Summary: Four MIT freshmen studying environmental problem-solving visit the Galapagos Islands; they return with the voices of the people (and animals) who live there.
It's an attractive idea - students from MIT going to the Galapagos and taking you with them in sound. The program tells you exactly what it is upfront - an educationally-connected offering, which billboards it nicely and clearly. (And the website is lovely.) The sound running under all the interviews creates a palpable, physical sense of this beautiful place. I had a technical problem that may seem very picky but I think it makes the work hard to listen to. While the writing and reading by the students was pretty well done - the recording of two of the young women is dull and bass-y in the mix - especially against other recordings are so clear and bright. I teach an audio class too and I know how problematic that is on the first time out - but it's a good piece that would work well for any programming that wanted to handle environmental issues while taking listeners on an audio trip - so - in my opinion - this needs to be resolved.
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Produced by Anna Jaffe, Garrett Marino, Helene Moorman, and Lisa Song
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Marjorie Van Halteren
Posted on July 18, 2005 at 04:16 AM | Permalink
Review of Galapagos: Preserving the Trust
It's an attractive idea - students from MIT going to the Galapagos and taking you with them in sound. The program tells you exactly what it is upfront - an educationally-connected offering, which billboards it nicely and clearly. (And the website is lovely.) The sound running under all the interviews creates a palpable, physical sense of this beautiful place. I had a technical problem that may seem very picky but I think it makes the work hard to listen to. While the writing and reading by the students was pretty well done - the recording of two of the young women is dull and bass-y in the mix - especially against other recordings are so clear and bright. I teach an audio class too and I know how problematic that is on the first time out - but it's a good piece that would work well for any programming that wanted to handle environmental issues while taking listeners on an audio trip - so - in my opinion - this needs to be resolved.