Sound Slideshows

I love the way video and sound blends in beautifully with still images.  Use of multimedia in storytelling has widened horizons for audience and storytellers alike. Through the medium, a greater understanding of issues and the media’s role in portraying those issues is on the rise. A few sound slideshows explain exactly my idea of multimedia.

A Georgian Diary by Thomas Dworzak is probably a great piece in which sound plays a crucial role in understanding the mood of the story. The sober music provides a background for the gloomy affects of war, which are a constant source of poignant memories for future generations.

The raccoon hunting slideshow (Images by Josh Meltzer, audio by Jen McCaffery and Josh Meltzer) has amazing sound effects, but lack powerful images. If both had been on high quality, the project would have been perfect. But, overall I liked the way sound has been used here.

George W. Bush’s last days in office by Alec Soth are well summarized in the third slideshow. The  haphazard photographs with Bush’s mistakes in his own voice during his presidency as background commentary provides the theme - absurdity. 

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