Part I: About Audio Storytelling
Part III: Listening to Stories
Part IV:
What Did I Learn?
Other than that audio storytelling is fun, albeit very difficult, I was very interested in how Ira Glass described it. I definitely agreed with their point of us growing up thinking stories are “point->reasonings for point”, when for this and most advanced storytelling, it’s a lot more “point->bait->new point->new bait->etc.” with the occasional answer for a bait. Other than that, I’m not sure what else to say other than sound composition is not my forte.
What was easier or harder?
In terms of ease, naturally the Soundtrack of My/Your Life assignment was simple since it was just providing a list of important songs to myself. As for things that required a bit more effort, the Write Your Own Story was easier than I thought once I realized that I actually already had experience. While I’ve never used Audacity before, I actually had used video/audio software for a previous course (as well as trying to make my own YouTube series that I lost the file for and gave up on) using Filmora, and while it was a little bit more limited, being a free software compared to the subscription that Filmora was, Audacity wasn’t actually that different.
As for what was harder, easily the Chrome Music Labs. I have no idea how to do music composition, and while I was planning on getting my older brother (who is majoring in music and recently found himself quite skilled at composition) to help me out, he was busy with other activities and left me figuring it out by myself. I probably will not be making my own songs again in the future, it’s just not something I’m good at or enjoy.
What can I improve?
Firstly, I can probably work on how to balance audio and properly transition between audio clips more seamlessly. While it wasn’t bad, it was something I felt was slightly lacking in my Write Your Own Story submission. I would say my music composition skills, but again, if I’m not interested in pursuing that, why focus on that one particular skill? I guess if anything else, just work a bit more on general storytelling skills since I don’t think I’m atrocious at it, but I’m definitely no Edgar Allen Poe or anything.
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