"Words"

PART 1:

Audio stories are different to what I am used to. I tend to rely on visuals to help me fully take in what I am being exposed to whether it be entertainment, art, a complicated situation, or even math. Without any visuals to accompany an audio visual there are some major elements that need to be included to make an interesting audio story.

                The first element is narration. With a narration the listener has the ability to feel orientated instead of disorientated. It allows for a more natural and logic to be structured and pieced together by the listener instead of having the listener struggle with confusion as to what they are really listening to.

The second element is music. I find music to be the attention grabber.  Music has the ability to give the listener power to attract sounds that work well with each other. This in turn keeps the listener attentive. On the down side it can be a distraction from what is being said if the listener gives more or all attention to the music.

The third element is interview. An interview is needed because then there is some evidence that listeners can grip. It backs up the narration of the audio story and it benefits audio stories by adding some personality.

 The next element is archival/existing material. An example of this may be an audio clip of an old Boston Red Sox verses New York Yankees baseball game.

Last but not least is the element of scenes and sounds. If an audio story creates a scene with sounds for the listener to create and imagine, then it has succeeded in being interesting. This is because all of a sudden the listener made the audio story theirs by creating what the story may be. The listener has then participated in the story therefore, making it about them, pertaining to them personally.

As I move forward with my audio story I hope to incorporate many of these elements.  I hope to keep listeners entertained and interested in what is being said by using appropriate sounds to allow listeners the opportunity to create that scene. I also hope that my audio story will also have some meaning to listeners and that they will take away something of value.  Stories that resonate with me are stories with issues that have been present in my life at one point or another.

PART 2:

This audio story is interesting. It uses many elements that make an interesting audio story. Elements included are narration, music, interviews, scenes and sounds. All of these put together create a successful audio story. I admire how interview is molded into a story. There are creative audio cuts between the interview and the narration which literally makes it a story. Also, random comments from the interviewer are kept in the audio story that are logical reactions to what the interviewee was saying. It did a splendid job at captivating emotion. This story is about what life is like without words. A concept and reality that is interesting to wrap our minds around. All this plus a hint of humor makes this an interesting audio story. 

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