User:MicahSmith2022/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Post-production


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is struggling because it needs more content relevant to its leading section. Four industries are listed in which a post production process is used but the television section is small and the film section is non existent. Furthermore, this article needs to take on a more historical approach as to how each of these specific post production processes developed into their current forms. While the article takes a generally neutral tone, it also tries to walk a reader through the steps of post production, which is not the focus of an effective Wikipedia page. There are only 5 sources for this article and they are not all directly related to sections of the text. Furthermore, only 2 of the 5 available sources are from academic journals or books with the other 3 being either online articles or news magazines. No equity gaps are tackled in this article as it does not put any focus on the contributions of different ethnic or racial groups to the post production process.


 * Sources
 * Wyatt, H., & Amyes, T. (2004). Audio Post Production for Television and Film: An introduction to technology and techniques (3rd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780080470450

Audio Imagineering: Utilising the Four Sound Areas Framework for Emotive Sound Design within Contemporary Audio Post-production

Neil Hillman and Sandra Pauletto, The New Soundtrack 2016 6:1, 77-107

La Rosa, Marcello, ter Hofstede, Arthur, Rosemann, Michael, & Shortland, Katherine (2008) Bringing process to post production. In O'Connor, C (Ed.) Proceedings of the CCI International Conference - Creating Value: Between Commerce and Commons. ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation, Australia, pp. 1-9.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Production sound mixer


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article does not have a solid lead section and it immediately jumps into a small amount of content that does not fully describe the duties or gear used by the Production Sound Mixer. The organization of the content offered is lacking as there are no separate sections for rolls on a film set, the history of on set mixing, or the other positions on a sound production crew. While the sources used for this article are reliable, there are only four of them and much more information can be found on this topic. The article is written in a neutral and descriptive manor however, there is no mention of any specific community groups having had a larger share of work in this industry. Overall, this article needs much more organization with a clear cut distinction between a Production sound mixer and other types of audio mixing positions.


 * Sources
 * https://www.berklee.edu/careers/roles/sound-mixer
 * https://www.soundonsound.com/mixing-production

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Foley (filmmaking)


 * Article Evaluation
 * This is probably the best article I found that could still be improved. It covers a wide history of the Foley process and offers some sort of organization. While it is common to talk about Foley in three different categories, these sections in this article are too specific and therefore result in small chunks of content that do not offer all the details. This article has a great leading section albeit a bit too long although each topic mentioned in this section is covered in the body of the article. There are a couple sources that I would replace for this article as they are pulled from either YouTube or personal production websites and the information coming from them could be subjective. I believe adding more detail to each category of Foley would help improve this article.


 * Sources
 * https://www.ipr.edu/blogs/sound-design-for-visual-media/foley-sound-effects-sound-design/
 * Benjamin Wright, Footsteps with character: the art and craft of Foley, Screen, Volume 55, Issue 2, Summer 2014, Pages 204–220, https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/hju010