I never listen to podcasts and audio. When I first got the assignment, I assumed that we are going to watch a video and pay attention to the audio they used. However, I never thought that we are going to listen to purely audios, without visual. When I noticed that, I was really surprised.
Audios are much more delicate than watching videos. This is because we couldn’t see what is happening. What the audience can do is to listen to those words and sounds and compose a picture by ourselves. As I am writing this blog post, I am wondering whether other people’s image of the story would be the same as me. I think it would be interesting to consider which parts differ and which parts are similar. Even though this audio’s storyline was pretty clear to me, I guess there would be people who disagree with how I interpreted it. Therefore, I feel like audios are open for audience interpretations. I feel like the audience would pay more attention to the audio media compared to the movies. For instance, I paid attention to the background voice such as the bubbly sound of the water and the turn of the pages. If I’m watching a movie, I would rather look at it without thinking about what I am hearing. After listening to this audio, it made me feel like it could be another entertainment media that I can listen to for fun. Without experience this audio, I would always believe that audios are outdated, boring, and why listen when we can watch movies.
I wanna bring out on some key things that got to me while experiencing the audio. First of all, there are many scenes that go back and forth; starting from the restaurant to the office with the throwback of Walter Cruz, and then to the phone call to Colin, back to Walter Cruz, and finally ending at the restaurant. I really like how it changes the scene with different background voices which indicates to the audience the change in time and place. For instance, at the restaurant, there were dishes clattering; and at the office, there were sounds of pages flipping. It really set the scene and allow the audience to place themselves in that mood. Another thing I think it is important to notice is that even though there were no visuals, we could also sense the character types of each person. For instance, Colin is seen as being scared and frightened; which is heard through his voice and the ways he chooses his wording. In addition, Haidi is seen to be calm as she comforted Colin. All in all, this assignment is really interesting since I see the other side of the new media, which inspires and interests me.