Sonic storytelling: sound design to make your stories sing
This third workshop in our three-part “narrative foundations” series will transform the way you think about sound.
This two-hour interactive session will include live exercises, feedback, and breakout rooms. We’ll cover step-by-step instructions to build sound-rich stories, exercises to help you work and learn fast, and tips for avoiding cheesy sound design. You’ll also develop strategies for improving your workflow, learn what visual design can teach us about sound, and best practices for dealing (and avoiding) with bad audio.
What you’ll get from the audio editing & sound design workshop:
Exercises to edit and score quickly
Strategies for dealing with poor audio quality
Techniques for scoring like a musician
Tips for avoiding cheesy sound design
Step-by-step guides to building soundscapes
Price: $95 each / $250 bundle … Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025 … Time: 9:00-11:00 am PST / 5-8 pm GMT
This is the third in our “narrative foundations” workshop series; you can sign up for each one, all three as a bundle, or join the self-paced course, and get all three workshops included.
Podcast workshop instructors
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Laura Joyce Davis
Laura Joyce Davis teaches podcasting at Stanford, founded Narrative Podcasts, and was host and Executive Producer of the award-winning Shelter in Place. Laura has an MFA in fiction, and her work has been recognized with a Fulbright scholarship, a Social Impact award, and other podcasting and writing awards. More about Laura
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Nate Davis
Nate Davis won a Mercury Award for radio advertising, served as creative director on Shelter in Place, and co-created the Social Impact Award-winning training intensive for Narrative Podcasts. An ad copywriter by trade, Nate has worked on top global brands including Apple, Nike, Sony, and Truity. More about Nate
Narrative foundations scripted podcast workshop series
Workshop 1: scriptwriting & editing
This workshop covers the key elements of writing and editing — both universal, and specific to podcasting. We’ll cover techniques and forms for getting started, creating a story from an interview, tools and for getting unblocked, story diagrams, and tips on moving from first to final draft. More details
Workshop 2: recording & voiceover
This workshop will equip you for the second major narrative podcasting building block, recording and VO. We’ll practice the vocal warmups of Broadway actors, discuss effective preparation and reading, finding your vocal sweet spot, and talk about gear and maximizing your recording quality at home. More details
Workshop 3: audio editing & sound design
This third workshop in our spring series covers the third key aspect of narrative podcasting, creating a great soundscape. We’ll cover DAWs, work on your audio editing ethos, highlight surprising parallels between visual and sound design, and explore the nuances of music and emotion.
What’s in the full podcast course?
The workshops distill key aspects of narrative podcasting, but the 16-module course covers everything in more depth, plus many other topics we can’t fit into the workshops: interviewing, launching, marketing, networking, producing, and collaborating — as well as the practices and habits for long-term creative living, like motivation, personality, boundaries, and wayfinding. For more, see the FAQs.
Sign up for the course, and get the workshops included.