This is a nicely mixed, well-edited piece with good use of sound and actualities. Karen Brown's writing and narration is crisp and pleasing to listen to. I would have liked to get a feeling for whether the family that is attempting a homesteading style of life is actually having any fun doing it, but we do get a good picture of what they have accomplished in this feature. The only flaw in the piece for me was a jarring 15-second phone actuality at about 3:55 into the piece; it is the only phone interview in the piece and I think it would hold up just as well without it. Other than that, it is a nice sound portrait of what it is like to homestead in an inner-city neighborhood.
Review of Urban Homesteaders
Phil Corriveau
Posted on June 18, 2006 at 04:33 PM
This is a nicely mixed, well-edited piece with good use of sound and actualities. Karen Brown's writing and narration is crisp and pleasing to listen to. I would have liked to get a feeling for whether the family that is attempting a homesteading style of life is actually having any fun doing it, but we do get a good picture of what they have accomplished in this feature. The only flaw in the piece for me was a jarring 15-second phone actuality at about 3:55 into the piece; it is the only phone interview in the piece and I think it would hold up just as well without it. Other than that, it is a nice sound portrait of what it is like to homestead in an inner-city neighborhood.