Certa Skills for Community Arts Work

Mark Jones 2015


Skills for Community Arts Work

Project Portfolio:
Storytelling, Recording, and Basic Sound Editing

Contents
Introduction…………………………………………………………....5
Project overview……………………………………………………..6
Project plan..……………………………………………………………8
Budget……………………………………………………………………10
Logistics………………………………………………………………...11
Publicity…………………………………………………………………12

Project writeup and documentation:
Session 1…………………………………………….………………….18
Session 2………………………………………………………………..25
Final self evaluation of aims & objectives……………….34
Notes on Volunteers………………………………………………35
Appendices
poster(i), project handout(ii), h&s/risk assessments(iii), receipts(iv), consent forms(v), tutor assessment(vi), participant evaluation(vii), written works commissioned for project(viii)

Introduction
Activities: storytelling and recording workshop, sound editing workshop
Literacy, digital recording & editing
In tandem with a local literacy initiative (Activ8) at the central library in Hull, this project encourages literacy and communication skills in addition to confidence building; the main outcome is the ability of the attendees to record the voices of themselves and others and edit down the recorded results. With this in mind, confidence in IT processes is also an intended outcome.
AIMS:
  * Produce a concise recording of locally composed poetry/prose
  * Improve literacy for infants and storytelling skills for parents/adults
  * Edit sound
Objectives:
  * Choosing work written for a local project involving the Larkin Toads
  * Encouraging attendees to read aloud
  * Taking turns to record using a dictaphone
  * Teaching correct microphone/Dictaphone handling techniques
  * Editing recordings in Audacity

Learning Outcomes
Hard Outcomes:
  * Improved storytelling skills
  * Basic field recording techniques
  * Basic sound editing skills
Soft Outcomes:
  * Improved literacy skills
  * Confidence in public speech and...