I decided to do my story like an NPR interview. Seeing most of my posts all follow the same premise, being a boom operator, I decided to continue that trend. I am noticing after each assignment that my scope is becoming more and more focused, which I assume is the purpose of each assignment.  I decided to hone in on the “Boom Mafia”, which I slightly explained in the last assignment. For this assignment, I wanted people listening to get the perspective from another boom’s point of view on what it means to be apart of the group.

Only having 2 minutes really made this difficult. In the raw audio footage post, you can see that it was 10 minutes long. Condensing that into 2 minutes was quite the workload, but I did enjoy it. It was like a very stretched out puzzle. Listening to the raw footage, you can also tell that Andrew’s interview is quite different. I only grabbed pieces of the interview that were relevant and that could create the best picture. This also required editing my questions even. Shaving seconds anywhere I could was the most important thing. I found using Audition being incredibly easy and intuitive. Trying to keep the volume even throughout the interview was slightly difficult but using as Andrew’s and mysself’s voices are quite different and carry differently through the mic. This was easier to do after playing around with audition as there is a volume limiter within the program.

I decided to use some music that I found on ccmixter.org that fits with the interview. I think it is simple enough for an intro and the closing was quick. This helped with my timing issues and gave subtle background music that I don’t believe is too dominating. Overall, I thought the interview turned out great and comparing it with the raw footage, I am impressed with how it turned out!