Barnaby Withers was a young man who often vied for the Fandom Princess’ attention. The months when the Fandom Prince was away, he was at his happiest, trying every day to get the Princess to give him more than a friendly conversation. He was entranced by her beauty, her laugh, her smile and her vivid imagination. The Princess, of course, knew of his feelings for her, but didn’t want to be unfriendly to sweet, dear, Barnaby.

One day, in order to show how much she valued his friendship, if nothing else, she decided to let him join her for lunch in the town since they both had early classes that were completed for the day. While they were out for lunch, she listened to everything going on in Barnaby’s life, from his presentation that he gave to the Star Wars fan club, to the potluck that the Hunger Games tributes threw (where someone almost ate someone else’s finger). The Princess could tell that some of the events that had happened were bothering poor Barnaby, so she placed her hand on top of Barnaby’s (much to his delight) and gave her opinions and views on how he should handle things:

While the last few weeks were spent recording and working on our group’s radio shows, this week, something that we are required to do is evaluate another group’s show. Even before I started the assignment, I liked that we were scheduled it. I personally thought it would be nice to see what other group’s styles and takes on the radio show was and see how creative everyone got while working on them. I had to evaluate the radio show by Digital Dynamite called “What Makes You Dynamite.” 

To start out, I believe that the audio quality of the show was very well done. The volume seemed to be great and gentle for the ears, the levels even and sound clear. It legit sounded like I was listening to an actual radio show. The students read clearly and I was able to understand everything that they were saying from start to finish. Audio wise, one thing that I really found interesting was how each person, as they were describing what made them dynamite, would have some sort of music playing in the background. This was nothing that would distract from the story, instead it enhanced it. I felt as if it really added to the overall mood that each story was trying to encompass, and it was very well done. The transitions and editing seemed flawless and clean, another kudo.

Their sound effects was something else that I thought they did very well. To assist with their transitions from radio bumpers, commercials, and the stories, occasionally there would be a loud blast as it announced the name of the radio show. This worked very effectively and to the group’s advantage because it went with the theme of the whole radio show and what they were aiming to do as a group.

The stories each work individually, yet as a whole, they work because each person is talking about what makes them special and something that they love most about themselves. It draws the reader in to listen because the show is constantly asking the audience what they think makes them dynamite, which invites listeners to stay tuned in so that they can get inspired to become connected to the show via their twitter hashtag.

If I were to rate this show, I would definitely give it a 9/10. Before each story, I would have loved a little introduction to say who was speaking, then again, the ambiguity works. I think the show is perfect as is, to be honest. One of the only things that I can think that I would want is a compilation of different shorter stories, rather than longer stories. But that is just personal preference! All in all, this group did an absolutely wonderful job!