Audio Assignments

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:

Multipersonality

_cokwr: For this audio assignment, pretend that you are three to four persons having a regular conversation. Pick any scenario that you are comfortable with but make it convincing that there are different people within the conversation. ie: at the dinner table you have a little girl, a hick father, with an Asian mother talking to each other: create those voices. and HAVE FUN with it!, _cpzh4: Audio, _chk2m: anagahama, _ciyn3: 91, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

The Contest Nobody Could Win

_cokwr: Take six very short fragments (less than one second each) from six different songs and ensemble them into a single piece. Expect others to guess which six songs you have used. Basic rules: 1) do not repeat songs 2) do not use covers (unless the cover is much better than the original, sh*t happens) 3) John Cage's 4'33'' is not a song!!! , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxxEab7nHfE, _chk2m: procsilas, _ciyn3: 89, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

One Question

_cokwr: Take one open ended question. Ask a bunch of people. Mix and compile. This could be video or audio only. Example here., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://fiftypeopleonequestion.com/films/3-brooklyn-ny, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 85, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Teenage Angst

_cokwr: Record yourself reading from a diary/journal/letter you wrote when you were a teenager. Try to capture the emotion and angst of the moment. Add music and sound effects, as appropriate. (Check out one of the TAL segements in the example for an idea of how this might sound.), _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/36/letters, _chk2m: Martha Burtis, _ciyn3: 84, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Audio Dream Stories

_cokwr: This is a variation off of AudioAssignments70: Sound Effects Story, except the main goal of this assignment is to create a story using only sounds (no words) found on the Internet that tells the story of a dream using audio. Restrictions: use only sounds from freesound.org and a max of 2 minutes. Please remember to credit those who you have sampled. Also, please refrain from having 6+ "layers" in a dream. We all know from watching Inception that by that time, you're way beyond the normal dreaming mind constructs and into the subconscious., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://nogoodadvice.somethingkindaooooh.com/2011/02/18/ds106-fo-lyfe-track-1/, _chk2m: Jordan, Andrew, & Colleen (Krollinghachy), _ciyn3: 73, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Movie as Radio

_cokwr: Take a movie's soundtrack and reduce it into an under-10 minute radio show e.g. http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/three-days-of-the-condor, _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/three-days-of-the-condor, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 83, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Uninteresting Story

_cokwr: Solicit an uninteresting story from a family member or friend. It is your task to try and make the anecdote as interesting for your listener as possible. When you post your story, reflect on the (un)interestingness of the story and why you believe it actually was worth telling. In other words, you are to record an uninteresting story and do everything in your power to make it interesting. , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/400/stories-pitched-by-our-parents, _chk2m: Jim Groom (via Martha), _ciyn3: 69, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Interview/Music Mashup

_cokwr: In the 70s, Dickie Goodman created a series of interviews where the interviewee responded with snippets from popular songs. They were hilarious. , _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDNlSpKLEEo, _chk2m: Laura Blankenship, _ciyn3: 78, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Autotune Something

_cokwr: You've heard Carl Sagan. You've heard Bed Intruder. You've even heard Gardner Campbell autotuned. Now it's your turn. Take something not typically musical and autotune it., _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B4C0CBooYBY_YzU5OTYzZTUtNTM5OC00ZWEzLTlmZDgtNzAzZDUxNmZhZmJl&export=download&hl=en_US, _chk2m: Jason Green, _ciyn3: 72, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: