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Panetone, A Color Company

Assignment

Now it's time to create your own 5-10 minute audio "podcast" episode.

Topic: "A Color" - Record a 5-10 minute audio podcast about a color. This topic is vague on purpose. Think about your content delivery since you are going to talk about something that is typically visual. A technique, popular during the golden age of radio, called "theatre of the mind" uses audio to paint a picture in the listeners head. Ultimately be creative and have fun. Projects under or over the assigned time limit will be subject to point deductions.

SoundCloud: Pantone, a color company

Learning/Experience

So this is the first time I have done pure voice editing and it provides a unique set of challenges, different from music or from audio/visual. I spent a lot of time in the ideation phase of the project... Likely because the 5-10 minute mark made me hesitant, while the theme/topic was intimidating. Ultimately, just diving in was the way to get started. So I powered up my iPhone voice recorder to see how things would sound and how to get the files off the phone (it's all new to me). One of the surprises is how different my voice sounds from one take to the next... I tried recording both sitting vs standing, and that caused a different variation. All in all the experience was FUN, once I started moving along.

Tools

Successes

Some successes, I believe, were the ability to edit out some um's and space. I tried to do some production stunts with sound effects to add some fun and emphasis. I guess I'll hear if they were a success or not. I never used Adobe Audition before, and know I did not use it anywhere near its software abilities, but I was able to do some basic editing and leveling - so that's a success.

Struggles

Struggles abound... mostly confidence that I could talk about "A Color" for 5-10 minutes. Painting a mental image of color, well of course that was a challenge. My experience has shown me that capturing everything in one-take is a challenge and this was no different. I think I kept the pacing of the audio to the same across takes, and for the most part, my voice sounds consistent and natural - maybe dull (I tried not to be). Even though I mapped out the topic, I deviated quickly from my storyline.

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