I really liked Act Eight with the two boys picking the name
of their new pet dog. The act was prefaced saying the ages of the two boys, 11
and 12, but I think you would have gathered that anyway once you heard them
speak, and once you heard what they were talking about. Even though this
segment was about something so little, what to name their dog, it showed so
much of the two boys’ personalities. I also really liked that I could hear the
happiness and smile within their voice, it made them both come to life for me
even though I couldn’t see them. I particularly liked that they were both
telling the story, it increased the idea that they were pitted against each other,
which then came full circle at the end as it cut to them calling the dog by
both the names they chose. Finally, I really liked that they both imitated their
mom’s voice in a way that distinguished their mom’s voice from theirs. I think
using vocal intonation and changing your voice within the story is something
that is really helpful, and I think allowing yourself to share the emotion you
are feeling with your listeners is also really powerful. I think this is
something that can be done without even having to say what you are feeling, but
if you let your voice speak as it normally would, the audience can understand exactly
how you feel about what you are talking about. I hope to incorporate more of
that, more vocal elements, within my story to help it come to life.
Cassidy,
ReplyDeleteI agree. I think that vocal intonation and change of pitch, speed, or volume really impacts a story. After listening to act eight myself, I noticed that I really loved the way the storytelling felt so natural and real. It felt like a friend was telling me the story, rather than an author or professional planning to read a story to me. Do you plan to incorporate this natural aspect into your story? I think use of this technique really makes the audience feel more involved in the story and more in the story and its setting. Maybe consider adding different and natural background noises to your piece to give it that realistic aspect, as they did in many of the acts.
I totally agree. I think it was so cute how they got excited about what they were talking about and it made it fun to listen to. It didn't feel like I was listening to a story online, but rather listening to two kids tell me a story. I never really thought about having more than one voice on a recording either, so that would be something really interesting to play around with. I would love to see how you choose to influence your story from this one!
ReplyDeleteI talked about this is my post and I think you hit on it as well, this story has such a nice, light-heartedness to it that you can't help but be entertained by. I did not think much of the use of their "mom voice" through my listening of it, but I totally get what you are saying about it. In my opinion, it makes the story more engaging. I know I have done things like that before when talking about my parents (for good or bad things), so it was cool to hear it in a story as well.
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