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Radio Show Promo

Here is a logo for my group’s radio show! I made it on Canva, as well as found this single silhouette of a women. I knew I wanted to represent each group member somehow, so I duplicated the silhouette, and made them pink to represent the “Femme”. I wanted to keep the cyber-vibe, so I made the colors very neon and bright. I also added radio waves in the background in order to emphasize that this is a radio show. I had a lot of fun with this, as I did struggle at the start to come up with ideas, but I am happy with the final product.

Radio Show Progress

I would say the project is going very smoothly so far! Starting off, our group emailed each other in order to get each other’s numbers so we could communicate easily. After we made the group chat, we were quick to schedule a Zoom call in order to introduce ourselves, as well as start planning and piecing together what we want to do for the project. We met on Monday and got a couple of things figured out:

Our group name: Fearless Femmes
Our radio show name: Cyber 75 The Vibe
What each of us will do this week (making radio bumpers, commercials, intro and outro)
What we want the topic and vibe of our show to be
Introduced ourselves and our characters!

So far, we have all made pretty good progress in terms of creating the extra pieces of the show, such as the radio bumpers or the intro. We plan on meeting soon in order to go over our progress, as well as meeting next week to record the actual show!

Radio Show Commercial – Lil’ Bot Helper

For the last assignment of the week, I decided to make a commercial for our radio show. When our group, the Fearless Femmes, met up, we split up the work by who will do some commercials and who will do some radio bumpers. I decided to do a commercial, because I thought it would be fun to think of some ad’s that would be played in a futuristic, tech-noir world. My first thought was to do a robot helper that would help with everyday tasks. Firstly, I made a quick script, one that would grab the audience’s attention. I then used the another text-to-speech voiceover that makes it more robotic to add a voice to the Lil’ Bot Helper. Next, I found some background music that fit the vibe on Pixabay.com. Lastly, I put it all together on SoundTrap to make it sound cohesive. Out of the two assignments, this was definitely my favorite as I had a lot more creative freedom.

Radio Show Bumper

I knew for an audio assignment I would want to make a radio bumper. In my group, the Fearless Femmes, we are doing a lifestyle type radio show, where people can call in and ask questions. It will still have a futuristic vibe, as well as addressing topics that would be important in a tech-noir era. So, I knew I wanted the radio bumper to match that. First, I used a text-to-speech software called Narakeet that made the robotic voice you hear in the middle of the bumper saying, “You are listening to Cyber 75 The Vibe”. As we can see now, AI and technology are being used more and more for simple tasks 9for example in the Taco Bell drive-thru, you sometimes talk to AI to tell them your order), so I thought it would be fitting. I found the background music on Pixabay.com, with a track called Cyber Music. I then put it all together on an audio editing software called SoundTrap. It might not be used in our actual radio show, but I thought I would create one just in case we needed an extra one, as well as spark some inspiration for myself throughout the radio show project!

Week 9 Weekly Summary

Starting Off

I knew that coming back from Spring Break was going to be tough, but I can persist through it. I was actually sort of excited to come back and to get back into my routine. I found myself growing a little bored, so now I am happy I have something to do! Starting off the week, as usual, I started commenting on other posts. I also immediately got into a group so we could get ahead on planning our audio project, which I am excited to get to know my peers and to be creative with our characters.

Character Story

For the story, I decided to include Krissy Ryan and Evelyn “Lynn” Calico in a mystery, action filled story with Veronica Malone. To check our more about the plot, you can see it in my blog post linked above, but I decided to go for mystery since all of our characters would fit it. Krissy, an innocent bystander who only wants justice for her farm. Evelyn, who wants to uncover the truth. And Veronica, who wants to unmask the wrongdoing’s of the powerful.

Daily Creates

Daily Create #1

For the first daily create of the week, I decided to recreate Jorge Piringer’s digital poetry with my own phrase, Let It Happen. It not only is a phrase I repeat to myself to remind me that some things are out of my control, but it is also the title of one of my favorite songs, Let It Happen by Tame Impala (I highly recommend tuning in if you haven’t listened to him before).

Daily Create #2

Claude Monet's Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies but it is pink

Secondly, the topic for the daily create on Thursday was to take a picture, and change the color of it! Over spring break, I visited D.C., and at the National Gallery of Art, they had one of my favorite paintings, Claude Monet’s Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. I am not sure if it was just a re-creation or the actual thing, but it was still pretty cool! Anyway, I made it my favorite color, pink!
Daily Create #3

For the last daily create, it was pretty simple. Since it was Pi Day, the prompt was to make a pie! As mentioned in my reply, one of my favorite traditions on Thanksgiving is to bake an apple pie with my family, which is my grandma’s recipe. Although I do not have an actual photo, so I had to pull one from google. But it looks pretty similar to the one I make! Happy Pi Day!

Overall

Overall, I found it to be a pretty easy-going week! I was able to find a group pretty quick, as well as the daily creates were pretty fun to do. For the character story, it was fun to try to think of a scenario where all of these different characters would interact, and make it convincing enough. Can’t wait to get started on the audio project next week and meet my peers!

The Black Harvest

Characters:

Veronica Malone
Krissy Ryan
Evelyn “Lynn” Calico

Veronica Malone

Archetype: hard-boiled detective

DOB: 11/7/1992

Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts

Occupation: Detective

Marital Status: Single

Physical description: Dark eyes with brown shoulder-length hair, tan skin, lean build

Bio: She is sharp-tongued, no nonsense, and is always curious to get to the bottom of a case. With a witty sense of humor and a strong moral compass.

Favorite food: Spaghetti

Favorite drink: Dr. Pepper or Espresso Martini

Favorite color: Red

Favorite book: The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

Favorite movie: Probably Ocean’s 11 or Miss Congeniality

Favorite possession: Her journal or her revolver

Personal motto: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

Krissy Ryan

Archetype: innocent bystander

DOB: 2/20/1999

Place of Birth: Pennsylvania

Occupation: Farmer

Marital Status: Single

Physical description: Muscular, medium-long blonde hair, green eyes, freckles, 5’5, tan skin

Bio: Krissy Ryan was born in a small town in Pennsylvania. Her parents are farmers and their business will be passed on to her when they retire. Krissy is happy with her life but deep down she has always related to characters like Moana or Belle who feel that they were possibly meant for something bigger. Still, she is content and despite some underlying restless feelings. That is until she gets dragged into a mission by her ex boyfriend.

Favorite food: Bacon Cheeseburger

Favorite drink: Cherry Coke 0

Favorite color: Pink

Favorite book: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Favorite movie: Moana

Favorite possession: Her apple watch

Personal motto: “You don’t have to be ready, you just have to be brave”

Evelyn (Lynn) Calico

Archetype: hacker

DOB: 5/19/1998

Place of Birth: Helena, Montana

Occupation: Journalist

Marital Status: Single

Physical description: Short and beautiful. She always wears heals so that she feels like she can be respected in her profession. She has gorgeous blue eyes and a strong posture. She has longer hair than she knows what to do with so she always wears it in a bun.

Bio: Lynn is a strong and independent woman. She moved our of her parents house right out of high school when she went to college out in Montana and stayed there. She is a bit of a work-a-holic and doesn’t go out much. But its nothing to pity on, she loves her alone time and when she isn’t working she is reading and enjoying a glass of wine.

Favorite food: Steak. Rare.

Favorite drink: Your finest wine.

Favorite color: Yellow!

Favorite book: Agatha Christie Novels

Favorite movie: Bad Reality TV

Favorite possession: A photo of her family back home

Personal motto: “As women achieve power, the barriers will fall.”

Setting: The year is 2025, but the world feels stuck in the past. The rich hide behind fortified mansions, while the poor drown in bourbon and broken dreams. Out in rural Pennsylvania, the air is thick with suspicion, small towns swallowed by the creeping influence of corporate greed. The tech is there, but it’s old, clunky, and just another tool for the powerful to keep their boots on the necks of the desperate.

Synopsis:

Krissy Ryan never thought she’d have to fight for her family’s farm—but then again, she never thought her crops would start dying under mysterious circumstances either. The corn and wheat aren’t just withering; they’re rotting from the inside. Desperate for answers, she turns to Evelyn “Lynn” Calico, a journalist known for digging up dirt on the powerful.

But as Lynn starts pulling at the threads, she finds something rotten beneath the soil—encrypted files, missing researchers, and a project called “The Black Harvest.” The deeper she digs, the more dangerous it becomes. Recognizing the need for an investigative mind sharper than her own, Lynn reaches out to an old acquaintance: Veronica Malone, a Boston detective with a reputation for being a pain in the neck of every crooked politician and mobster in town.

Veronica, reluctant but intrigued, follows the trail from Boston to the Pennsylvania farmlands. What she finds is bigger than a local farming crisis, it’s a corporate conspiracy designed to lace food with chemicals engineered to dull resistance and ensure obedience. Someone has been tampering with the food supply, and the last scientist who tried to expose it turned up dead with a data chip clutched in his fist.

The three women form an uneasy alliance, navigating a world where the line between friend and enemy is razor-thin. The deeper they dig, the dirtier it gets. Every clue leads them further into the shadows, and every move they make is watched by men in tailored suits who don’t like their secrets being uncovered.

The climax takes them to the back alleys and smoky lounges of New York City, where the only way to expose the truth is to play the game like the criminals they’re up against. With a desperate plan, a stolen data drive, and nothing left to lose, they take their fight to the highest levels of power. But in a world where justice is just another commodity, winning isn’t just about exposing the truth—it’s about surviving long enough to make it matter.

Digital Media:

Podcast-Style Audio Logs: A series of moody, noir-style recordings from Krissy’s perspective throughout the story.
News Broadcasts: Have news reports of the situation happening in real time.

Themes:

The illusion of free will in a controlled society
The moral grayness of justice
The power of truth versus the power of those who control it
Corruption as the currency of power

Conclusion: The world learns of “The Black Harvest,” but change is slow, and justice is fleeting. Veronica, Krissy, and Lynn have won a battle, but the war rages on. Because in a world like this, there are no happy endings, only the next fight.