The first audio assignment I did for the week had 3 stars. It’s called “Have a Phone Conversation WIth Yourself.” I started this assignment by typing up a transcript in word. This way I would have the just of what I wanted to say and what the topic of the phone conversation would be and […]

For my second audio assignment I completes “Emotions Through Sounds“. We had to use at least 4 sounds to convey an emotion. I decided to do fear and what I fear most is war. So I clipped together different war sounds; guns shooting, a man screaming in terror, planes flying, and background noise to make […]

A child is playing upstairs with their toys, happy and carefree. The babysitter has just stepped out for a moment; “I need to go pickup the pizza. They don’t want to deliver. Just stay in your room and I’ll be back in five minutes.” The child nods and continues giggling and playing. The babysitter leaves, […]

Radio Story: I listened to a story called Doppelgangers by This American Life. The story is about two sets of doppelgangers: the first set is between pig bung and calamari, and the second set is between two men dealing with PTSD(one man is from the streets of Chicago andthe other man is from Afghanistan). Certain stories have different ways of

Hey everybody!  One of this week’s assignment was to listen to a full Podcast and try to really catch the radio techniques that were being…

This is suppose to be a concrete poem in the shape of a fall leaf

Hey guys and gals! For this assignment, we had to listen to some ideas and tips about what radio is, how good radio is made,…

For our Listening to Stories assignment this week, I decided to listen to an episode of This American Life, titled “Getting Away With It”. This episode was all about people who committed some kind of crime, whether minor or major, and got away with it. There were four acts in total, and a prologue to introduce […]

Hey everybody! Todays DailyCreate was to write a concrete poem. A concrete poem is one in which the placing of the words builds a picture…

Initially, this was going to be about a breakup. But, yknow…the creative process is very strange.

This concrete poem is about a Christmas tree and the Christmas spirit, so it was arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree. A concrete poem is written in the shape of the object of which you are describing. Here is the link to my twitter and flickr. 

Audio storytelling the craft: I listened to two different people talk about how they see audio storytelling. The first person I listened to was Ira Glass’ on storytelling, who said that storytelling is a sequence of actions. A story that had sequence of events was suspenseful because the listener didn’t know what to expect next.A story is larger then the

@ds106dc #tdc1349 Bon voyage!! pic.twitter.com/MigOoYfM3C — Kelsey Stanbro (@KelseyStanbro) September 18, 2015 Today’s daily create was to wish Jim bon voyage! Well Jim I hope you find this daily create less awkward then I found the one dedicated to me! The daily create was to make a video with puppets wishing Jim good luck in […]

Storytelling is a process. To craft great stories, certain nuggets of advice may be used. Below I describe some nuggets. Two important aspects of storytelling are the anecdote and the reflection. The anecdote is your opportunity to tell your story, event after event, all while maintaining suspense and interest. The reader should always have a … Continue reading Nuggets of Storytelling

For one of my audio assignments for the week, I chose to do “Emotions through Sound.” I figured this would be a good one to start with in order to learn how to upload, clip, merge sounds, etc. I wanted to convey a sense of calmness, or peace. I picked four different sounds which I […]

I chose to listen to an episode of The American Life entitled “Getting Away with It.” Overall, I really enjoyed listening to the stories, most of them being quite humorous. It’s amazing some of the crazy things people can get themselves into, while skating by without any consequences! As far as the audio techniques and elements go, […]

I watched the first two parts of Ira Glass’s segment on storytelling. I took away several nuggets from both of his videos. In the first part , there are two main building blocks of storytelling. One is an anecdote and the other is a moment of reflection. He discusses what he believes are and should … Continue reading Ira Glass & Jad Abumrad Summary/Reflection

For the “listening to stories” section, I chose Radiolab because I love Radiolab. I listened to a Radiolab post for Biopsychology last week and fell in love with their style. […]

I decided to make this disassembly assignment a continuation of the blog post I created a few weeks ago. This GIF is my...

@ds106dc #tdc1348 Dumb doodle pic! pic.twitter.com/5CBMzKlHfx — James Baylor (@JamesBaylorUMW) September 18, 2015  

@ds106dc #tdc1347 . World's Greatest Past Time pic.twitter.com/c29QaQIaHg — James Baylor (@JamesBaylorUMW) September 17, 2015  

Here are all my links to my comments for this week. This does not include my replies to comments on my blog. stephanie tdc comment, Amanda’s radio empathy reflection comment, Amanda’s Ira Glass & Audio Storytelling comments, Miranda tdc comment, Rachel’s tdc comment

For this assignment, I had to create an audio tagline that represented me if I were on Real Housewives. This was my first ever audio assignment, and I was learning how to use Audacity. I first recorded myself, then I had to export it to SoundCloud. It was pretty easy. I was nervous at first, … Continue reading Audio Story: Real Housewives Tagline

While choosing which story/ stories to listen to I realized why it’s important to have a good title. That’s the first thing I see when I’m choosing which stories I want to listen to by which title gets my attention. I decided to open a few of them and see the length and what they […]

For this daily create, we had to doodle our own picture onto a woman. Using Sketchbook, I gave her a pretty dress, and she accidentally dropped her purse. But not to worry, she’s picking it up. #tdc1348: Dumb doodle pad Art @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1348 Doodling a woman picking up her dropped purse. pic.twitter.com/i7wMDVXUKL — miranda … Continue reading Daily Create 9/17/15

I listened to the “Ghost Stories” on RadioLab. The stories that I listened to were so interesting and drew my attention, which I didn’t expect from audio. I did not only use my ears during the audio stories, I used my imagination. The multiple audio effects, noises, and voices all sparked imagery in my mind. Unlike … Continue reading Listening to Stories

For today’s Daily Create we were asked to fill in the lines of this drawing: Naturally I chose the incredibly iconic Beyoncé and her hit video Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it). @ds106dc #tdc1348 today's Daily Create featuring Beyoncé (kind of) pic.twitter.com/g3fgay1Bmh — Rachel Stanford (@rach_stanford23) September 17, 2015  

Listening to Ira Glass talk about what makes an effective Radio show and then actually listening to him employ those strategies in one of the “My American Life” videos, which I actually talk about here, was a really cool experience. So Ira starts in the first of the four videos talking about the two most … Continue reading This American Life: Ira Glass on Storytelling

For this assignment, I decided to listen to two of the Radiolab broadcasts, Ghost Stories and Talking to Machines, as well as Episode 504: How I got into College of “My American Life.” For the first Radiolab, “Ghost Stories,” there was a huge variety of different techniques used to create the overall effect. I really … Continue reading Audio: An effective form of digital storytelling?

I LOVED this interview, short and sweet, but directly to the point of something that I think is so important. I never wondered much about radio and the techniques behind selling/marketing radio stories and audio pieces. However, Abumrad brings to light an important point that the compelling aspects of radio lie solely in the human […]