Pushkar Camel Fair – audio slideshow by Art Wolfe

duckrabbit thinks that this is a fantastic example of how to create a sense of place in an audio slideshow.

So many audio slideshows are turned into a borefest by a reporter laconically reading back a script that was written for print and NEVER should be read for audio. Its such a turn off and that’s exactly what the audience will do – turn off.¬† Journalists/reporters loosen up a bit or BIN YOUR SCRIPTS.

I’ve got no idea who the narrator in this slideshow is (its Art Wolfe but that’s not presented as important) but what’s clear is that he’s completely engaged in the landscape, he’s not trying to be anyone or anything, he’s just simply telling it the way it is.

‘everything starts to look like a giant painting that I’m walking through … there’s very few places on Earth that would resemble this‘.

Oh yeah and one more thing … what’s the top line, what’s the news angle? There isn’t one! You’d never get this past a news editor … just goes to show …

(c) Art Wolfe

Benjamin Chesterton

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