在火博体育发现纪录片叙事的艺术

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克里斯廷: When you watch something on TV — a video — 80% of the emotion that you feel when you’re 观看，来自于你所听到的.

夏洛特: 真的?

克里斯廷: 是的. So being able to mix something and edit something and master it in a way where you’re able to express and translate emotion is just so powerful. 它是否在 audio storytelling or video storytelling, the ability to make somebody feel something 这就是一种技能吗.

夏洛特: 约翰·B. 摩尔纪录片研究合作, lovingly known as MDOCS to its students and faculty, offers a space for storytellers of all media; whether it be audio, film, photography, writing, or spoken word, MDOCS “serves Skidmore and the surrounding community through courses, workshops, and project support in the art of 非小说类."  

My name is Charlotte Mahn, and I am a member of 火博体育大学’s class of 2025. This past spring, I took Intro to Audio Documentary, a course offered by the MDOCS 程序. MDOCS is not a major nor a minor, it is simply a space for students to explore 他们的创造力. I am an 英语 major with an economics minor, and I am always intrigued 通过讲故事. I took this audio documentary class to dip my toes into the world of public radio and podcasting, and I found a passion for it. 

The class was taught by 克里斯汀·奥唐纳, a 萨拉托加温泉市 native and experienced 记者. 这就是你们一开始听到的. 克里斯汀有自己的播客 production company in downtown 萨拉托加温泉市, just five minutes from Skidmore’s 校园. 今年夏天我在那里实习. 她的播客公司Bright Sighted， 讲故事是为了照亮别人的一天. 

克里斯廷: I don’t shy away from difficult stories, but I wanna stay with the story so we can 看到隧道尽头的光明.”

夏洛特: I sat down with her to talk about her experience as a professor in the MDOCS 程序. 

克里斯廷: And honestly, it was such a great experience for me because we had such a wonderful class. Like, I just think that — and it’s also something that I was hoping would happen. 我不知道 if you remember the first day of class, but I was like "I want this to be like a safe place where we can share our stories with each other and feel like it’s a safe space to share our stories"  — to share stories that matter, we have to 深入.

We have to share things that may feel vulnerable or sensitive, and you just gotta 是真实的. You gotta be authentic, and so the more comfortable everybody in the class felt with each other, the higher the quality of the storytelling was going to be.

I think that through the class, like, people really got to know each other. 和我 felt like I really got to know all — I feel like I got to know you and the other students 这是一种荣幸，很棒.

夏洛特: Christine’s instincts for what makes good storytelling are clear — vulnerability is scary but essential for good stories, and what I loved so much about the class was 她提供的安全空间. 我在火博体育的许多其他课程中都找到了这种安全感， 不管是哪个部门. 然而，这门课的特别之处在于，它有多亲密 我们都变成了.  

夏洛特: 我不知道. There was an intimacy in that class that I haven’t really found anywhere 在火博体育. People were just okay to like put themselves out there and tell 他们的故事. And like, by the end, the pieces that people were producing; I’m like ‘people have to hear this they have to like understand like how cool it is.是的。 a great way to connect with people and also get a grade for it.

Skidmore is a place for anyone, but the MDOCS lab is for anyone who wants to tell 一个故事. Whether it’s your own or someone else’s, you can count on a place to tell it. 你可以指望人们关心它.  

MDOCS还赞助了 说书人研究所这是一个由火博体育学院(火博体育大学)主办的为期五周的住院医师项目. 六月， the institute welcomes its Fellows to work on independent projects and engage in an 年度主题. Residency spots are open to professional documentary practitioners (visiting 研究员)和火博体育学院的学生、教职员工. 实习期提供 an intensely focused period of time for the Fellows to work independently and collaboratively in order to hone their craft and advance their current projects." 

Thank you for listening, and to find more information on 火博体育大学, the MDOCS 计划，或故事讲述者协会的访问 www.火博体育.edu.