Look Me In The Eye
Bill Buffard races across the court in a game of quadriplegic rugby. Photo by Judy Beedle.
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I really, really like non-narrated radio stories — pieces that don’t have a reporter telling the story. Without a narrator, it’s like the characters are talking directly to the listener.
Unfortunately, you don’t hear many non-narrated stories on the radio and there’s a reason for that. They are insanely hard to produce.
Generally speaking, it’s a whole lot easier to produce a story with a narrator. They are the guide that holds the story together. Take away the narrator and you’ve got a lot of holes to fill.
On this Saltcast, producer and former Salt student Sarah Reynolds offers up a few interviewing tips to help with the production of non-narrated stories. We’ll also take a listen to her story “Look Me In The Eye” about Bill Buffard, a quadriplegic rugby player.
Hope you dig it.
Rob
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2 Responses to “Look Me In The Eye”
By Andrew Tandy on Jul 22, 2009
Hello,
I really enjoyed your piece and I will surely be listening to all of the saltcasts I can get my hands on.
I have listened to two so far now and both mention the use of mini-disc recorders. I am wondering why this is the recorder of choice and what features I should look for if I decide to purchase one for similar purposes.
Thanks,
Andrew
By Rob on Jul 23, 2009
Hi Andrew,
Thanks for writing.
I would suggest you DON’T buy a minidisc recorder. Instead, look into flash recorders.
There’s info about flash recorders here: https://podcast.prx.org/saltcast/?p=119
And here: http://transom.org/?category_name=tools
The reason these pieces were recorded with Minidisc recorders is because when they were state-of-the-art several years ago when these stories were produced. Now, all students use Sony D50 flash recorders.
Hope that helps. Thanks for listening!
Best,
Rob