Almost everyone has an opinion on God, whether or not they believe there is one, and the creator of this piece successfully captures a number of very thoughtful, interesting perspectives from teenagers of various religions. An important piece in a culture full of negative images of teens, it still needs some editing before broadcasting. Although the narration successfully introduces and groups quotes, it does not add to the depth of the piece, which might work better as simply a montage of voices. (In fact, the first couple minutes, which contained no narration, were for me the most powerful ones.) In addition, the sound quality of this piece needs improvement; various mike sounds and poorly mixed music detract from the overall effect. Still, the fascinating quotes showing a variety of views on who God is and his or her role in our lives deserve airtime and I’d love to see this piece edited, remixed, and ready to air.
This story, Teen views on god, was very interesting. It was about different people from different religions and faiths speaking on the issue of what god is and what he/she/they do/does. The reporter says throughout the entire story that she now and will be always questioning her faith and what it means to her. The story had very good background noise consisting of different hymns and she even gets an interviewee sing a song. The only beef I had was at the very beginning the transitions where a little to short, but other than that it was a great and very deep audio piece. I would recommend it to anyone.
This piece has a lot of potential but there are too many technical problems to recommend this for broadcast. While I love the subject and the differing perspectives presented as well as the style and approach this piece takes, there is too much distortion, pops, mic handling and strange fades/levels. I think that if the narration were done over again and the most technically problematic sections were edited out, there could be a great 4-5 minute piece. I welcome the chance for young people to talk about their spiritual beliefs. This is an important topic and it would be a shame to waste the interview material gathered. I'm a great proponent of youth radio but this piece eally needs to be remixed with the best recordings and the narration needs to recorded at a slower pace and without popping. Please take this as encouragement that we need this piece in broadcasting - just without the technical problems.
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This piece belongs to the series "Youth Ideas Radio Project 2005"
Produced by International Festival of Arts & Ideas
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3 comments
Eilis O'Neill
Posted on November 24, 2005 at 04:51 PM | Permalink
Review of Teen Perspectives on God
Almost everyone has an opinion on God, whether or not they believe there is one, and the creator of this piece successfully captures a number of very thoughtful, interesting perspectives from teenagers of various religions. An important piece in a culture full of negative images of teens, it still needs some editing before broadcasting. Although the narration successfully introduces and groups quotes, it does not add to the depth of the piece, which might work better as simply a montage of voices. (In fact, the first couple minutes, which contained no narration, were for me the most powerful ones.) In addition, the sound quality of this piece needs improvement; various mike sounds and poorly mixed music detract from the overall effect. Still, the fascinating quotes showing a variety of views on who God is and his or her role in our lives deserve airtime and I’d love to see this piece edited, remixed, and ready to air.
Michael Eddy
Posted on October 16, 2005 at 10:44 AM | Permalink
Review of Teen Perspectives on God
This story, Teen views on god, was very interesting. It was about different people from different religions and faiths speaking on the issue of what god is and what he/she/they do/does. The reporter says throughout the entire story that she now and will be always questioning her faith and what it means to her. The story had very good background noise consisting of different hymns and she even gets an interviewee sing a song. The only beef I had was at the very beginning the transitions where a little to short, but other than that it was a great and very deep audio piece. I would recommend it to anyone.
Dmae Lo Roberts
Posted on October 11, 2005 at 10:49 AM | Permalink
Review of Teen Perspectives on God
This piece has a lot of potential but there are too many technical problems to recommend this for broadcast. While I love the subject and the differing perspectives presented as well as the style and approach this piece takes, there is too much distortion, pops, mic handling and strange fades/levels. I think that if the narration were done over again and the most technically problematic sections were edited out, there could be a great 4-5 minute piece. I welcome the chance for young people to talk about their spiritual beliefs. This is an important topic and it would be a shame to waste the interview material gathered. I'm a great proponent of youth radio but this piece eally needs to be remixed with the best recordings and the narration needs to recorded at a slower pace and without popping. Please take this as encouragement that we need this piece in broadcasting - just without the technical problems.