Task 2 (Audio Acquisition)
In order to create my narrative, I had to play my chosen game. This helped with what I was going to say and what I wanted to comment on, in particular. Such as graphics quality, character movement, sounds, story quality, character abilities and any negative thoughts that I may have about the game.
When it came to writing my script I had to think of how to make it sound like a gaming podcast and a gaming radio review.
So I researched gamers on YouTube, finding Markiplier (a popular American YouTuber known for his lets plays), Jacksepticeye (an Irish YouTuber who also does lets plays), and TheEnglishSimmer (a British YouTuber known for her Sims families, reviews and challenges). Noting their style of happy and bouncy dialogue even in their lets plays of horror games, I chose to copy it as well as their style of YouTube account names.
Having chosen myself a listener-friendly nickname I started to construct a sort of character profile, deciding on a style speech and presentation, the type of show that they would create and which direction they would want to take this show/podcast.
Once this character was created, I started work on writing the script. I added in all my character’s quirks and edited my speech/writing style to their’s into my notes on the game, as well as adding in some research into the game itself.
Though I didn’t know which sounds I wanted to use and where to put them, I tried to outline where they would go by creating a new paragraph where I would naturally finish one point and move on to another.
Upon completion, I handed it into my lecturer for a proof read. Taking his thoughts and criticisms on board before making any and all edits.
Step 2, Recording/acquiring my Audio
Once my script was written and proofread, I moved on to recording my narrative for my Podcast/Radioshow. This consisted of finding a quiet place to record, reducing the chance of background noise. I was given access to my lecturer’s office and a bidirectional recorder to record my narrative.
I also recorded my gameplay on my laptop through the use of a gameplay recording program, NVIDIA ShadowPlay.
I had to source jingles sounds from the internet, as well as background music for parts of my recording and an exit tune/sound.
My audio clips and recordings:
Enigmatic - Sourced from http://www.bensound.com/ and is Royalty Free music
Instinct - Sourced from http://www.bensound.com/ and is Royalty Free music
LEGO Marvel’s Avengers - Recorded by myself through the use of NVIDIA ShadowPlay. Over 20 seconds of use would infringe on copyright so I will only use 20 seconds or less.
Power Failer Sound - Sourced from http://soundbible.com/ Credit to Mike Koenig who created this audio clip
Power-Up Sound - Sourced from http://soundbible.com/ and is a Royalty Free sound
My Narrative - Recorded by me