Podcasting: For our podcast, we decided to write about something that we knew about, and give it a twist. So we wrote the script for a tour of one of the residence buildings, and turned it into a haunting story. We each took a place in residence and wrote about it; I chose the roof because I thought it would be interesting as a story. Here is the script in full, as well as the .mp3 file that is the actual Podcast. We did that part just for fun.:D
Our intention was to make sort of a myth about the residence building. When I told a few students the story and let them listen to the podcast, they started to further question the history of the building.. coming to think of it, I guess my group sort of played a prank. We had fun making up the story though, so I’m happy that we chose that topic.
For my contribution, I wrote about the roof. I thought it would be one that could have a short story about it that was scandalous and shameful. I thought it was pretty good, and I thought it was cool that we went on the roof to record the podcast (I mean, we didn’t go on the roof...)
I definitely didn’t know that a podcast was actually in .mp3 format of an audio file. I didn’t have an iPod until this year, and I always wondered why it was called an iPod. For this group project I also learned that it is somewhat difficult to write a script when it is sectioned off. As much as we were trying to get everyone involved in an equal way, I think the flow of the script suffered because we had written it separately and then joined everything together, adding transitional sentences and editing together.
We just wanted to record it for our own fun. To record, I got a program called Audacity. The sound is SO clear that it records! Since my dad has his own music business, I am sort of accustomed to certain music and video editing programs, but I had never dealt with Audacity before. It was really simple to use and pretty convenient, the only downfall was that it was on my computer so the practical thing to do was bring my computer around to all the locations were we recorded. It was really cool though because it picked up all the sound effects that were needed..walking steps, the washing machine, etc.
For editing I also used Audacity, and it was very simple. I essentially cut and paste all the parts that were out of sync. Then I added music effects: by importing songs like 'Don't Lie' by the Black Eyed Peas, I was able to cut the beginning and use it as a 'thriller' type sound effect. I learned basic, and perhaps a bit of advanced, sound editing.
In the end, I think our topic was a good idea with a lot of potential, but we didn’t pay as much attention to detail as we should have. The audio was too loud and could not be offset by normalizing, and there are spoken mistakes, etc. However, it was a good experience, a good project to be done as a group, and now I know what recording program to use that is simple and easy.
The information shown in this video is completely fictional.
Script:
Podcast Tour of Humber College Residence, formerly the Rexdale School for Boys
Vanessa: There is one recorded fatality at the Rexdale School for Boys. His name was Earnest, and he was 13 years old. He lived in Room 666, and he was liked by all his peers. He was discovered in his room slumped over his bureau with his history textbooks open. Cause of death: Homework Overload.
Cara: We’re here now at the Rexdale School for Boys today, now known as Humber North College Residence, where we are going to be leading a tour. Please stay with us as we venture through the tunnel that has an unknown history to the students who live here now.
Vanessa: The tunnel, which connects S building to the rest of the residence, was built over a fire pitt which students would use to burn all of their work at the end of the school year. To this day, some students say that they can feel what they can only describe as a hot spot as they pass through the tunnel.
The laundry room was used as the detention room back when it was a board school. Rumor has it that sometimes kids were made to stay in the detention room for over 24 hours. Some students would smuggle in small games to play to help pass the time. Ghosts are said to be seen in the laundry room and jacks have been found in the corner of the room.
Cara: Back when the building was for the Rexdale School for boys, the elevator was only supposed to be used by the cleaning maids and teachers. Some boys that were risky enough snuck into it regularly, just for the thrill of breaking the rules. Often they would ride up to the roof and look out over the landscape, usually a sunset or sunrise. Lets take a look up there now and find out what we can see.
Currently from the roof you can see the other residence buildings, the daycare centre, Hwy 27, and the Humber and Guelph-Humber buildings. At the time of the Rexdale School, most of this area wasn’t developed, so there was really nothing to see except a dirt path and a few trees. But the view wasn’t the only reason to go up to the roof. Professors used the roof as an illegal zone...they smoked and drank like there was no tomorrow. They assumed that no students would see them. However, Earnest and some friends went up to the roof one night, and they found their three teachers drunk, dancing to salsa music. They were horrified, so they ran back downstairs. It is still unknown if the teachers were aware of how their secret was exposed.
That's all for today, please join us next week when we discuss the new technology of iPhones.
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