Lana Interview

Big Gay Ice Cream Truck

Again, when editing this story, I took out most of the quotes by other people that weren't vital to the information of the story. I concentrated on making sure to get all of his quotes and then more positive reactions to his Big Gay Ice Cream Truck. I also faded in and faded out at the end. I kept a lot of the music at the end because I thought it went well with the end of the story and of course, the story content.

IF you love Jimmy as much as I do....

Check out this amazing disco version of Jimmy Adja......love it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPbrSjiJI8&feature=fvw

Tajik Jimmy rocks my world.

I decided to cut out alot of his actual singing but still give a good variety of his different singing techniques. I also started the story a little later without the background information at the beginning because I felt the story should be more strictly about Jimmy and his singing. I cut it down to just get the details without too many that weren't vital to the story which was about his singing and his record deal. I used a few fades to help with coming into and out of the story.

Storytelling - Ira Glass

Ira talks from the very beginning about the "evolution" of how you decide to write/produce/tell a story. He says to forget what you learned in high school, that it is not so much of a standardized formula which I think is very important when you are developing your storytelling abilities for broadcasting.

I thought it was interesting when he spoke about the anecdote. That one thing happens that leads to another that leads to another. Also, that you should always be answering questions. When he speaks about how it is difficult to find a good story to explore I definitely can relate to this.

Having to do applications last semester with the paper and then doing Campus Watch this semester, it is often difficult to come up with ideas for stories that are different and exciting and not just the usual old stuff. He says that, "often more time is spent finding the story than producing it." This is SO true.

I love at the end when he is talking about people who get in to either TV or radio and think they have to "act" or "sound" like other people who are in the business. Working in radio, I can totally see how alot of people do this. When I am on-air I try to not be "cheesy radio voice" girl because when people do that we all make fun of them so bad!

All of his information, including to be more concise in your storytelling is something that I definitely need to remember. I tend to not only ramble, but be a little dramatic. Sometimes less is more.