10/17 - Sarah Hoffman

Today in class we talked about the podcasts we listened to over the weekend. I listened to Welcome to  Nightvale, a fictional podcast about a mysterious small town. We talked about what the medium of a podcast meant to our stories as opposed to a film. In my case, it puts you in the mysterious town of Nightvale as you listen to Cecil Baldwin's radio broadcast about the events in this mysterious place. This story could not be told in the effective and unique way that it is told using a visual medium. We then discussed a project that we will do involving making a podcast. It will be analytical of four films and one book sharing a unique theme or genre. We will do these "mini film clubs" many times during the year. However, we will begin by using Ready Player One, the book we received in class today, to conduct a class version of this assignment.

Below is a link to the first episode of Welcome to Nightvale. All of their other episodes are on YouTube as well. I highly recommend it, although it is a little....weird.