Audio Feedback
This week we showed our rough cut audio essays to Rachel and got some helpful feedback.
Some of the things we needed to improve on:
- Be more direct- no characters or faking it.
We were told that with audio it becomes very obvious if someone is pretending to play a part and our voices easily give away the fact that it is stages or just too contrived. When we were more direct and said things as we thought of them the audio essay seemed more authentic and engaging despite it being planned out.
2. Have more layers
We should start thinking about different effects like music. We are thinking about making it a radio show and play the end of a song to introduce us.
3. focus on WHY kpop is an institution.
This has been challenging to do because the definition of an institution is hard to pin down and recontextualize to a modern music industry. We’ve decided to stick with our definition. I’m going to say:
Business Studies Research-Professor Geoffrey Martin Hodgson, in his descriptive text ‘What are Institutions’ 2006, explores just that.
He states that an ‘institution’ is a sociological term that usually connotates a relationship between a dominant social power, certain conventions and behaviours over a passive and abiding collectivist community.
Does k-pop really fit that description?