Having taken somewhat of a lax attitude towards all classes at the start of semester, I have found myself in the unfortunate predicament of being behind. This far too familiar place has resulted in my ears not receiving the full onslaught of audio documentaries and features that they were awaiting. Having only recently listened to ‘Just Another Fish Story’ and ‘Dear Birth Mother’ it is only now that I can begin to understand the different ways to portray voice and utilise the voice in a narrative.

Exploring the ideas behind the ‘cascading voice’ and the type of emotions/reactions that it connotes, I am left feeling silly that I did not get to utilise its full potential in Project Brief 1; as I feel the portrait of Sasha could have been reinforced with the use of such techniques. I feel that the final third of Sasha’s portrait would’ve served as an even stronger emotive turn point if his words cascaded and fell underneath the next piece of dialogue to reach a climactic point at the final reflection.

This has served as a stark reminder to keep on top of future work loads and class discussions, as I feel I had not only let myself down, but also Sasha and the Studio itself.

– donandsherri