Creating tables that talks about podcasts. The first one is “The right to bear arms.”
Thursday 9am, create table of your chosen podcast – analyse. // Homework //
– Speech –
The manner in which words are spoken, enunciation, pitch, accent, timbre, clarity, etc.
Prevent “popping”, fillers, cussing and being too close to the mic.
Usually formal language .
Voice track should be equalised in post.
– Music –
Highly important
Sets the mood, tone and setting of a scene.
Most consider the audience.
Should not be louder than speech, unless solo.
– Sound –
Ambiance sound.
Special effects.
3d perspective.
Aural signposting.
– Silence –
Dramatic effect.
Accentuates a moment.
Ending of scene or section.
Breaks the dialogue.
Gives breathing break.
Prevents from switching off.
Thinking moment.
– Narrative –
Linear. (Order of chronological events.)
Non-linear. (Builds an argument without a timeline.)
Single stranded. (One individual presents/analyses theme ; can have temporary guests. )
Multi-stranded. (Two or more presenters discuss a theme. )
– Finding sounds –
To find the required sounds from a list we were given to complete our task we had to go out and walk around with the mic set, Taking pictures as evidence on a classmates phone who then uploaded them to word-press. Something that was difficult during this task was walking around carrying the equipment due to how large the boom mic was as well as how much taller all the boys in my group are than me. Long leads helped to overcome the height issue however it had created a new one… Tangled wires.
If the tallest boy wanted to listen to the audio he would take the earphones and then keep them while I recorded the next sound on the H1, height was then an issue.
Aside from this, actually finding the locations and resources to create or capture these sounds was an interesting and challenging task in itself. For example, we had to record an engine starting. After eventually taking in my suggestion of texting everyone we knew with bikes or cars and asking them to let us record it starting it was too late for us to get a reply so instead we went with my other idea of following a bus as it started up and left it’s stop.
Naturally in-between everyone complaining, I was complaining about them not taking in my other suggestions. Confidence was my self improvement goal that day but the group didn’t really take in what I was saying so working in a team and being heard is certainly an area with room for improvement.
Despite all of the petty dramatics, I enjoyed the exercise and learnt a lot from it.
Pros & Cons: The Podcast. 