Creating the radio show was an interesting process that challenged us to work together, be creative, and make use of our editing skills. We started the project off slow, then we decided on creating a script that would set the guild line we would follow to complete the assignment was the best course of action. After the script was complete we assigned who was responsible for what role and we all had to go record the individual audio for our charterers. We all also made unique bumpers and ads, we picked the best ads and used them for our podcast. After the audio was recorded I was responsible for editing and adding sound effects into the podcast, this process was difficult at first but once I had all the moving pieces in order and found a style/theme to follow the edits came out very nice. I was able to add laughing, transitions between scenes and questions, music, a ding for answers, and some different sounds that help the listener understand the mood that’s being expressed ex: using piano noise to build suspense. Once my part was complete I sent it off for the final editing and for the ads and bumpers me and my group mates created to be added into the podcast the final draft. Overall I’m satisfied with the completed project and think my group members did amazing with communicating and getting the work done, we set a plan and followed the plan any issues that we ran into were resolved quickly and as a group, leading to a successful end product.
This is what we’ve been waiting for, the radio show is here!
In order to have the 3 commercials with a group of four and an evenly divided amount of work: we decided to have thre of us did commercials and one of us put all of the audio together. I was the one who put the audio together. It took a bit of figuring out and converting files to mp3, but I did it! I became very close friends with tracks, align tracks, and align end to end. One thing about me is that I procrastinate as much as I can, but because I was working with other group members I knew it would not be fair to have it ready really late, so I did it as early as possible. Which, admittedly, was not super early, but better than my usual things. I wanted to use an AI voice recorder because it can be painfully difficult to record things using my own voice, but nothing worth using is free, unfortunately. Because of that, I recorded myself reading it out loud, and I think that this was the hardest part of all. I tend to choke on my words and stutter when I’m reading and recording, so that happened quite a few times. I ended up recording it in pretty small segments so I had one sentence (or so) to record, which made it a lot easier. I had a script that I followed. I felt really inclined to cringe because I don’t love my own fictional writing, but I told myself that I was lacking whimsy and pushed through. I recorded my audio on Audacity and edited the clips together there. I somehow struggled with downloading the radio show, but I was able to upload it to SoundCloud, and now it is there for the whole world to see! Again, I worked with Emily, Sam, and Brigid. They were all terrific with the process and I was the one who procrastinated the most, so hopefully that wasn’t too frustrating for them, lol. Overall, it was very nerve-wracking to record but cool to say that I can now create a radio show (or podcast).
In this futuristic radio game show called Noir Games, Runa is paired up with Max who she clashes with while trying to answer questions because they can’t seem to agree on anything. On the other team is Yohan and Lenore who seem absolutely perfect while suspiciously getting every answer correct as if they are geniuses. As the show goes on, things aren’t what they seem as Runa and Max unveil a secret behind the scenes. Also guest appearance of Dr. Oblivion as the hilariously snarky game show host!
Characters
Runa [Team 1]
Max [Team 1]
Yohan [Team 2]
Lenore [Team 2]
Dr. Oblivion [The host]
Noir Games
Behind the Scenes
Noir Games was inspired by my two old post called Mission: Probably Impossible and Noir Games Ideas. I was in charge of writing the whole script so when writing our dialogue I wanted to make it as entertaining and funny as possible which is why I gave Dr. Oblivion very snarky lines and comebacks to any of the sarcastic comments the other characters were saying. Making sure the storyline and plot twist all added up was very important for making sure the plot made sense in the end which I believe was portrayed well. To make sure we kept the tech-noir theme we asked only futuristic questions in the game show that could possibly be real in the future. The commercial also kept the futuristic approach to stay on the theme.
For my character Runa all her lines were recorded and then separated into various sections on Audacity before being saved on a Google drive that could be shared with the rest of my group. These recordings were later edited in with the rest of the characters: Max, Dr. Oblivion, Lenore, and Yohan, so that the actual scenes could be played out and organized first before the sound effects, background music, intro/outro, radio bumpers, and commercials were added in.
For specifically my radio bumper and commercial it was made using Audacity with sound effects added in and a recording of my voice used for the dialogue. For more information on the process of how I made them you can see my post called Noir Games Intermission. Once the whole radio show was complete we uploaded it on SoundCloud so that it could be shared.
I think the radio show went as good as it could have gone, overall. Since this is an online class, it made sense that my group’s schedules really did not match up. We realized that with the scheduling difficulties, it made the most sense to just edit together our own episode and then create a cohesive theme and idea across all three episodes. I wish we had gotten the chance to record as a group, just since that would have been more fun, but I had a pretty good time by myself as well! I’ve never edited a show with multiple audios before, and I wish I had the ability to do that with this project. I talked a little bit about it in my daily summary, but the overall editing was not that difficult for me. I used a backing track generated from Frank Sinatra’s Days of Wine and Roses via AIVA, and that was about the most challenging part.
In the second week of the radio show it was pretty easy as my group and I talked about what needed to be done by when. I started by finding interesting news articles in my area and started to think about what I should say and how I should say it. Once I recorded my 5 minute section I went into Free sounds and found sounds that would relate to my course character so it would seem as if Jack Cross was the news reporter. After my part of the section was completed the most skilled group member in Audacity started to slowly put them together and add in the radio bumpers and commercial’s, all in all we have made all the progress to end up completing the assignment
Welcome foolish travelers you are enter the mind of an all pronoun It with Add and Adhd who is on their period and sleep deprived turn back nowww.
Well, I will make this awfully clear I hate group projects. I will not apologize for that.
If it wasn’t literally part of the grade to work together I would do it all myself just avoid the stress projects like this bring me.
A. I am full of it B. I expect too much C. I really just want to sleep D. I am a hypocrite
So far, I was meant to arrange the audio it should have been done Wednesday but it’s not done yet. AHAHA I am gonna punch the wall. Lawyer talk, due to external issues I have been unable to complete the task originally assigned to me. Leading to an altered timeline that will affect the overall performance. Despite the agreed upon approach there appeared to be a moment of miscommunication causing the current predicament.
Aka WTF MF WTH WAYEBA SWMPTAJGBIH No it’s not gibberish, anyway I was tasked with arranging the audios into a good pace and fixing the sound, thought I would take a day at most and it did then I noticed the issue it was not long enough, the people in charge of after production things would not be able to extend the time so me and Nairah worked hard to extend the script that she did originally and I have to go back and rearrange everything though I know when they add effects it will be moved again I still do my best. I look forwards to hearing how Antonio and Azrael really give our story life. Never heard of an M4A before today yet here we are. Wonderful don’t you think?
As for my contributions I also did quite a bit the first week Radio Show Progress – Flower Bed thought I could get things done quickly but I put a weird amount of effort into it. Let me show the sites I’ve used just to record.
Dr. O is a fighter, so I ended up having to clone his voice to get what I needed.
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New day new progress, after work and bad interviews the last thing I want to think about is a project still gotta do it anyway. Why do I feel the urge to cry groan just gotta stay awake for 5 more hours we got thisssss. The due date is here and like with pregnancy ya gotta keep pushing kiddos.
This was a great and productive week. I participated in two Daily Creates and focused on the radio show for the rest of the week. I met with my group, and we seamlessly recorded our show at the DKC podcast studio. Since Finn is male and I have a fairly high voice, we decided to use an AI voice, which worked out well. We used SoundCloud to edit the show, which was perfect for this assignment because it allowed us to add music and audio clips. I had fun working with my group, and I’m glad we found time to record this week. It was also nice meeting some classmates in person!
Here are the Daily Creates I participated in this week.
It has been filmed! This week me and my group made and edited our final script, focused on a central theme of dating in a more digitalized age with dating apps and algorithms in control. We then used the Podcast Studio in the Digital Knowledge Center to film our base radio show, recording 4 scenes to split up later in the editing process. The recording was pretty straightforward, but editing was a bit more challenging. We used soundtrap, which is a program I have never used before, but enjoyed testing and exploring. Trying to find the right times to layer sounds in the background and not disrupt the flow of the conversation. Finding all of the right timings and cutting clips when needed and easing into bumpers and commercials made for a time-consuming editing process, but I’m glad the experience is under my belt now. The finished product can be found here on SoundCloud!
You know the drill. Here are my 2 daily creates for the week:
Okay, this group was hands down one of the best groups of people I have ever worked with! I would actually consider doing a real podcast with them in real life if we all could, no joke!
The fearless femmes made progress all week long! Monday/Tuesday we finalized our scripts and decided what types of bumpers, commercials, and everything like that we wanted to include. On Wednesday we recorded our first recording at the DKC recording studio, it was kind of an epic fail. Although, it was an outstanding first recording but then, the file got corrupted and decided to die on us. So, on Thursday we gave it another go, and our second recording was even better, of course! Thursday night, Martina/Lady Bird was so wonderful to complete the editing for us. She said she had a really nice program to use, and her editing skill set is far more advanced than any of the rest of ours (I think). Martina did an outstanding job on editing, and we are all so appreciative of her hard work and help with this entire project!! Today is Friday, and we are proudly turning it in.
I absolutely loved getting to work with this group of ladies. They are incredibly smart, talented, and have wonderful personalities. 10/10 in every category for this project.
For those who get to listen to it, I hope you enjoy it.
Oh my goodness we finally made it! Don’t get me wrong, it was fun to think about what the news might look like in a futuristic cyberpunk world, but that was stressful. My groupmates were done with their sections of the radio show by about Wednesday, and I was panicking and scrambling to keep up with them. I hope I gave them enough time for editing. I think it’ll end up nice and I’m glad I worked with them. I made two daily creates this week and my portion of the radio show. I wrote it and recorded and edited it on Audacity, merging it with my intro. The entire script was spoken in one take, and errors were edited out.
And here is my pride and joy, along with its transcript. (keep in mind the transcript was originally written for me, so there may be grammar errors)
Introduction: Welcome to ds106 radio in Chicago. We have headlines, alerts, and forecast. Now back to your host for the weather, and as always, thank you for listening.
Transcript: It’s 8 am in Chicago today and roughly 10 sol for any listeners from the Mars colony. It looks like a sunny day today, only thing obstructing the sun right now being the smog, which is predicted to dissipate starting at roughly 12 pm today as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is powering on their atmospheric filtration systems they’ve set up all around the city. As a reminder, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration has issued the following warning: Please refrain from touching, moving, or attempting to enter the atmospheric filtration systems. Do not stand within 15 feet of any filtration device while active, especially if you are pregnant, elderly, or with small children. The mayor wishes to remind everyone that until the atmospheric filtration systems have been deactivated, no one is allowed on the roof of any building in the city of Chicago. The high for today will be a warm 68 degrees with a low of 51, another record breaker for this week. Our current Air Quality Index is up to 113 today, so respirators are not needed for outside activity. And do keep in mind this number is expected to go down in coming the hours after the filtration systems are activated.
Coming up next, police are investigating recent reports of robots traversing through abandoned subway tunnels. This behavior is considered emergent, as there has not been any evidence to suggest that the robots are communicating or have communicated with people about this. Emergent behavior in machines is when they act in a new way outside of their programming. This has become much more common since the singularity, leading scientists to believe robots are capable of much more than they let on. As for travelling underground, computer engineers believe this strange behavior may involve their pathfinding software, with one stating, “They may have made a calculation that using the old tunnels is faster than walking through crowds, so they may be testing that hypothesis.” It is of note that robots are typically spotted going underground in pairs, and this is not thought to be a dangerous behavior at this time. Even still, the police recommend that you do not follow them, as the tunnels are dangerous and cave ins could occur at any moment.
Now, as a follow up for the previous story from last week when a local high school was under an active shooter alert. The armed assailants who took the hostages did release the victims unharmed, but have yet to be found themselves. The current suspects are believed to attend this high school and will be tried as adults. The motivation for this crime is still unknown, and it is unknown if the hostages had any relation to the perpetrators. The police are still on a manhunt for the two suspects, and have taken potential accomplices in for questioning. This case is unusual because of the EMP attack, which prevented the recording of any evidence as the crime took place. Police Chief Owen Andrews stated, “It’s been a long time since we’ve had to rely on witness testimony, but we will get to the bottom of this and bring justice to the victims and their families.”
And last up on our list is a heartwarming story. ‘A cuddly pile of kittens are saved’! An anonymous donation of one million dollars to the One Tail At A Time adoption center has prevented the destruction of the East Wing, where stray cats are housed. Recently, the adoption center had put up statements on their website about financials, and the very real possibility that they would have to tear down or close off the east wing. Thanks to this kind soul, who is rumored to be singer and songwriter Casanova, One Tail at a Time will continue to rescue and house stray cats and rehabilitate them before putting them up for adoption. Staff hopes this mysterious donor steps forward so they can be thanked in person.
was so wonderful to complete the editing for us. She said she had a really nice program to use, and her editing skill set is far more advanced than any of the rest of ours (I think). Martina did an outstanding job on editing, and we are all so appreciative of her hard work and help with this entire project!! Today is Friday, and we are proudly turning it in. 
