After the meeting last week (a most productive one if I do say so myself), Tressa emailed me with a brilliant idea. She suggested we (more like I) record podcasts of the Board members giving their reflections on To Kill A Mockinbird. (And if that mockingbird don't sing, Hunter's gonna buy you a diamond ring...). Anyway, here is the news (and I ain't talkin Huey Lewis) so far:
Today, I, Hunter Murphy, of sound mind and body, recorded two of the podcasts for The Big Read, from both Kelsey and Matt Layne. They are excellent representations of the power of the novel. One of the readings comes during Atticus' final speech to the jury where he discusses how the courtroom is the only place in society where all men are created equal. Then, the second section is where Scout tells of her daddy saying it's a "sin to kill a mockingbird." Both these sections touch on (if not fully represent) the themes in the book, about the spiritual, moral, and social dilemmas of the pre-Civil Rights society and I think it will be an excellent place to introduce the BPL Board members' reflections. It's shaping up to be an excellent project and I thought you would be interested to hear about it.
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Excellent! I agree with all that Hunter wrote save maybe the “sound mind” part :-D
Hearing personal reflections on the book is a great way to connect with the story.
After the podcasts are finished, what do you think of remixing excerpts from some of the podcasts with images of the book itself and images of people reading the book to produce a short “reflections” video?
Very nice idea Richard, all except for the exception to the sound mind bit.
LOL. Yeah, Hunter, whenever I say "we" I usually mean all others except Tressa Renae Fancher.
I posted on the wiki about my conversation with Haruyo about getting the TKAM scene readers to also podcast their bits. Since they have no problem getting up in public and reading the part, I thought it would be a short jump to have them podcast, too.
What about podcasting some staff members? *crickets chirping*
I like the video idea, too. It would be nice to have images from the movie fade in and out at certain times, but I'm sure that's against copyright law.
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