The sounds used in the beginning of this story offer a great sense of visualization. I can easily imagine what a screen would look like if I were watching a movie of this introduction. Once the narrator started talking, background sounds help you understand the mood of the story. The mix of going back and…
Category: Audio
TED Radio Hour and Scottlo
When I listened to the TED Radio Hour snippet, I felt like the background music and sound effects going on as the man and woman spoke helped give an idea of the feeling that I was supposed to feel when listening to this story. To touch on the lack of background music, at the 2:11…
Story Time Fun Time 3.5 stars
Original Assignment When my sister Betsy and I were kids, our family lived for awhile in a charming old farmhouse. We loved exploring its dusty corners and climbing the apple tree in the backyard. But our favorite thing was the ghost. We called her Mother, because she seemed so kind and nurturing. Some mornings Betsy…
What a Song Means to You 3.5 stars
Original Assignment Pop punk was the first style of music that I fell in love with. Blink 182, Sum 41 and New Found Glory were the first bands that I started listening to shaped my taste of music and got me interested in playing guitar. In 6th grade I didn’t have many friends and felt…
Soundscapes 4.5 stars
Original Assignment There was time when I was younger and had just received my drivers license where I was stranded on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere at 8 o’clock at night and a warm summer night. I had a flat tire and unfortunately, I didn’t have a spare. My phone…
Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad Videos
The Ira Glass videos were broken down into 4 parts. Part 1 goes over “what is a story in it’s purest form?” The power of the anecdote creates a momentum in itself, so no matter how boring a story may be, you still have a sequence of events that help you feel like you’ve got…
