lecture notes for week 5 of my course, transient spaces at RMIT University

2. Agenda
 How to use blogs to do research
 Your social media strategy
 Audio documentaries
 Interview recording options

3. How to use blogs to do
research

4. How to use blogs to do
research

5. Your social media strategy
 Subscribe to blogs and Twitter feeds, and Pinterest etc
on topics that interest you
 Work out how to read them
 Then … blog about what you’ve found out.
 I set aside time to do this every week: for me, Monday is
social media day. I make myself publish 4 blogs entries
every Monday. It takes about 2 hours.
 This isn’t just for school work, it’s for hobbies too

6. Audio documentaries
Active listening:
 Use of sound effects
 Use of atmosphere
 Use of music
 Voice-overs
 Mixing interviewees together
 Pacing – how fast / slow is it? How long does the
music, atmos, etc last? (time it)

7. Audio documentaries
 With your own doco, I’m not expecting you to do
much of this, however even just a little bit can be
very effective. Makes it much more interesting to
listen to, and can help support your story.
 Putting in sound effects, music, etc, is important in
video work too

8. Interview recording options
 Using the voice memo function on your phone
 Using a Zoom or similar
 Recording a Skype interview
 Recording a phone call to the Zoom