Final Project Proposal: The Roommate, Part II

For my final project, I wanted to create another audio recording. The new piece would expand upon my original idea, adding corrections and taking into account the feedback that I received from the class. Whenever this new project is produced, I will implement all of those alterations, plus add new content that expands the length and scope of what I did before.

With the first submission, substantial cuts were made to limit the size of the project to the required parameters. I hope to make the storyline go beyond the original 4 minute recording to add a conclusion, and will build upon the first version with at least an additional 4 minutes of audio. I will reuse some of the content that was cut to fit within the length of the first submission, implement some of the sounds that were recorded by classmates for the foley portion of the unit, and record new sounds to conclude the scene.

Another point that I hope to tackle with this revised version is to rectify a problem with clarity. As was pointed out before by a few people, the beginning of the recording made it difficult to discern which characters were which, and it was difficult to visualize the setting of the story. With this new version, I will add an introduction that tells the listener more about the setting and characters, as well as their background. This should make the overall presentation flow easier and be better understood.

This expansion is going to require a combination of skills that have been learned over the course of the semester, such as the search and implementation of creative-commons media, recording and audio editing with Audacity. It also incorporates some remixing, because I will be using the original recording material, while recutting it, dubbing over it, and putting a new spin on the content within that project. Overall, my goal is to have something that reuses the original piece but is a vast expansion of it while substantially expanding it beyond the first version.

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