing - do multiple rough cuts and walk away for a bit
Audacity
Easy as Editing a Word Document
Select audio the same way you select text
Same keyboard short cuts
Use of the delete key
To copy - Control c
To cut - Control x
To Paste - Control v
Or there’s always the edit menu
Effect Options
Common Editing Effects
Amplify
Fade
Noise Removal
Normalization
Amplify
Fade
Noise Removal
Normalize
Q & A
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!
Heather Marie WellsEducation Technology Coordinator
[email protected]: hmwells
http://sites.google.com/site/hmbwells
Crystal Bridges Museum of American ArtBentonville, Arkansas
Opening 11-11-11
