Good topic, and good work. A couple of notes. Watch out for the “put subtitle here”. Also, it’s clear the audio is timed to the slides, rather than the other way around. As I noted, silence can be a good tool, when it’s used with intention, but unintentionally, it just seems awkward. A little bit of patchiness there at the end in the narrative, as well.
It’s hard to get away from reading, I know, but practice. Think about what you are saying as you are saying it, and who you are trying to reach. Picture them starting to lose your voice, daydream. And then *implore* them to listen a little longer. The text itself is good, but you need to think about how to use the pitch of your voice to really try to draw the listener in.
Thanks Professor, oddly enough, I didn’t read at all, I “tried” to speak freely, and in the beginning did ok but was losing train of thought by the end, as you could tell. I was surprised at how well this kind of thing worked in imovie, a huge improvement from what I would have gotten from ppt. Do you think this is something I could and/or should rework for the final week?
Up to you. I was aiming for more of the text, but I think a few people are interested in improving their presentations instead and that works for me. If you were to have another go at it, I would say think about bringing up the pace a bit. Maybe record your audio track at a good pace (not beyond where you are comfortable, but get excited and you’ll naturally speak a little quicker), then edit your visuals to match that pace.
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July 27, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Good topic, and good work. A couple of notes. Watch out for the “put subtitle here”. Also, it’s clear the audio is timed to the slides, rather than the other way around. As I noted, silence can be a good tool, when it’s used with intention, but unintentionally, it just seems awkward. A little bit of patchiness there at the end in the narrative, as well.
It’s hard to get away from reading, I know, but practice. Think about what you are saying as you are saying it, and who you are trying to reach. Picture them starting to lose your voice, daydream. And then *implore* them to listen a little longer. The text itself is good, but you need to think about how to use the pitch of your voice to really try to draw the listener in.
As I said: good topic, and a really good effort.
July 27, 2009 at 5:09 pm
Thanks Professor, oddly enough, I didn’t read at all, I “tried” to speak freely, and in the beginning did ok but was losing train of thought by the end, as you could tell. I was surprised at how well this kind of thing worked in imovie, a huge improvement from what I would have gotten from ppt. Do you think this is something I could and/or should rework for the final week?
July 27, 2009 at 11:48 pm
Up to you. I was aiming for more of the text, but I think a few people are interested in improving their presentations instead and that works for me. If you were to have another go at it, I would say think about bringing up the pace a bit. Maybe record your audio track at a good pace (not beyond where you are comfortable, but get excited and you’ll naturally speak a little quicker), then edit your visuals to match that pace.