In this audio piece, I am trying to show the connection that Kadijah has with her family. Kadijah, also says that her family was her motivation to go to college and get a degree. This was an easy story to tell because she gave me so much material that I could use and show that connection with her family. In the beginning of the profile I had Kadijah talking about how her college experience has been so far. In this part you hear that it was hard for her to leave her family, but she is moving on and making new friends. While she is talking about her college experience in the first 48 seconds of the profile, I had put the environmental sound in. My choice to put the environmental sound in was because she started to talk about people in her life. I thought to have the sound of people talking in the background fit the section because it made me feel as a listener, and as an editor that she is not alone no matter were she is. I ended the environmental sound clip by fading out. Originally I had it just cut it, but it did not sound good with the sound just stopping. It did not have the flow that I was trying to do with the profile. But, by fading the clip made it sound better.
At 1:40 of the profile Kadijah started to talk about her mother, and what she does for living. You find out that her mother is a successful woman in the financial world. Now, this is when I used the natural sound in the profile. When I recorded the natural sound, Kadijah was on her laptop and I was able to pick up the sound of her fingers hitting the keyboard. I thought the sound would go perfect at this part of the profile because when I think of someone working in the business field, I see someone at a desk looking at a computer typing. The problem though with the sound of the keyboard is that there is a loud hum in the background. I do not know what it is , but next time I record natural sounds I am not recording them in the library. I also ended this sound with a fade. But, the reason behind it was not the same as the first one. Kadijah says that her moms business is slowing down, so I thought that fading out of the keyboard would be a symbol. Less work means less typing at your desk at the keyboard. I really hope when people listen to this that they get that idea.
My last sound that I used was a persons loud laugh that I caught when I recorded my environmental sound. This sound came at 2:48 when Kadijah talks about how in the past it was ok not to go to college. I thought this was a good choice because today in our society , most people would laugh at the idea of being successful without going to college. This laugh was perfect because it is a loud and obnoxious .
Editing this profile took a few hours. But, it was only because Kadijah gave me such a great interview. When she gave me an answer, it was long and detailed. So trying to tell a story was easy because of her. I thought that people would be interested in hearing how her family was the reasoning for going to college and how that she almost did not go. Since Kadijah gave me such a great interview I had to cut so many things out. For example I had to cut out how Kadijah is part of clubs and other activities here at Wagner. They just did not fit into the story I wanted to tell. Also I did not want to use a lot of other sounds because I thought it would take away the story that Kadijah was telling. But, next time I record sounds like natural and room tone, I will make sure that I am in a quiet room , so that the sounds that I am trying to capture will come out more clear. The thing that actually took the most time was taking out the “Ums”. After editing this profile I never want to hear that sound again.Another problem I had with the editing is with some of the cuts. I tried to fill in the cuts with the room tone , but in a few parts you still hear some cuts. Overall I am happy how my audio profile came out and I hope others can enjoy it.
