[UPDATED NOV 6TH] Adding podcasts to your blog

Archive.org doesn't appear to be much use - try finding a file you've uploaded previously and you'll struggle! I've tried another option, SUPLOAD.COM. This is an easy to use site for images, audio and video - BUT appears to have crashed my browser. Try it and let me know if it works for you, or pass on any suggestions of a site for uploading audio/video etc. I'll feed any suggestions/comments back in a new post next week.

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 Download Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen
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Full instructions, found from using the search term 'mp3' in blogger help, can be seen here - http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=22a056d02a445231&hl=en
 
In brief, sign up to a web service which allows you to upload, store and share audio files; and either add a link to the file or embed an audio player in your blog post

The blog posting suggests using http://www.archive.org/ - which works very much like Scribd.com, but appears a little slow. I trialled this uploading this file
Try clicking this just to check it works, and to see what will happen when some fascinated punter clicks on your eagerly anticipated podcast!

Once you've created an mp3, using iTunes if necessary to convert your audio file - see the post above! - upload this to archive.org or another site; the simplest approach then is to type into your post something like 'Access the podcast here' and make this a link in blogger - copy the link to your mp3 file for this*)
        *hold in the CTRL button and click on the hyperlink for the mp3 on the archive.org page (just right-click on a PC); select 'Copy Link Location', and paste this in as your link in blogger

As you may well be using a video camera to record your audio, an alternative to extracting the audio track and putting it through GarageBand/iTunes is to add some relevant stills to the imported track within Final Cut (preferrably - try to start using this!), upload it to YouTube and use the embed code it generates. You're also then using additional new media for your project.

Remember, your podcast should:

1. outline your idea, the narrative concept, ...
2. what inspired it
3. including influences (films, TV shows)
4. summarise your new-found genre knowledge
5. as well as the codes and conventions of the genre, also talk about the Cs+Cs of the format (SF/TT)
   
6. what you've done so far to make your narrative concept a reality (all your pre-production work)
   
7. your next steps
8. for the following Friday, simply discuss what you've done in the past week, perhaps focussing on certain aspects of research or a genre example you've viewed, or any other aspect that sparked some debate and particular interest in your group/you

UPDATE: I looked at 3 examples of podcasts last night; 2 were excellent, 1 was lively but simply failed to outline the narrative concept, the inspiration for this, etc. Have a look at Jaskia's podcast or Chris B's as examples of good, lively but informative, podcasts