Let’s talk about it. This week forced me to get out of my comfort zone and experiment with audio storytelling. I was interested in starting my very own podcast previously but I didn’t really know where to start. This whole week was a learning experience that I did not take lightly. I am also trying a new format! Instead of trying to put together my whole week into one blog post and tell you a short creative process that leaves a lot out I am going to imbed the posts below so you can click them directly! I also added the creative process in each of the posts so you can see them individually as well as a whole. Update: I see that the posts don’t show fully, so I’ll adjust and add the creative process passage below it as a caption.
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Assignments from this week 📆 :
I was really intimidated by this project and using a new audio editing service, but I still wanted the outcome to be something I could be proud of. I didn’t want something that sounded like it was put together in three or less seconds and then tossed to the side, and instead something that would put you in a dream-like state as we discussed earlier this week in the videos we watched. I first started by compiling a list of sounds that I would normally hear on a bus or on a train like bags rustling, the train moving, low chatter. Then I added some other sounds that would give you the since of being frightened or tense like the creepy voice, and the beating heart. I was actually hanging out with someone towards the end of my editing which admittedly was time consuming, and they said that even they got tense listening to it and compared my audio to some of the horror movie sounds. A problem that I ran into was the fact that the audios, even though they were placed properly to be cohesive, were way too long for this assignment with a cap of 90 seconds. So, I had to meticulously go through each audio and adjust it to fit right and cut out unnecessary bits. I am really proud of the product and all in all this took me about a hour and a half to complete!
I found some hip hop type intro sounds to stack on top of each other and even took a snippet of someone else’s podcast intro and added that to the beginning of the audio. I then trimmed my voice recording and added the reverb sound effect to give it a radio feel. Then I adjusted the intro sounds accordingly and added some lofi beats to the background. I then added the outro bit which is like a power down sound and began to edit out unwanted sounds and arranging the snippets into ways that went together cohesively. After I was done I realized that something was missing. I found a bit on free audio which said “Well on this show did you expect anything else?” which I felt was a great touch to add right after my voice. Then it was radio ready so I uploaded it… also I can’t figure out how to allow downloads, so if you want to use it I’ll send you the file, just ask!
Assignments from the bank 🏦:
Behind the creation: For this assignment, I wanted to give you guys a little look at Marie’s life in the morning from coffee to her nap before work! I want to start by saying that this didn’t come out how I expected at all… I struggled to find sounds to use. IF I had the time, I would have recorded my own, but unfortunately, my schedule doesn’t allow for that. I will probably revisit this if I have more time later down the line. It was really fun mashing together different sounds and I enjoyed this! I have learned that with audio assignments it goes faster for me if I go through and brainstorm all the sounds that I want incorporated, search them up, and then drop them directly into Audacity. Then I start with my “starting sound(s)” and solo them so that I can only hear them, and adjust them as need be. I do this with all my sounds adding them slowly until I get the finished product!
Daily Creates:
In summary, this whole week I spent a long time figuring out what works best for me when creating audio projects. I learned that it is easier to brainstorm, compile, and then work in bits and pieces to make my life easier. While there were many upsides to this week there were also downsides, I had problems finding audio pieces that I wanted, and also scheduling out enough time to do these because of how time consuming they are. I also had problems with the software and learning how to segment play time and how to switch the orders of audio, but I quickly learned how to do so.
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