Questions about Hardy and Portelli,
"I Can Almost See the Lights of Home"
Why is Charles Hardy so excited
about the possibilities offered by digital media?
How would you classify "I
Can Almost See the Lights of Home"? Do you endorse Hardy's use of the
term "essay-in-sound"?
Would Hardy agree with Bolter
and Grusin that all new media remediates old media?
How have developments in technology
influenced the evolution of the audio documentary?
What are the significant characteristics
of "authoring" in sound as opposed to print?
What are different ways of handling
narration in a documentary? Which seems most effective? How would you classify
the ways that "Trail of Tears," "Witness to an Execution,"
and "I Can Almost See the Lights of Home" make use of a narrator?
What does it mean to have a "dialogic"
interview?
What do you think of the structure
of "I Can Almost See the Lights of Home"--that is, the way that
is built around "chapters" and "movements"? What is the
distinction between movements and chapters, anyway?
How are transitions made in "Trail
of Tears," "Witness to an Execution," and "I Can Almost
See the Lights of Home"?
What does Hardy mean by "contrapuntal
radio"? What do you think of this as a technique?
What would be the effect of adding
photographs and video to "I Can Almost See the Lights of Home"?
Do you think "I Can Almost
See the Lights of Home" was a successful experiment?
