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. In this audio story, I have decided to briefly talk about fast fashion and why it is bad for the environment, and how come no one is doing anything about it.
Design Process
I decided to make this audio more informative, than a personal story. What I initially did was research a little about fast fashion and write down a few things that I wanted to include when I record. I wanted to talk about what it is, how it has an impact, and why it’s still a big thing in fashion even though it is not good for us or the environment. I found a cash register sound to add in the background of my recording when it came to the part where I talked about the cost. I wanted more emphasize on that section of why people may not be shopping at sustainable brands.
Technical Detail
I recorded the audio through my laptop using a voice recorder through the headphone mic. The recorded audio 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. Taking feedback from classmates, I did re-record my audio and adjusted the volume slightly. I also did not include so many pauses in the audio and layered the cashier sound under my voice rather than having a huge emphasis with the pauses. At the end, I added a little fade in and fade out to the music for the beginning and ends of the audio.
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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