The link to my final soundcloud file can be found here.
For my audio story, I decided to conduct my interviews as a game a “Two Truths and a Lie.” Since my blog topic is “About Me” I figured this would be a good way to share a few facts about my topic (myself) in a fun way while also spending some time with my friends. In my audio story, I “interviewed” my friend Hannah, a freshman journalism major, and my boyfriend Drew, a freshman Visual Communication Design major.
I interviewed both people separately, asking them the same questions in the same order. When it came to editing the audio, I took a large sample of it from my interview with Hannah. From her interview I used the part where I ask each round of questions. I felt that the audio in Hannah’s interview was a little bit more clear so I chose to use it in the final. I used the introduction of the interview (the description at the beginning of the audio) from my interview with Drew simply because I felt that my explanation was a bit more clear and easy to understand.
The responses to my questions were pretty short, but I tried to make them flow and lead into an explanation or story about my life. I thought that it was important to include the explanations because that would give a little bit more information about me. I had a little trouble making things sound totally natural at some points, but I think for the most part it sounds okay. I haven’t added music yet, but when I do I will focus on making sure it doesn’t over power the audio, since I found that to be a bit of a problem during my tutorials.
In my final, I really wanted to touch up the sound levels of the audio, add music, and make sure the balance between the dialogue and music was pretty good. I found string music and used that because I used to be in orchestra and I’ve played the violin for eight years, so I have a soft spot for it. I think the music provides a nice background music and makes fills in any pauses that are in the audio overall.
Life as Zaria Jay 