Idea and Inspiration
My inspiration to create this audio story was the topic of fast fashion. I talk about fast fashion a lot on this blog, as you may have noticed if you see my blog posts and assignments often. The reason for this is because it is an important topic related to fashion.
Design Process
I decided to make this audio more informative, than a personal story. I did want to add a little bit of a personal story relating to fast fashion to the end of the audio but did not know if I had enough time to do it in 2 minutes.
What I initially did was research a little about fast fashion and write down phrases that I wanted to include when I record. I wanted to talk about what it is, how it has an impact, a few examples of it, and also a solution to it. I ended up thinking I wasn’t going to have enough time so I stopped at “in the end it is our job to be mindful consumers”. I think talking about how a sustainable brand like “Reformation” may not be affordable, then not talking about solutions to “being a mindful consumer” did not go well. For the final draft I am considering recording another little bit about tips to be a mindful consumer in fast fashion.
Technical Detail
I recorded the audio through my laptop using a voice recorder through the headphone mic. The audio I recorded ended up being too quiet in comparison to the music so I had to adjust the volumes to my audio as well as the background music. I did add in a little fade in and fade out to the music for the beginning and ends of the audio. I may need to re-record my audio for the final draft because even adjusting the audio to a higher volume did not make it sound as clear as I’d like it to be, and I also sounded very congested that day due to allergies.
Sources and Materials
Background music (SoundCloud): “The Process” by LAKEY INSPIRED is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Cash register sound (FreeSound): “Cash Register” by GrowlerMusic is licensed under the Creative Commons License.
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