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Novella Nelson: Voice-Over Craft and Practice
DATES: Saturdays, August 9 and 16 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM
Novella Nelson’s extensive acting career has involved wide-ranging roles in film, theater and television. She also has a highly successful career as a voice-over artist. This Master Class is designed for actors, authors, performers, radio hosts and anyone who wishes to learn the craft of being a professional voice-over artist. Through a variety of exercises, recordings, critique and discussion, participants will explore the process of shaping and shifting your voice to embody characters and moods.
Radio Producing and DJing
DATES: Tuesdays, July 22, 29, August 5 and Thursdays, July 24, 31, August 7 from 1:00 - 4:00 PM
Learn to Host Your Own Radio Show
Making Radio Documentaries
DATES: Mondays, July 14, 21, 28 from 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Do you have an idea for a short radio documentary about a person, place or happening in West Philadelphia?
Writing Radio Drama
Thursdays, April 17, 24, May 1, 8 from 7:00-9:00 PM
Character, plot, story, description, soundscape, dialogue, these and more are the elements that combine in the author controlled medium of dramatic radio. This radio scriptwriting workshop will guide workshop participants through the process of creating short radio plays for WPEB. Participants should come to this workshop with a story idea on a topic or issue relevant to their community, and be prepared to get dramatic!
Introduction to Digital Sound Editing
Wednesdays, January 16, 23, 30 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Using computers to edit sound! After you’ve done your interviews and made your recordings, learn how to cut them down to size and fit them together into one seamless piece of audio. This workshop will be a hands-on tutorial on using Audacity, a free, open source audio editing program.
Writing Radio Drama
Mondays, November 26, December 3, 10, 17 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Character, plot, story, description, soundscape, dialogue, these and more are the elements that combine in the author controlled medium of dramatic radio. This radio scriptwriting workshop will guide workshop participants through the process of creating short radio plays for WPEB. Participants should come to this workshop with a story idea on a topic or issue relevant to their community, and be prepared to get dramatic!
Community News Reporting
Tuesdays, November 13, 20, 27, December 4 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
This training workshop will give you the skills to be a community news reporter. How do you uncover the news? How do you know if a story is important? How do you produce a radio news story – quickly and accurately? Workshop participants will learn the craft and technique of radio journalism by researching, producing and editing short news or feature stories about West Philadelphia for broadcast on WPEB.
Making Radio Documentaries
Saturdays, October 27, November 10 December 1, 15 from 10:00 am -1:00 pm
Do you have an idea for a short radio documentary about a person, place or happening in West Philadelphia?