Audio story
Building Blocks Part 1
1. The anecdote – story in the purest form, one thing
following another. No matter how boring the story is the story has a momentum,
because it’s a sequence of events. Start with the action. Bait, constantly
raising questions. The sequence of actions.
2. A moment of reflection- at some point someone is going to
say why you are reading this. Some meaning to the story, not purely an
anecdote.
The first building block of storytelling is the anecdote
which allows the story to progress further and further. This is meant to keep
the attention of the reader or the listener its job is to keep people guessing.
The anecdote keeps the story going by giving you a sequence of events while
able to raise questions about what is happening. These actions help develop the
first building block.
The second building block is the reflection. When you’re
reading or listening to a story you want to be able to get something out of at
the end. I mean if there isn’t a meaning there isn’t a reason to be listening
to the story is there? Both the building blocks are important to each other and
help the story catch and keep the listener or reader’s attention.
Part 2
Beginning- start out disorientating. Start with an open
question
End- You continue to question it until you have absolutely
no idea where you are with that question anymore.
Middle- walk through to figure it out what is going on
through the show. Slowly start getting deeper and deeper with the question.
So how Radio Lab comes up with their podcast ideas is that
they start out with a strange question that maybe confusing to people. They
then start to slowly work out how to get to the answer as best as they can.
Eventually, they almost appear to come up with a type of answer that seems to
work the best for the original question. However it may not answer the question
it might actually make them question it more. But that is how they come up with
their stories.
Part 3
This American Life- My Undesirable Talent
The story goes from translator to other people that are
recording for the first few minutes. They describe the characters very well and
what is happening not for much of sound effects in the background. At the 6:15
minute music begins to play but it’s rather soft and it keeps it very quiet
while they tell the story. 8:30 the music started to come up slightly louder as
they described what the man had done and was doing.
Radio Lab- Wild things
The music in is very basic almost soft and the background is
that of a piano ever so often. There isn’t much for sound effects, they told
you where you are very well. They also introduce the characters a bit not much
for description or anything but it was enough to know what was happening and
who people were. They would sometimes talk over other stories that are playing
in the background with soft harps behind it all.
