About two hours into today’s class, we previewed our rough audio essay cut to Louise. Into the first 5 seconds, Louise immediately commented on the pace of speaking in the monologue. Ryan had stylistically chosen this as a technique he aimed to achieve inspired by podcasts he listens to himself.

We included this skit: (Link) As a comedic asset to our audio. However, although it was completely in the context of trigger warnings, the specific place where it is located in the rough cut (directly following the monologue) was quiet out of context. It’s confusing as to who is talking and Louise couldn’t tell it was a skit, she was confused. She suggested that we have a mini intro to the skit, with something along the lines of ‘there has even been parodies of the ridiculousness of trigger warnings…’ then have the skit. This makes it clearer. Louise also suggested breaking up the monologue throughout the entire essay, rather than all at the start – which I believe it a great idea. It would keep the essay flowing better.