the audio clip process

Firstly when collecting the audio equipment I had a quick brief in how to use the recorder Marantz Professional Recorder. Using a hard disk I managed to record the interviews in the office at the public house and then come straight to the editing room at uni, load up the work onto Audocity software.

Once the work was loaded it was a basic job of cutting and pasting - not the most professional, but very effective method - all of the tracks into a flowing sequence that created the interview.

After positioning all tracks I saved the work and then exported it as a Wav file, once as a Wav file i then converted it to MP3, did some level checks and general inspection of the piece to see whether it really worked! Then I burnt it onto a disc as an audio mp3 file which is therefore playable in both a CD player and a computer.

This wasn't the smoothest or coolest way of doing the interview and organising all of the tracks, but like I said before very effective, so take a listen and tell me what you think.

Thanks.

the audio clip process

Firstly when collecting the audio equipment I had a quick brief in how to use the recorder Marantz Professional Recorder. Using a hard disk I managed to record the interviews in the office at the public house and then come straight to the editing room at uni, load up the work onto Audocity software.

Once the work was loaded it was a basic job of cutting and pasting - not the most professional, but very effective method - all of the tracks into a flowing sequence that created the interview.

After positioning all tracks I saved the work and then exported it as a Wav file, once as a Wav file i then converted it to MP3, did some level checks and general inspection of the piece to see whether it really worked! Then I burnt it onto a disc as an audio mp3 file which is therefore playable in both a CD player and a computer.

This wasn't the smoothest or coolest way of doing the interview and organising all of the tracks, but like I said before very effective, so take a listen and tell me what you think.

Thanks.

Audio Clip - Smoking Ban

Here is the audio clip with the short interview with Michael Greaney an insider from the ale industry in Birmingham.

Enjoy

Smoking Ban Audio Clip

I have decided not to create a vox pop style audio clip, but have instead had a quick interview with a bar supervisor in Birmingham on his views on the effects that the smoking ban will have on the industry.

I visited him in the office at the pub and he was really informative and clear with his views, that I decided that this was good enough for a short audio interview. He has formerly worked in a smoking bar in the town but now supervises at a non-smoking bar, which gave him a great insight into the what the implications of the smoking ban may be.

I'll post it shortly, once it is edited, and hope you have the time to have a listen.
Thanks.
Paul

The result of the national local elections

The Conservative Party were overall winners of the local elections in the year of 2007.

The results of this form the end of the Blair era...and the Cameron conservative crusade going from strength to strength with labour losing 9 local councils and the conservative winning 38, including an 18 year old councillor, in comparison to last years results.

Locally the conservatives have gained an overall majority in Birmingham city council, which is the first time this has been done in over 20 years!

lets see whether this theme continues onto the national elections...and how the nation reacts to Gordon Brown!

Not to be...

I had recently been in contact with Birmingham Universities conservative party union. My aim was to film and edit a video blog about a questions and answer session from visiting local conservative party member, Andrew Mitchell.

Unfortunately the chairman of the union was slack in response and couldn't confirm whether it was alright for me to film the session, therefore I didn't attend.

Obviously this is disappointing especially considering the recent success the conservative party have had nationally in the local elections and this would have followed up nicely with a feature on the reaction from within the party.

but it was not to be...

Keep your eyes peeled!

For my coursework I have been struggling to come up with an idea for a audio clip to put on the news site, but with a quick bus journey and some well placed advertising thanks to West Midland buses I have now come up with the following.

I am going to create an audio interview with bar staff and customers questioning them on how they will be effected by the up and coming smoking ban in bars, enforced on the 1st of July.

This will also allow for a feature on the same topic but including opinions from those already affected by the ban in Wales, which was enforced on the 1st of April, and whether the ban has had a negative effect on businesses or is a deterent from people to not go to the pub?

So keep your eyes peeled and you never know what might inspire you!

Follow this link for a full overview of the whole ban campaign in the UK.