CCR Inspiration

 Week 5

    This post will be shorter than my previous post. The reason why is because I am in this odd spot between pre-production and actual production. Production officially begins tomorrow so I thought it would be a smart decision to speak about something outside of that and save it for next week. CCR creation is a topic I wrestled with this week. My teacher spoke to me about what I would be doing and I jumped to a podcast or otherwise commentary-focused CCR. I enjoy playing around with audio and since I would not need to show my face, using a script would be much easier and would allow the CCR to flow better.

    My teacher gave recommendations for podcasts that I could use (since I've never really listened to one...). I chose my topic as space since it is a subject that I am fascinated in and think would be interesting to be shown in podcast form.

    The first podcast is "Space" by Jad Abumrad on Radiolab. The podcast had an ambience that helped to tell a story. The sound effects coupled by narration by the podcaster really aided in engaging me in the podcast. This coupled with deep questions about space asked to space professionals like Neil deGrasse Tyson speaking about the history of space and space in general. This is an example of how I will do my podcast. It will focus on sound and help in making it engaging.

    The next podcast I looked into was "NASA's Curious Universe" by NASA. This podcast was undeniably more scientific space related. It included accounts by astronauts, scientists, and engineers at NASA. As someone who would love to wind up working for NASA, this excited. The podcast had me hooked, but the main reason why was because it focused on my interest. "Space" was more engaging in my opinion, in a way that anyone could enjoy it.

    In conclusion, I think I will use "Space" as an example for building my CCR podcast. While the NASA podcast was wonderful to listen to, Radiolab podcasts have a way of incorporating sound to make listeners feel something. (I guess this post was not as short as I expected)

    

Sources

Abumrad, Jad. “Space.” Radiolab, 6 Apr. 2020, https://radiolab.org/episodes/91520-space.

Sosby, Micheala. “NASA's Curious Universe.” NASA, NASA, 30 Mar. 2020, https://www.nasa.gov/curiousuniverse.