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Radio Bumper

We will be working with ds106 radio this week, and in some future weeks, so we want you to try your hand at making your first radio “bumper” – a 10-30 second short audio that announces the radio station that is played between songs to remind listeners what they are tuned in to. This should be saved as an MP3 file, and then upload it to SoundCloud. Make sure in Soundcloud that you enable the option to allow downloads (so we can add it to ds106 radio!) Your audio must be embedded in your blog post summary of this assignment. You can embed Soundcloud audio by putting the plain text URL on its own line, and when you publish, WordPress will create a player to allow visitors to listen. The radio bumper is an assignment in the Assignment Bank, so you should tag your blog post correctly when you’re done. You may be able to get Dr. Oblivion to help out, if you ask nicely. Tag: radiobumper

For this I naturally had to go for the Technoir vibe my first thought was all about industrial sounds however I switched to thinking more along an unsettling vibe. I used one of the sounds from freesound made by a creator called looplicator. It was just perfect with some additional modifications I made it more unsettling. I was far less sure of what to actually say unfortunately.

I did try to look ups some examples after a bit of trial and error I ended up with this.

It took a few tries, but I managed to get it done. Ended up coming out far shorter than I wanted since I wasn’t the most inspired and did not know much about radio going in. So, mine is not cool or anything more about telling the viewers to relax and just enjoy. Since my original one was too cynical according to a friend.

Daily Creates

This week’s daily creates were interesting to say the least. Ahahaa the ones i drew came out pretty bad. I ended up using ai for the second one after looking through some other examples from other creators. Lots of creative people also learned that Bing makes Ai images. I ended up adding my own funny twist to the Trex after realizing how bad it came out. Overall, they were fun aside from almost forgetting to them. Had to borrow paper from work to make the Trex so I left him there for my boss to enjoy.

Audio Storytelling

Moon Graffiti by The Truth Podcast

Starting off did not love the fact I couldn’t figure out subtitles or captions, so I was a bit lost. Audio stuff is certainly not the best for me, but I can appreciate sounds since words never reach my brain right and come out even worse. The beeping was nice but I did not enjoy the radio sounds but that does tell how easy sounds allow you to imagine things. Hearing the crash and hearing the panic in the men’s voices was interesting. Weird to realize I recognized so many small sounds. Are you there mike with a soft buzzing that made you feel anxious. The sound of unsteady breathing, anxious breaths unsure of what was happening. Didn’t know kicking dust was so important. Rip to the cosmonauts sacrificed. After listening you can feel the emotions even without ever seeing face.

Audio storytelling creates an immersive experience that engages the listener’s imagination, making them active participants in the narrative.

The lack of pictures in radio storytelling encourages a listener to go beyond simply enjoying but allows their minds to craft a scene making it a work between the storyteller and the listener.

Sound is not just a background element but the driving force in audio storytelling, shaping the world, shaping the mood, and advancing the narrative. More than a boom and bang here and there.

Sound effects, changes in tone, music, and silence create a powerful sense of place and atmosphere.

Sound design allows the listener to feel the reality of the situation without seeing it.

Sound advances the narrative by introducing changes in the astronauts’ tone of voice, program alarms, and the Nixon speech.

Jad Abumrad’s insights into radio’s power are applicable in the way “Moon Graffiti” uses sound to prompt the listener to create their own mental images. Jad Abumrad’s ideas on radio and sound are important in audio storytelling. He argues that the absence of visuals in radio is a strength, requiring the listener to actively participate in creating their own mental images. This co-authorship is essential, as the listener paints their own mental images based on the audio cues provided by the storyteller. The human voice, a fundamental element of radio storytelling, can convey significant emotional weight, emphasizing the immediacy and intimacy of the story. Abumrad’s ideas are demonstrated in the audio drama “Moon Graffiti,” where the listener uses audio cues to construct their own understanding of the story.

Radio Show Ideas

What to do when the power goes out, hackers become innocent by standers and politicians are blamed. Join us for ‘Stuck in darkness’.  A radio show that interviews citizen about a mysterious event that took place a week ago lasted only a day but caused lasting chaos.  

This show will interview the various characters taking time to learn a bit about their daily lives and how the power outage affected them. Through these interviews you will discover what lies behind the scenes of this so-called accident.  

Joke ending a rat bit the wrong wire 

Drama ending it was all a ploy to drag to the current politicians so they could be replaced by the Governers people  

Another idea is a segment called “alternate reality” this would be the characters talk about making a small shift in their lives and talking about how they think it would play out. For example, if they chose to get a job cleaning the streets instead of doing the crime. So just short audio dramas presented through each character.

Final idea, A murder mystery show, the intention is to play these characters and have them discover clues in a Technoir setting until they figure out who done it. Yes, it’s basic but also very on theme!

Audio Assignments

Soundtrack to Your Life – Assignment Bank

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLelZtVeDFv_i4bRAeAihpMVazQpc1NbzE&si=D2ZwDV_L4XXCfnT4

I decided to think back to all the songs that got me through life and showed I wasn’t alone to songs I just sung because they were complete brain worms. Took a lot of searching with lyric finders to compile this. I use YouTube music instead of Spotify and pandora, if I look back at either app, I am sure I’d get a blast form the past.

Auditory Hell – Assignment Bank

Freesound – Short_metal_screeching_sounds by Artninja

Freesound – z scream 26 mph 35 c.wav by ERH

Freesound – Harddisk scream.wav by sumsa

Freesound – 3-mod; 101Hz @ -10dB (AS) + 1111Hz @ -6dB (Sq) + 10101Hz @ -.5dB.wav by shimsewn

Well, I truly did not want it to be too long since it’s irritating in my defense, I get annoyed when something drops so doesn’t take much. So, I simply went with sounds that are annoying shoved them together and boom a horrible thing was created. Honestly harder to find bad sounds then good sounds. Still, I managed this took less careful layering since the intention was to make it sound bad.

Weekly Summary 3

Reflection

This was probably my least favorite part of this week’s work, why read an article when you can create after all, so it ended up being my last task of the week. Probably should have skipped the money video I was confused and uncomfortable the whole time.

Photoblitz

Honestly, I was at work when I was doing this assignment, so I had a lot and only a little to work with. So, they are very tech based in a way but that’s about it. I did it in the 20-minute allotted got confused how time works and took the second picture late or early I still don’t know. What do you mean it stops at 60 ugh, time.

Assignments

So, most of my assignments were chosen based on existing images I had or ideas. It was done in the first few days since there were so many pages, I took time flipping through only to go back to the beginning in the end.

Daily Creates

This weeks daily creates I started much sooner, so I was quite pleased and wasn’t stressing over it daily like last week. My favorite was the Australia day one since mine came out quite cute.

Commenting

I have been making sure to react daily or react to ones that I noticed.

Vote

For voting I went with this post Mickey’s Not So Scary Christmas Party – Rebecca’s Radiant Realm by Rebecca. It’s creepy cool and I love how it came out. I did have to make sure to keep it focused on this week’s work though I may end up voting again.

Photoblitz

I did not know what to expect going into this and even while I was doing it I felt somewhat stupid. Though I couldn’t get all the prompts done I did multiple for one.

Honestly the prompts were odd for me and since I was at work as you can see the environment doesn’t change much. Image 2 was based on the idea of an urban jungle with the cord being a snake. The 3rd image was the photo of destruction a cord fill mess with no humans in sight. 7 and 8 represent the second prompt. For prompt 4 I did quite a few using a cord as a bow, holding it like a fish and other nonsensical things. For the shadow prompt I only got one and even though you can’t tell that’s my pet rock that I keep at work. The process was mostly tedious as I was a bit lost with the prompts, but I managed to get through it. None of the pictures are pieces of art unfortunately.

Reflection

https://petapixel.com/2023/11/16/one-in-a-million-iphone-photo-shows-two-versions-of-the-same-woman

Cyberpunk: how to master the futuristic style

What is a blade runner? Unpacking Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk aesthetics

2001: A Space Odyssey – The Dawn of Man

A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design by Iconic Designer Chip Kidd – The Marginalian

I’m going to level with you what in the world was that space odyssey mess-

Anyways learned more about what makes cyberpunk design cyberpunk the use of digitally modified typography mixed with the unique layouts made it stand out. Bold exaggerated colors pushed together used to make it stand out. Cyberpunk takes inspiration from multiple genres and have influences them as well. Combing gothic and film noir style influencing fashion and games. They mention that software like Linearity Curve is well suited to make cyberpunk art.

Aka pretty colors that make your brain go boom and ooo it’s like creating fireworks without the explosion and then putting it into art. Colo wise I mean.

I was most interested in the title sequence design because honestly you always see them, yet I have never once questioned the created thought process for them. Each one has its only spark and flare. Naturally I prefer the videos over articles despite the fact that I use text to speech lol. Anyways if this topic interested me more, I wouldn’t mind indulging myself in a bit of a closer read, but I really only enjoy Typography stuff lighting stuff just goes over head blue tone what- black and white imagery huh …yellow background????? Bruh I am totally lost.

I’m happy they seem happy though.

Daily Creates

This week I was happy we only had to do three so I could do my best to get my work done sooner rather than later.

I made these three for this week’s daily creates the one that took me the longest was definitely the Australia day. I almost forgot it until I laid in bed and then jumped up realizing I never posted it. Since it was so late when I remember couldn’t add a kangaroo and koala like I wanted to. The flags were the pg version of my idea, I was actually planning to do a map and then have the country flipping off everyone else and them looking either happy or offended based on their relationships.

The last one I did I was low key sad since I realized there wasn’t really anything I had aside from basically homework, my parents are lucky I didn’t learn to hate them because EVERY summer I was forced to spend the whole-time doing homework. If my siblings were sent to summer school, they PAID for me to go too! Like homie what!

The burrito was nice but gosh was it pricey, the most balanced meal I had in a while.

Visual and Design Projects

The first two assignments were made with my character Max in mind

Max Matrix

Brave? – Assignment Bank

For this assignment, I was inspired by the game over screens when you fail a game. At first It seems you have hit a stopping point but then you look down and see try again but and you find a new way. Things aren’t over till you give up. Max has hit dead ends all her life, but she knows that It’s only over when she stops fighting. So, until then she will punch through firewalls and bodies. Photos and edit done by me. I made this using a software called Picarts using black boxes to fill in the computer screen and finding a font that fit. Took a but to maneuver it properly though.

Personal Trading Card – Assignment Bank

I decided to visualize max through a site called Picrew. Artist ne_yolk. With that and the trading card creator it was easy to bring Max to life and flesh her out a bit more. Dirty brown hair, deep dark circle, and unhealthy pale skin due to all the smog cover and being inside. My thought process was of her getting caught eating sugar to keep herself up after not sleeping all night.

Destination Poster – Assignment Bank

Images and edits by me, the image is off certain day on campus that I saw a rabbit and thought it was stunning so naturally I snapped a photo. I try to preserve small moments if I can. This was back last semester when I walked past for work and the light was hitting perfectly, I couldn’t help myself.