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MENTORSHIP

Audio documentary is a unique genre. It is a combination of sound art and journalism that opens up imagination and brings the listener closer to individual stories. 

 

In the workshop of audio storytelling we will invite you to play with the documentary audio medium and accompany you on your creative journey. We will explain how to use sound to tell your own, your friend's or someone else's story in a captivating way.

 

During the five sessions, participants of the programme will get to know the variety of documentary audio narratives, learn how to make quality recordings, learn interview and other material gathering techniques, and construct an engaging documentary narrative from different types of audio scenes. During the mentorship, each participant will create a short (5-7 min.) audio piece to be presented at the closing event of the festival.

Feedback from program participants:
 

Great program, I am very glad that I participated and that it happened. The most memorable thing was the very beginning, when during the meeting we did creativity exercises and ear cleaning tasks. Somehow such a non-binding beginning made me believe that you can create an audio story, because you can simply hear, listen (to the world). ​ ​ ​

 

 

It was very interesting to hear certain journalistic tricks and practical advice on the structure of the story, preparing for interviews, communication, sound recording, editing, etc. Also to communicate with other participants, hear their experiences, advice, feedback. ​

 



​I gained a lot of sensitivity and attention to sound. I experienced how deeply I can create.

 

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Almost everything I learned here was new to me. And it's amazing, because even for someone who had no experience with sound work at all, everything was understandable and easy to pick up and use.

Programa

Programme

 

FIRST MEETING: INSPIRATION

 

  • What is audio documentary

  • Presentation of the programme: the path from idea to audition

  • Listening practices

  • How to turn a topic into a story

  • Discussing the generated ideas and plans

  • What is research


 

SECOND MEETING: RESEARCH

 

  • Recordings: how to record a clean sound, clean voice, exercises

  • Interview techniques

  • Scenes: types and exercises for imagination

  • Discussion of the work plans


 

THIRD MEETING: PROCESSING

 

  • Discussion of the collected materials

  • How to select quotations and structure a story

  • Text: how to write for sound

  • Basics of editing and montage

  • Recording of oneself: between fear and fortune


 

FORTH MEETING: AUDITION

 

  • Listening session of draft works, discussion

  • How to enliven and enrich your existing work with sound: sound design basics and games

Mentors

Sound artist, radio producer and editor, mostly collaborating with the journalist collective NARA. His stories have been featured on LRT RADIO and LRT KLASIKA, works have been presented at international festivals. In his creative practice, Adomas explores how audio journalism can be intertwined with sound art and how authentic voice recordings, together with other sound elements such as soundscapes, vibrations and music, can merge into a single, fluid sound texture.

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Sigita Vegytė

Journalist and radio documentary producer currently working with LRT and the NARA journalist collective. Her work focuses on socio-political issues, international relations, security and defence, highlighting human stories - she is interested in what people experience in liminal situations such as war. Sigita’s documentaries have been presented in many international festivals: Prix Europa, EBU Audio Storytelling, Internazionale a Ferrara and documentary about the migration crisis on the Belarusian border won Gold at the prestigious US audio documentary festival Third Coast in 2023.

Adomas Zubė

Mentorship 2024

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