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Time to reflect

As discussed in my previous blog I chose Digital audio and more specifically to do a podcast. Coming into this it was all new to me and something i've never tried doing before. I learned a lot along the way and would like to reflect on the experience in this blog!
Myself and two other came together to discuss the ideas we had. We all agreed that a podcast was something we would all be interested in making and since we couldn't find a specific topic to talk about that would grasp the listeners attention we decided to do an interview style podcast using story-corp inspired questions which was suggested by our lecturer Sean.

As our group consisted of two girls and one boy we thought that it would be interesting to ask the same questions to each boy and girl and sort of compare their answers and see what differed between them. As a group we decided that I was going to be the interviewer as such. I enjoyed picking out what questions to ask and I was excited to get to know my fellow peers a bit more. 
It was also great to learn how important communication is, especially in a small team everyone needs to be sure of the role they have to play. 

We created a whatsapp group and all decided a day to meet up and record our interview. Kevin and Cliodhna prepared their answers briefly so they wouldn't be thrown off by and of the questions. On our first try recording it we were all a bit nervous and shy when we began to record. None of us had a microphone to record professionally so our only option was to record it using voice memos on my phone which didn't work out too bad. On our third try we finally were happy with the result. We wanted the interview to be lighthearted and easy to listen to which I hope is what we achieved. 

Personally I always found it very interesting how using audio can affect the mood and feel of a movie. I took advantage of studying digital audio and used the opportunity to research techniques directors use when making a film and why they choose certain songs and sound affects etc. I found it very interesting and I definitely learned a lot from researching it. 

Looking back on what I have done I am proud of what we created as it was our first time ever doing anything like this. It has also helped my confidence as I used to hate listening to my own voice but I got used to it! If I was to change anything I probably would have made it a little bit longer and added a few more sound effects during editing but hopefully I will learn them skills overtime!

Write soon,
Leslie 

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