finding the song: editing spoken word audio as music
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These are the slides from my presentation at PodCamp Montreal 2009. You really need the audio for the presentation to make sense, since it's about audio editing! :) Audio avaliable at http://www.archive.org/download/EditingSpeechAsIfItWereMusic/editingspeech_vbr.mp3TRANSCRIPT
Finding the SongEditing an interview as if it were music
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The Agenda
Why edit?
Speech as Song
The Usual Suspects
Tips and techniques
Ethics
Open Discussion
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Why Edit?
the audience
the subject
the interviewer (get over yourself!)
It’s about respect!
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Speech as Song
Consider chant when editing speech
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The usual suspects
Um’s and Ah’s
“You know”
“double-clutching”
false starts
run-on interviewer questions!!!!
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Down to detailsthink phrases, not words
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Tips and Techniques
phrases are families - don’t be a home wrecker!
editing consonants vs. vowels
let the speaker breathe!
timing is everything! (100ms can be a long time!)
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Ears, not Eyes
don’t get hung up on waveforms
close your eyes
speech rhythm is heard, not seen!
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Dealing with silence
mistreatment of silence destroys the rhythm
silence can communicate
silence is white space, not empty space
record some room tone!
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Pick your spots
Don’t edit out the humanity!
save the tightest editing for key points
this is a point of some debate
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Some examples
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Ethics of editing
editing is not about distortion
editing is not about creating fiction
editing is about making the meaning clear
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Ethical dilemmas?
re-recording questions after the fact
using pitch correction to make a statement sound like a question
speech impediments
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About me
On the Log http://onthelog.com
The B-Side http://bee-ess.org
@johnMeadows (Twitter)
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