One of sounddelivery's most interesting recent projects has been working with the Museum of London to create a series of podcasts for visually impaired people. Run as part of the Museum's social inclusion programme of projects, Podcasts from the Past worked one day a week for 8 weeks with a small group of adults who are currently long-term unemployed. The participants were a range of ages, with a rich variety of backgrounds and life stories, but came together to work as a team to realize their abilities and gain news skills and experience they could use in their futures.
Download MuseumofLondon_podcast.mp3
Over the course of eight weeks the group, many of who had not set foot in the Museum before, received audio-description training and learnt more about visually impaired people through workshops with Vocaleyes, had tours in the galleries with curators, spent time researching the objects chosen for the podcasts and then wrote and edited the scripts. The final three weeks of the project saw them bring the scripts to life by recording, producing and editing through workshops with sounddelivery. The guys were paired up and worked as either reporter or producer to make sure they got the best quality recording.
Learning point:
These workshops created great material for the museum, but were also a fantastic way of reaching a new audience and helping inspire and motivate people.
Links:
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/Collections/Prehistoric1700/PodcastsfromPast.htm
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