Course Schedule
Breaks, deadlines, weekly breakdown
Spring semester
Wednesday, February 1st, to Thursday May 18th
No classes
March 15th — Advisement day
March 22nd — Spring Break
Deadlines
March 8th, Reading response 1
March 29th, Assignment 1
April 26th, Reading response 2
May 17th, Assignment 2
Week 1, February 1st
Introductions
Course overview and logistics
Listen and reflect
Centenarians in Lockdown
Tupperware by Kitchen Sisters
Kitts Beach Soundwalk by Hildegaard Westerkamp
Week 2, February 8th
History of radio and podcasting
Categorizing types of podcasts by form and content (Berry, 3 types of podcast)
Podcast networks - Radiotopia listening exercise
Week 3, February 15
Hands on workshop: Zoom recorder and microphones
Week 4, February 22nd
Interviews
Narration
Story Structure
In class exercise — interview your peer
Week 5, March 1st
Hands on workshop — ProTools
In class exercise — edit interview
Week 6, March 8th
Enhancing story through sound design
Listen to examples and work on a ProTools session together using the copy, edit, create model
Rough cut feedback for first project
Due (before class) Reading response 1
March 15th and 22nd - no classes
Week 7, March 29th
Listening party
Due (before class) Assignment 1
Week 8, April 5th
Workshop ideas for second audio project
Review pitches and proposals
Week 9, April 12th
Ideas, stories, form revisited
Group listening exercises
Week 10, April 19th
Industry structure (public radio, podcast networks, grants and funding for emerging creators);
Distributing and marketing your work;
Building a portfolio and finding entry level work (tape syncs, audio assembly and assistant editor); Radio Listserv and Discord, LADIO, AIR, Third Coast
Week 11, April 26th
In class time to work on second project, with individual check ins
Due (before class) Reading response 2
Week 12, May 3
Guest Lecture TBA
Week 13, May 10
Rough cut feedback
Week 14, May 17
[Remote class] Listening party
Due (before class) Assignment 2
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