When I was first planning how I wanted to create this assignment there was always one person in mind: my sister, Brooke. She has been a part of the “Pages” process since the early creation of the series, even back to when it was only an idea in my head. She was there every step of the process. From brainstorming ideas, to talking through plotholes, to reading scenes that I wasn’t sure were ready, and to helping me through the editing process, Brooke was always there to offer her support. She was the first person to read “Into the Pages” prior to publication, and the same will be true as “Within the Bindings” dusts off the rest of its rough edges. There was no better person to talk to, therefore, than Brooke, and luckily she was able to join me for a quick interview to discuss the publication process of “Into the Pages”, and offer her subtle predictions for the sequel.
In the draft of this project I immediately opened with the first question, giving no context or insight as to what the podcast was going to be about. That is the first thing that I changed when editing the final draft, and recorded an introduction that gave the listener a clue as to what we would be discussing in the next two minutes and forty seconds. I also used a different music selection to open up the podcast to create a different mood than the rest of the interview. The music selection I chose for the interview gives a feeling of hope and wishfulness while the opening selection, in my opinion, relays the effect of gratitude. In thanking Brooke during her introduction, the music adequately reflects the subject.
Additionally, I fine tuned through the raw audio footage and removed any harsh marks that prevented the conversation from flowing well. In the draft, I didn’t eliminate all of the filler words or the silent breaks during our discussion. By doing so, the final draft is more smooth and connected. I left a couple moments of conversational pause when appropriate to the topic being discussed, such as when suspense was building. Overall, however, the audio sounds much more smooth and conversational than it did before with awkward pausing and stutters.
The podcast was a good conversation about how the series is coming together, and it gave one of the first glimpses at the sequel as it begins to wrap up in the editing phase of publication.
The music used during the podcast is credited to:
Sincerely by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5033-sincerely
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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