Week 6 – Homecoming Response – Kevin Xu

After listening to this audio story, I found numerous techniques that can be used through the audio format to tell a cohesive narrative. Two specific tricks I saw that they used which were very important was using rising or falling audio to indicate changes in setting or time, as well as background noise to indicate where the characters are. One example is when time skips forward after Heidi talks with the Colin and the audio quickly rises and stops abruptly to create a mental image of change. In addition, the background noise during Colin’s call shows the place that Colin is in when he’s calling Heidi, and the constantly breaking call indicates a rushed, claustrophobic pace. This story was not only an interesting story, but it was also an important lesson to me on how to create mental images through audio.

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