The first story I listened to was “He Was There in the Way He Could Be”: A Father Comes to Terms With His Own Dad, which was an interview of a man named Tom Badgett that was conducted by his daughter Jordan Perelle. Tom Badgett discusses in this audio his relationship with his distant father… Continue reading Story Corps- Clair Erwin
Month: September 2023
StoryCorps
Christy Stewart and Glenn Turner “Your love for animals made me have a deeper love for you.” A married couple, Christy and Glenn, talk about all of the pets they have welcomed into their family. Christy had loved animals ever since she was little and wanted to have as many animals as she wanted when… Continue reading StoryCorps
Storycorps – Allison Granai
+Christopher Harris Story I really enjoyed the production style of Christopher Harris’s story. In post, the editor added introductory music and a brief but informative backstory. This production element allows the story teller to jump right in to telling the story and paints a picture for the audience. In Christopher’s case, his backstory is rather… Continue reading Storycorps – Allison Granai
StoryCorps- Emily Taylor
“An Adoptee Reflects On The Mother-Daughter Bond That Carried Her Through the Loss Of Her Birth Family” This StoryCorps video is a conversation between a mother and daughter about their relationship in the context of the daughter being adopted and what that means for them. The daughter does ask her mother questions, but in a… Continue reading StoryCorps- Emily Taylor
Story Corps
Christopher Harris Story – I really enjoyed listening to Christoper Harris’ story. Some of my favorite things about the video include: the background music, the clearness in both speaker’s voices, the pace at which the story went and how Christopher was not interrupted throughout his video. To start, the first thing that caught my attention… Continue reading Story Corps
Story Corps- 2 Stories, and the production behind them.
Fischer Plummer “We’re Just Big Guys Dancing!” My first story was about a group of individuals who began dancing for the Dallas Mavericks during a playoff run a few years ago. I loved the way they introduced themselves with their nicknames, it allowed for a very casual introduction to the group of guys talking. As… Continue reading Story Corps- 2 Stories, and the production behind them.
Story Corps – Mary Brown
Ocean and Russell Subiono To achieve something that you’ve chased for years and years and years…I had given up on it. And then it kind of came back and found me again. ” The first StoryCorps I listened to was about a man’s journey with enlisting into the military after being denied the first time.… Continue reading Story Corps – Mary Brown
Story Corps Analysis- Ben Propst
Don “Moses” Lerman “Everybody’s got something in their life they’re good at. This is what I do good. I eat.” In what begins as a lighthearted story, Don Lerman talks about how he won a Matzo Ball eating competition in New York. He says that it was the first trophy ever in his life. The… Continue reading Story Corps Analysis- Ben Propst