Category Archives: 2022 FALL
RTN
by: Allisa Olsen
Blind Box PSA
As a collector of many things, I want to fill my collection of whatever I want and keep growing it, however, one type of collectible has always screwed me over in cash: blind boxes. Originally blind bags, these things have always impulse me. You don’t know what you’re going to get inside and once you open it, you either get the one you want or get a repeat of what you already have. At least with blind bags, you can kind of feel what you might get, but companies have now started switching to boxes, making it impossible to know what’s inside. I made this little PSA to spread awareness about the dangers of blind boxes.
Much of my audio and editing experience dates to high school when I would always help my sister with two of her assignments that involved making a video with audio. I had little experience, but I knew the basics on how to edit audio and I even used a really bad app. The only other time I can think of is when for my second year of Spanish class, my group had to make an entire video while speaking only in Spanish. I was given the opportunity to edit audio in the video and it turned out decent enough for a passing grade. Fast Forward today, the only time I typically edit audio is to pitch music to my liking.
P4 Auditory Project
Part of my interest with this project was the creativity that you could express with it. I had two initial ideas that came to mind with this project, Read a fairly iconic story of Winnie the pooh since it fit a similar idea but also meant more for me as a person than something like Aesop’s fables.
My other idea was extremely more ambitious and where the majority of the time on this project went before I decided Winnie the pooh was a safer option. I was gonna work on a script of a fictional play related to the story “the king in yellow”. The main obstacle was seeing if there was any reference to the play’s theme or even script from it but I couldn’t find anything and would have to write out something. After a few days of thinking on it, I realized this idea is not gonna work and to take a safer route with it.
Overall, this project taught me something important to keep in mind with projects and that is trying to get a good scope of how big an idea really is. I wasted a lot of the time on this project “working” on something that showed no fruit. I will have to keep this in mind when making projects in the future.
By Jordan Smith
The Audio Project
What I was trying to accomplish with my audio project is something scary. Not something that is just Halloween style but more of an actual scary thing that has happened. So what I was looking for was something that has happened back in the day in real life. I read many dark things online and came across a cult boarding school, a school that was open from the 1970s all the way throughout 2010, shutting down in 2011. I could talk about this “school” here but would rather keep it out to keep the feel of immersion, the name of the school is said in the audio so those of you who are interested, have at it.
The program I used was FL Studio, I bought the full program but had very little experience on it, so making this was rather tough. I have spent 8 hours on this audio file mainly due to almost half the time, I’m trying to figure out how something works. Overall I am happy with what I was able to accomplish with almost no audio production experience. Although I think I would have made a much nicer product if I was in full control of what I was doing, being able to make my own sound effects instead of having to find them online. Sorry about my audio being over 3 minutes long. When I saw that my audio was 4 minutes long, it was already 3am and I wanted to sleep. My future audio projects will most likely be way better than this one now that thanks to this assignment I got a new found motivation to learn FL Studio!
Link: https://soundcloud.com/tristand-675553387/the-boarding-school
The Two Pots, Mason Perkins
I was trying to get a good mix of levels in the audio but I didn’t have time to do much else. I’m using a virtual cable to run my audio from O.B.S to a digital audio bus called voice meter then to audition so there are effects on my voice keeping the levels nice and equalizing for my bad quality mic. I grabbed the sounds from various free sound sites but Pixbay is the best in my opinion. but the most expansive of all things online is a site called Openverse which was previously just called something like creative commons blah blah. I also did some murmur recording along with my voice, and I think it all comes together pretty well mainly considering levels. but with some more time I could do a lot better I’m just sleepy so I got the requirements done and exported. although its not like the fables are particularly interesting so I would wanna write something which would take even more time.
P4 Audio (Alex Seydel)
I picked a random story from the Aesop Fables.
The Stag & His Reflection
A Stag, drinking from a crystal spring, saw himself mirrored in the clear water. He greatly admired the graceful arch of his antlers, but he was very much ashamed of his spindling legs.
“How can it be,” he sighed, “that I should be cursed with such legs when I have so magnificent a crown.”
At that moment he scented a panther and in an instant was bounding away through the forest. But as he ran his wide-spreading antlers caught in the branches of the trees, and soon the Panther overtook him. Then the Stag perceived that the legs of which he was so ashamed would have saved him had it not been for the useless ornaments on his head.
Spencer Jones – P4 Audio
With this audio production assignment I wanted to give my audience a look into one of my fond childhood memories while also evoking some nostalgia from people who maybe had similar experiences as kids. While we all grew up in different backgrounds and have had different experiences that have shaped us into the people we are today, I’m sure that all of us also have some obscure but warm memories from out childhoods that are still present with us to this day. So enjoy my retelling of the story from the day that the (Inflatable) Titanic sank.
Overall I had tons of fun with this assignment. it was really awesome getting to wrack my brain for different memories that I could turn into an auditory story for everyone to enjoy. not only that, I had a ton of fun with the editing process of this project. Deciding what song to use what sound effects to put where, and even just recording different takes of my dialogue.
P3 Roadtrip Nation
“I never forgot about my passion; I never forgot to do something for me. So whatever job you do, don’t lose yourself. I didn’t.”
David Banks, Roadtrip Nation
David Banks is a award-winning filmmaker and photographer who defies the idea that a college education is the only path to feeling successful.
Growing up, David was made to think he was stupid, when really he was just struggling with dyslexia and vowel-deafness. However, he knew he was not stupid and took it upon himself to teach himself about his interests.
Although he couldn’t afford it nor did he have the grades, he moved out to California and would bus from Burbank to USC to buy used books from their bookstore. He has since built a successful career and won 2 Emmys.
He says he did so by setting reachable goals, as high expectations would lead to frustration. It is very beautiful that he derives a sense of success from feeling happy in his work, rather than money, fame and awards.
I found the way he spoke about his journey to be very relatable and inspiring to my own future.
by: Lemoni Genosar
P4 Audio George Hendrickson: Jordan Peterson Has The Meats
With this assignment I wanted to have some fun with the garbage human being that is Jordan Peterson. Yes, this is real. This man tried to convince everyone to be a carnivore for years. I can’t help but laugh at the absurdity of him preaching a positive lifestyle while doing that to his body. I had a great experience with this assignment and it’s probably my favorite one so far. I suppose I also wanted to get the point across that eating only meat, especially beef, is one of the worst long-term things you can do for your body.
I also love when these grifters who use big words to sound intelligent go mask off, and you can see how foolish and ridiculous they actually are. This man is off the rails and deserves to have his platform taken way, but gosh dang it, it’s too much fun to roleplay the worst version of Kermit the frog ever. People like this are dangerous, but if we are able to laugh at them it can take away some of their power, and we can feel a little better about it at the same time.