You've got your story, your interview is lined up, and your list of questions is ready to go. But before you hit record—before you even step foot in the field—what else should you know to make sure you get the best audio you can?

In this session, Georgia Moodie (ABC RN) shares her well-honed planning process, including nailing your focus to avoid drowning in hours of tape, plotting out your story's narrative arc, and planning the scenes you'd like to record on-location. By the end of this session, you'll be ready to head out into the field.

But wait, there's more! Put your new field-recording skills to the test with the workshop Hit Record on the Royal Botanic Garden - a practical workshop where you'll head out, recorder in hand, to capture sounds in the gardens.

This session is part of the Audiocraft Podcast Festival 2019. Want to round out your Sunday with more podcasting magic? Time travel with Future Podcast, soak up the serenity and on the lawn with Radiotopia, and come along to a live record of Hey Aunty!