1. Audacity and the City of Ember Bringing Literature into the Light! Creating an Audio Production with a Team of Students Kurt Sherman – ksherman@ccsuvt.org Dave Davidson – ddavidson@ccsuvt.org K D
6. Why an Audio Production? The right level of exposure. Middle school students can enjoy performing without the angst of seeing themselves performing Almost every class member had a speaking role K
7. Why an Audio Production? Very accessible technology that a number of students can use simultaneously to create a single production Audacity – free, on all our computers, easy to use and full of features, and an inexpensive microphone D
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9. Why an Audio Production? Easier to create a high quality audio production than a comparable video production. We can’t match the level of quality of a commercially produced video. This project followed watching a commercially produced feature film . K
10. Why an Audio Production? Audio production allows the audience to fill in the details that a visual production must provide K
11. Why an Audio Production? Fewer permission and copyright issues than other media. Made almost entirely of “home grown” content. Our own script, narration, most of the sound effects and discussed creating our own music D
21. Project Resources -Sound Effects * SOUND EFFECTS sound effects, 2 are "Free for Non-Commercial Use” Findsounds site –must check linked sounds for copyright regulations SoundGator “ You may use the sound effects you download in your films, videos, multimedia projects, presentations, games and just about any other project - but you are not allowed to sell, resell, license, distribute or post online the sound effects themselves. .” PacDV Free Sound Effects - “ You may use the sound effects on this web site free of charge in your video, film, audio and multimedia productions (but do not re-sell them or post on a web site for download).” FindSounds - When you perform a search using FindSounds.com or the WebPalette feature of FindSounds Palette, you obtain links to audio files hosted by Web sites throughout the world. The sounds in these audio files may be copyrighted and their use governed by national and international copyright laws. We do not offer advice on the fair use of these files. D
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23. Project Resources - Music * MUSIC - Students knew what they wanted for music BEFORE they began looking and how they would modify it during different parts of broadcast; considered creating their own Royalty Free Music.com The Royalty Free Music Clips, Royalty Free Music Loops, Royalty Free Beats, Royalty Free Bumpers and Stingers, and Royalty Free Sound Effects, posted on this page may be used, in Educational, student and personal, not-for-profit projects, free of charge. Musopen is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. The Free Music Archive is an online library of audio and video content that the public, including music fans, webcasters, and podcasters, may listen to, download, or stream for free. D
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26. Audacity Basic Controls Basic controls for recording and listening; you need to stop before making changes; can listen to one section by moving to that section or highlighting; D
27. Audacity – Tool Box For our project we only use the selection, timeshift and zoom tools D
