For this episode, our class was asked to record an outdoor soundscape and make a story out of it, touching on the different specific soundmarks of the environment. Initially, I wanted to record the soundscape of the storm that we got recently, I believe a few days ago. When this plan fell through, I was a little concerned that I would not be able to come up with an idea for a different environment. After hope seemed completely lost, I spontaneously came up with the idea to head down the road to Sea Star Market, our local gas station and convenience store located at the edge of our campus.
The next challenge was finding the proper soundmarks from the environment. I’ll be honest, I really only focused on the noise of cars passing by and the birds chirping in the trees around the parking lot. Because of this, I had to create a script that would tell a good enough story to drown out the lack of sound from the actual environment. As usual, I would love to know what you all think! Please feel free to leave a comment with any critiques or suggestions that could help me for next time.
