Telling Stories for Radio.
If I am to be truthful, I don't listen to radio if I can avoid it. My car is littered with the CDs I listen to, at last count there are 33 of them. My iPod is filled with my music, and I have never once used my radio function. When I am my laptop, the music I listen to is either on iTunes or Youtube. Radio isn't a big part of my life, music is, but not radio.
My first thoughts of this lecture when I realised it would be like a radio-interview were "is there a transcript of this lecture? Please god let there be!" When I realised there wasn't I did contemplate not listening to the podcast, but dug deep within myself and pressed the play button once again.
I don't agree with what Dr. Redman said, "Radio is more intimate than TV". When I listened to this recording I didn't feel as if the voice was coming from my own head. It felt distant and not totally familiar, like someone was invading personal and private space with their own thoughts and words. With TV, which is something that I try to limit my watching of, I can see who is speaking and although I don't know them and don't feel connected to them, it still seems plausible that the words coming out of their mouth are their own. I guess to me, both TV and Radio are equally un-intimate.
This lecture was in preparation for our next assignment, telling a factual story. The common theme of how to speak to someone about their experiences came through loud and clear, but it also unnerved me a bit. I have stories which I could tell for this assignment, but I don't know if I feel comfortable enough with this media-type to do so. I can write silly little things like "Six things I wish I never did" or "10 things I want to say to 10 different people", because I censor it. If I was doing this was my close friends, the content of these entries would change dramatically. I want to be honest with the factual story and write about this one experience, but I don't know if I can bring myself to do so. I don't know if I can bear so much of myself to, lets be honest, 300 or so strangers.
Maybe I need to think more about what I am prepared to disclose....Or maybe I should just protect myself and not write about what I think would be a good thing to write about.... Anyway, that was week five and my thoughts on the lecture.
Laura,
ReplyDeleteRe: radio - I think for the comment about radio coming from within your own head, is not to say they are becoming your own thoughts, but perhaps is demonstrated by the fact you felt "like someone was invading personal and private space with their own thoughts and words" as you say.
As for your story, maybe don't reveal yourself, but find others with a similar story..? Then you can still tell your story without the details that make you cringe.
Just a thought :)
- Julia
Sorry it has taken me so long to write back to this. I just found the comments section of my blog....Oppps!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your suggestions, I really do appreciate it :) I am thinking long and hard on my story. I have two story options now, and I am going to talk to my tutuor, Ali, for her thoughts on them.