Audio Assignments

Over-Dramatic Reading

_cokwr: Choose any written material (a song, poem, short book, excerpt from a novel, scene from a television show, news article, etc.) and record a dramatic reading. Read your selection in a way that alters the message of the original material (at an odd pace, overly excited, sad, etc. -- be creative, make it your own). Make sure you mention what it is you are reading, and who the author of the material is., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Chris Randles, _ciyn3: 112, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Context

_cokwr: Take the audio from one movie, the ambient sounds, a few words, etc. Remix it into something entirely new., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GkjMZu2FrQ, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 71, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Character Bird Calls

_cokwr: Like some people use special whistles to attract birds, your task is to create an 30 second or less audio file that might be used to “call” a particular character from a movie, tv, or real life. It cannot feature voices, but sounds only (try http://freesounds.org). Write a description why this sound would be attractive to the character, why it would be effective (be inventive, write a story about it). , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://cogdogblog.com/2011/10/16/dr-oliver-bird-call/, _chk2m: CogDog, _ciyn3: 193, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Based on 1-Quote-A-Day Project!!

_cokwr: First of all, see this following link (assignment introduced by mome). http://ds106.us/2011/10/16/1-quote-a-day/ Quotes could be nice only by its own, but it might go further when it went beyond written words. Read your quote for a day out loud, and record it! Do not forget to give an appropriate feeling to it. Tone of voice could be a helpful hint for answerers to guess where your quote came from. Mimicking the original tone could be nice enough, but you also can add your own feelings to it as well. :), _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://morita-tuj.blogspot.com/2011/11/based-on-1qad-part12-soundcloud-direct.html, _chk2m: Rimi 'Kookaburra' Morita, _ciyn3: 210, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Create a ds106 radio bumper

_cokwr: Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: https://files.ds106.us/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2011/12/radio.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 36, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Grant Potter’s #ds106 Radio Live Show

_cokwr: Come up with an hour-long, themed show for #ds106 Radio that you both conceptualize and produce, then deliver on-the-air live over. It can be an ongoing show, or a one-time affair., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 38, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Movie Voice Machines

_cokwr: Create a voice mail message for a character in a film or tv show. Use samples, impressions, and/or music to create your message., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOqMR0zW8xo&feature=related, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 196, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

SongStory

_cokwr: My memories fade over time, but sometimes there is a song that can take me back to a place that revives the memories of my past. The song allows me to remember things I thought I had forgotten. So, for an assignment, pick a song that does that for you, and tell some stories about what you remember. An example for me would be to pick a song off of the Journey "Escape" album, and talk about the summer job I had cutting the grass for my high school the summer before my senior year. The smells, the grease, the noise, the sunburn, the boredom, the friends. In the assignment you might want to mix your voice over parts of the song, give an intro, tell the story first and play the song, break up the song with the story - lots of options. But nothing too long - my attention span is short. These would be great to post on ds106 radio., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Jerry, _ciyn3: 75, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Celebrity Radio Interview

_cokwr: You may have seen parodies in which the camera cuts between an interviewee in a real interview and a fake interviewer, for example The Soup's interview with Miley Cyrus about being a vampire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNycG-IATY). The nice thing about doing this with audio rather than video is that you're not restricted to using responses from a single interview since you don't have to worry about making it look real. Record yourself asking questions to someone famous, then use audio clips of the celebrity from real interviews as the responses., _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: Matt Martin, _ciyn3: 95, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

A Life in Two Minutes

_cokwr: Create a 2 minute audio story inspired by the "My Life is True" series produced by KQED of Northern California. KQED works with people "to explain, in their own words, a significant moment or stubborn problem." Work with a friend or tell a story about yourself that describes such a moment or problem. Be sure to keep it at two minutes or less! Thanks to GNA Garcia for posting a link to this awesome site on Twitter and inspiring assignment ideas for DS106., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.mylifeistrue.org/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 184, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: