I really enjoyed listening to these stories. I thought that "2o Acts in 60 Minutes" was wonderful. It combined all of the elements of creative nonfiction that I love with sound. I like the universal quality of these stories, and how they seem to focus on the idea that it is the little things that make life so interesting. I noticed the use of sound and the absence of sound throughout the stories. Sometimes sound was used to add to the story and sometimes is was used in the background. There would be funny sounds for comic effect or music to enhance the story. The song that the girls sang at the end had such an emotional quality that would've been missed if the story had have just been read or even told.
The second episode I listened to was "New Beginnings". I think the story of Luke being told by Lawrence Steger was very interesting to listen to. It included the story with active discussion about the sound clips being played like the use of, I think it was "Road Warrior", and Steger telling them to stop the clip because it wasn't the right part.
I guess what I liked best about these was the personal feel that each of the stories had which were the product of quality of voice, intonation, voice overs, music, and sound effects within each narrative.
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I unfortunately had the exact opposite response from yours. These are difficult for me to listen to. To me there is not enough intonation in the voices and maybe the sounds just don't really move me. Even the stories don't really move me, because to me the storytellers don't sound that interested in their own stories. I compared it to NPR and to be everything on there sounds the same. That is how this was for me to except they would change the music and sound effects to match the story.
Your use of the terms "creative fiction" is apt. That's how I saw, rather heard, it too. Well, maybe I saw it as well, since the first person accounts of the various narrators evoked scenes and images in my mind quite like a book/novel would have.
That's great insight about how these pieces all foreground the small moments in life. I wonder if the limits of sound as a medium makes us tell more specific, defined stories with it.
I agree with you that the emotional quality of the voices and sounds is impressive. I don;t think I would have liked many of the stories nearly so well if I had not heard them rather than read them.
I agree with you about the way these small stories of everyday life have a universal quality to them that really invites listeners to connect. You also did a nice job of identifying some of the auditory components used in these pieces to add meaning or understanding. The tissue box story certainly wouldn't have been the same with the choices of music. Silence was also an excellent tool in many of these for both comic relief and to call attention to serious issues. I don't think this would have been possible in quite the same way if the stories had been in text rather than audio.
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