A.3 Strategy 2: Incorporating Sounds Demo
A. Strategy 2: Adding Sounds
Listen to what Maurice has to say about incorporating sound in your podcast and using it to help convey meaning.
B. Thinking About Music and Sound
A podcaster has more than words to think about when creating a podcast! While words are really important to podcasters, so are sounds! Sounds play different rolls in podcasts. Podcasters can include
- Music at the beginning or end of a podcast. Just like the words at the beginning of a podcast, music can help to hook the listener.
- Sound effects within a podcast can help the listener feel like they are there, in a place. They can also make us sit up and listen closely or surprise us.
Here are a few examples. Click each image to learn more.
You Try
Directions: Listen to the podcast below. Keep an ear out for any music or sound effects. After listening, do you feel like the music and sounds were effective? Why or why not?
Mission Mars
Podcast
C. You Try: Enter the sound studio
Now you are going to practice being in the sound studio. Some people who make podcasts choose their own music and sounds. Some podcasters have a sound editor. We’re going to practice being sound editors for a podcast about the first person walking on the moon!
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Directions: Read the first 4 sentences of the podcast hook below. Then decide which music and sound effects you would want to include in your podcast.
Podcast Hook
July 20, 1969. The day that changed our place in space … forever. When Neil Armstrong took his small step and our giant leap the whole world was watching. The astronauts are the names we know, but they are not the only heroes of this story. The engineers, the geologists, the physicists, the chemists, the biologists – they were all explorers.
Opening Music
Which opening music would be the best for this podcast? Why? There is no right answer so long as you have a good reason for your choice.
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Sounds
Which sound effects would be the best for this podcast? Why? Choose at least 3. There is no right answer so long as you have a good reason for your choice.
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