For my soundscape, I plan on using urban sounds to set a backdrop for the story of the displacement of a family in Pittsburgh. The idea behind the soundscape is to narrate the story of a family who lived in East Liberty for years, and due to the rapid increase of gentrification happening in the area that they were noticed on 2 weeks before they need to leave their long time home. The script will start with the mom finding a letter on the door stating that a private developer has bought out the building and that the tenants of the building need to be out within 2 weeks. This will start a conversation between a mom and dad about how they’ve lived in East Liberty and their apartment building for 20 years. It will then continue with them discussing the changes that are happening within the neighborhood and how they have been noticing the increase in price of homes and shops. As well as discussing the changing demographic of the neighborhood.

I want to use very urban sounds to lay in the background of the dialogue between the mom and dad. I want it to be prevalent that East Liberty is a busy, urban neighborhood with a lot of life in it. I think this is a good way to show the changes happening within the neighborhood and the real issue that is being ignored by the displacement of low-income families in the neighborhood who don’t have the means to just up and move like the landlords and developers are expecting from them.

The media I am most excited about is the track of the story because I just think that it’s a really important story to tell. I want to compose this piece of audio in an interesting way that makes people intrigued and willing to listen to what’s happening. There won”t necessarily be a climax and I don’t believe the story will truly follow a typical story outline but I don’t think that diminishes the interesting aspects of the story.