We are going to try and create this sound.

We will be using two sound clips:

MLK’s “I have a dream”

MLK’s “Injustice anywhere”

and a little background music.

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First thing first: Isn’t this a writing class?? Why the heck are we learning about audio editing?!?  

Remember that writing is a form of technology already. If writing helps us to communicate thoughts, feelings, questions, desires, and ideas, there has to be some form in which those intangible things take shape. At some point, the written alphabet developed as one tool for that very purpose. Pencils and pens were like revolutions of personal technology: suddenly anyone could “write” their thoughts down and communicate them to someone else. Convenient technology! Later would come typewriters and word processors.

If we call “writing” or “composition” any technological means of communicating ideas, then other media (audio, video, web) are simply other forms of giving tangible shape to the intangible. So, we’re not going to artifically limit writing to  print (via word processor) formats. That distinction is not only fake, but it’s not very productive in the digital age.

But writing with audio or video isn’t easier than writing with print/type. All the same considerations are still in play:

• organization
• editing
• rhetorical goals
• coherence
• style
• etc.

So, with that introduction, let’s get started!

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Hometown Badhdad

What’s the story being told in this documentary?

“Troops”

“Saif <3 Noor”

“Mentally F’ed Up”

“Market Boom“

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