Great to find your student’s new work on this site!
I think that you and your colleagues and students have identified both the promise and pitfalls of delivering complex audio and print information simultaneously.
Maybe starting with Title, and adding a few production credits to fill the screen, would make it clearer that the video isn’t just missing. In fact – filling more of the screen with SOMETHING… images, graphics or text would help.
But I’m not sure that the still-image slide show is ready for the dustbin of the web, yet. Use stills to fill out the story. That’s what the user wants if they are going to be staring at a screen, and visuals don’t clash with audio the way text does.
In Anne’s piece, about 1 minute in, there is the classic problem of too much text while trying to extract meaning from her audio content. People are talking, and it’s hard to read even that list of names while listening to what they’re saying.
You’ve identified these problems (challenges? opportunities!). They are tough ones, and audio’s traditional strength is the ability to listen in the car, on the subway, on the street etc. I’m not convinced that ‘pop-up radio’ is a compelling alternative to providing additional content on-line for users who ‘want more’.
It is exciting to hear your student's work already! I hadn't even noticed the text on the screen upon first listening. Then I read Brad's comments and went back for a second time. I agree that the text was impossible to read and listen at the same time at around 54 sec. in.
I am curious how your student stubled upon this Judo studio.
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Dean,
Great to find your student’s new work on this site!
I think that you and your colleagues and students have identified both the promise and pitfalls of delivering complex audio and print information simultaneously.
Maybe starting with Title, and adding a few production credits to fill the screen, would make it clearer that the video isn’t just missing. In fact – filling more of the screen with SOMETHING… images, graphics or text would help.
But I’m not sure that the still-image slide show is ready for the dustbin of the web, yet. Use stills to fill out the story. That’s what the user wants if they are going to be staring at a screen, and visuals don’t clash with audio the way text does.
In Anne’s piece, about 1 minute in, there is the classic problem of too much text while trying to extract meaning from her audio content. People are talking, and it’s hard to read even that list of names while listening to what they’re saying.
You’ve identified these problems (challenges? opportunities!). They are tough ones, and audio’s traditional strength is the ability to listen in the car, on the subway, on the street etc. I’m not convinced that ‘pop-up radio’ is a compelling alternative to providing additional content on-line for users who ‘want more’.
Brad Klein
It is exciting to hear your student's work already! I hadn't even noticed the text on the screen upon first listening. Then I read Brad's comments and went back for a second time. I agree that the text was impossible to read and listen at the same time at around 54 sec. in.
I am curious how your student stubled upon this Judo studio.
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