Monday, March 21, 2016

Open Post to Peer Reviewers

The rough draft, finally finally finallyyyy here. Here's the link to listen to my podcast on the way nurses write in their field.

IGNORE THE INTRO. It's awful and awkward and I'm going to re-do it. There was also a funny reason I named the podcast Pillow Talk (I was going to use that song too) but I didn't go through with it so the name doesn't really make sense. I will be changing this.
At this point, I haven't done much in the ways of adding sound or effects other than background music. I chose a few rap instrumentals (No Role Modelz by JCole, Regulate by Warren G and Ms Jackson by Outkast were my final choices) because I like rap and I think they're entertaining but they might be a little distracting. Maybe very distracting but I can't tell at this point. Right now its pretty much just my content, and I'm worried that it's coming off as uninteresting. I've yet to incorporate the excerpts from interviews as well, which I hope will break up the constant "me talking"-ness.

Like I said, I feel like a major weakness is how boring this seems. I know I can make it more interesting and I plan to do so this week. Also, like I said, the music might be distracting. I'm keeping it for now but I might have to choose something a little more neutral. I also think my voice sounds annoying, but that's something I can't fix, and it might just be from my own perspective.

Other than the fact that it sounds uninteresting, I think I made some good points in my analyses of the sources. I also think that the flow of the information makes sense, so I'm definitely going to keep the order that I have now.

3 comments:

  1. Hi Mariana,

    I think you did a great job with the content itself of your podcast as your information sounds useful and interesting for people in your field.

    The part that I think you need to work on, as you noticed, is the whole deal with the music and the overall sound of the podcast. First of all, any podcast with just one person talking the whole time is bound to get boring. I myself had recorded the interviews I had with professors and as a result none of the three of us are talking over half of the time. Also as you said the music is a bit distracting. You want people to not get bored, but at the same time if the music is more interesting than your podcast you're in trouble.

    Overall, though I think you did a great job, as those issues aren't huge things to fix, and I'm looking forward to seeing how your project turns out!

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  2. Hi Mariana,

    I think you did a great job with the content itself of your podcast as your information sounds useful and interesting for people in your field.

    The part that I think you need to work on, as you noticed, is the whole deal with the music and the overall sound of the podcast. First of all, any podcast with just one person talking the whole time is bound to get boring. I myself had recorded the interviews I had with professors and as a result none of the three of us are talking over half of the time. Also as you said the music is a bit distracting. You want people to not get bored, but at the same time if the music is more interesting than your podcast you're in trouble.

    Overall, though I think you did a great job, as those issues aren't huge things to fix, and I'm looking forward to seeing how your project turns out!

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  3. I realize that it's honestly too late to make any changes to your podcast now, but I haven't done my peer revisions yet, so you can ignore this if you want. Really sorry...

    I honestly love the music in the background of your podcast. It makes it interesting and keeps the podcast flowing.
    I didn't listen to your revisions, so this is just about the rough draft, but the only thing I really have to say about your podcast is it does drone on a little bit. There's not really much to mix anything up.

    The information you have really is fascinating though. You very thoroughly explain your examples and it sounds like you definitely know what you're talking about.

    Great work!

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