I chose the podcast ‘Bad Vibrations’ – Sound Matters. Themes that stood out to me in this was the constant running soundscape in the background to the information given it reflected what was happening audibly and added extra value to the topic they were talking about. The podcast goes on to talk about how sound and music can affect humans physically. This is a root I 100% want to explore within my piece. I agreed with their ideas of sound affecting us mentally and I truly want to use this theme as the basis and my topics. As the podcast continues their references to similar reports added great effect in supporting their topic. Foley sounds were added on top of these stories almost to create a more realistic and immersive response. This worked extremely well as it turned information almost into storytelling; something I would definitely like to experiment with. Finally, the technique of a narrative speaker throughout also worked well. The narrative of the speaker switched from a more clear-cut voice to what sounded like an external voice giving different information. Soundscapes were put over the top of the outside narrator’s voice to create the secondary effect. Within my piece I will ensure that the information projected by me will be clear and recorded in a silent environment with just isolated vocals; in contrast to the other speaker’s vocals which will give an outside point of view.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/27-bad-vibrations/id1073135021?i=1000460529907