Podcast Revision Assignment:
This assignment was to create a real podcast with an in class partner using our Personal Narrative Essay's to create a common topic for the podcast.
With the podcast the theme of "cycles" came in the form of how friends come and go. In a young adults life there is a continuous cycle of friends leaving and entering their lives. In our podcast Thomas and I discuss this cycle and the impact it left on our lives.
Podcast Revision: Personal Reflection
I personally feel like using the platform of a podcast to talk about and discuss the content and value of mine and Thomas’ podcasts made a much more formal approach to the situation. I think the platform itself changed our audience’s respectively to not only one of mutual interest amongst the topic of our essays but from a reader to a listener. From a context standpoint, I personally felt like it wasn’t that hard to act like we were making a podcast. The recording studio helped me at least feel like it was a legitimate podcast. The design aspect was fun I was able to incorporate some humor and EDM music into the podcast while editing which wasn’t something, I anticipated I could do. Overall the rhetorical aspects of our essays weren’t difficult since me and Thomas’s essay topics were so similar. We were able to come up with a common theme and a synthesized message pretty easy considering both our essays involved the importance of friends. This was somewhat a challenge for me to communicate the message of my essay without directly reading it. This changed my composition process when making an outline for the podcast because I couldn’t use the descriptive language in my essay to communicate the mutual message me and Thomas synthesized. When writing the actual essay however my process remained unchanged. I chose to use the conclusion topic sentence of my essay into our podcast because I felt it tied in with our message of don’t let time affect the relationships you care about. The sentence topic was about all the wishes I had that I would’ve done before my circumstances changed with my friends. The most challenging aspect of this project would probably be managing the reservation of the podcast with my group members or editing the podcast. Thomas was great and he offered no challenge but just our schedules made it difficult to find a time to record the podcast. This caused us to be pushed for time to edit and make the transcript of the podcast. As well as remembering the editing techniques taught to us in the class at the Samford Media Center. Editing the podcast was difficult from learning the techniques of it to listening to a long podcast multiple time. It was equally as time consuming as it was challenging. The most interesting aspect of this assignment would definitely be being able to use the recording studio at the Samford Media Center. My friends and I personally have always thought it would be so fun to record a podcast regularly, so to be able to use an industrial grade recording studio was really cool. It has inspired me to try and actually make a podcast with my friends. In conclusion I would say I’m 50/50 on this project. There were parts I liked, and parts I didn’t. If I had to do it again I would feel some angst about the workload but excited for the creative aspects of the project.
Podcast Outline:
1. Opening
a. What’s going on y’all it’s Thomas and Mason back again with the Friends in “Low Places Podcast”
b. Talk about: Freshman, UA, EN 101, The class and the assignment
c. Back story about us, name age where your from, Today we will be discussing the dilemmas that kids face while growing up as well as the importance of those bonds we create with our childhood friends to try and show y’all that the time you spend with your friends growing up is important whether it’s a crazy adventure or just a meal tradition. These times seem to pass by very quickly so you should cherish the memories that you make.
2. Outline of Persuasive Dialogue
a. Thomas’s story is one that discusses how the boredom of growing up in a small midwest town and not knowing your limits can lead to getting in trouble with the police and your parents. Mason’s story is about not taking the time you have with people you love for granted. Because time moves on and change is inevitable in life and that’s just the way things are.
b. T: I am going to use descriptive language to describe the inside of the Abandoned Wal-Mart that my friends and I broke into. I will use Kairos to set the context in which my story took place. I will use Ethos to try and get the audience to sympathize with the boredom that I experienced growing up. I will use Logos to describe my thought process about the situation as a whole. M: I am going to emphasize the kairos of being in high school vs. college and the problems that creates. I’m going to use the descriptive language of the food I use in my essay to appeal to the pathos of the listeners. I am going to use the “I’ve been there, done that” aspect of my essay to appeal to the listeners ethos.
c. Specific examples for synthesized message here (3-4 examples) T: “I would have never done something as reckless and awesome as breaking into an abandoned building without my friends. Looking back on it, I miss all the stupid stuff we would do” T: “ It was almost pitch black with nothing but the natural light coming in from the boarded-up glass doors up front and our phones flashlights. I looked towards Matt’s bright blue kicks and my eyes were met with a massive blood red pentagram” Mason Kairos: “Now in present time I remember all those times we ate at Zaxby’s.” Mason Pathos: “Upon entering our kingdom, we were greeted with the explosive aroma of royally flavored batter splintering into the perfect crunch in a bath of all-American grease.” Mason Ethos: “. I guess as all things are that once were, the memory is the best conceptual picture possible of the situation.”
d. Questions and interactive anecdotes here (5-7 examples)
T: “I can definitely relate to your story. I miss my high school friends a little bit more every day. We would compensate for our sadness that we were splitting up by relating our friendship to a tv show and saying that Season 4 is coming to an end and our network is kicking us off the air.”
T: “My friend group also had an eating chicken related tradition: Chick Fil A friday’s. Lunchtime on friday was always Chick Fil A. I miss that a lot.”
T: “After all the time that has passed, do you think it would be just like old times if y’all shared another meal at Zaxby’s together in the present?” M: “So how do you think those lessons you learned about your friends in middle school, translate to your present life in college?”
M: “Do you think you are a better or worse person because of the adventures at the abandoned Wal-Mart?”
M: “I understand the difficulty of having mischievous friends combined with a strict home life as well. I could feel the exact anxiety you felt when your friends asked you to go to the Wal-Mart in your story.”
M: “Do you think getting away with it was a good or bad thing looking back on it now?”
M: “Are you still close with all these guys now that its almost the end of the first semester of college?”
e. Transitions (2-3 sentences each)
3. Conclusion
As you can tell from our experiences, the time you spend with your friends growing up shapes you into the person you are and it’s very easy to take that time for granted without even knowing it. While we spend so much time invested in the present; times change regardless and we may not get to see the people we love everyday. So it’s important to continue and cherish those good memories and keep up with the people in those memories. Now that y’all have heard our stories, go out and tell your friends how much you appreciate them. If you can’t see them, send them a Snapchat or a text. Hell, give them a call and let them know that you’re thinking about them. Because friendships don’t always last forever and it’s important to let your friends know that you care about them. Cherish the time you spend with your buddies because that time will be gone in the blink of an eye. Don’t forget that as time changes so do your circumstances so especially if you’re like us and you’re going through a lot of changes with your friends its especially important to keep up with them.
Podcast Transcript:
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