The Lyrical Librarian by Cristina Juska is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Description
My imaginary podcast is entitled The Lyrical Librarian. This podcast would combine my love of many varied musical genres by comparing the lyrics of two artists that many people would consider to be opposites. For example, in the first episode, I would compare Pearl Jam and Taylor Swift, two very different artists, and attempt to find common themes in their lyrics.
For the audio elements, in addition to my voice, I found some mellow guitar music for the intro. The music fades out as I begin speaking. As I finish my narrative, the sound effect of applause fades in.
Please…. Sit is about having conversations – the difficult ones. My original idea for the image was a hot seat because that’s how we feel when we’re on the receiving end of a hard talk, but I ended up choosing a black/white photo of a single wooden chair because it emphasized the seriousness of these conversations. Wooden chairs are hard, cold and uncomfortable. Again, similar emotions for difficult conversations. For audio, I tried to capture sounds that complimented a person apprehensively entering a room (door shutting) and approaching a chair (heels on floor) before sitting. The vocals/intro is aiming to cut some of the tension and the music aimed to capture a level of a person wrestling with nerves to mirror all the knots in our throats before a hard conversation.
“A Podcast of Maas Distruction Marketing Media” by Tracey Evans [CC0 1.0 DEED]. Created on February 8, 2024, using Befunky.
“A Podcast of Maas Destruction” by Tracey Evans – CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED. Created on February 9, 2024, using Audacity.
Podcast Description I’ve recently been introduced to the world of Sarah J. Maas (SJM). I was immediately sucked into the world of A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) with Sarah’s intricate world-building and personable characters. I’ve not even read all of her released titles yet, but for the first time in my life, I have an immediate answer to “Who’s your favorite author?” After having read Throne of Glass, I was astounded to learn that the creation of this world and these characters were written from the imagination of a sixteen-year-old. In my podcast, A Podcast of Maas Destruction, I and other SJM lovers would discuss the titles across all three of the current series, theories, fan fiction, characters, and much more. This podcast would connect like-minded readers and encourage them to expand the depth of these artworks.
Marketing Elements Each aspect of the marketing medium was selected for a specific purpose. I couldn’t find any images that had any meaning to the story that weren’t also copyrighted against derivatives. So I created an image based on a tattoo I have in honor of the series and my love of reading. Each element is a creative common that allows derivatives. The image created from these single aspects is from the ACOTAR series, from the mountain range, Ramiel, to the three stars shining above the highest mountain peak. The quote added to the marketing media is one of the most popular from the series and goes well with the stars added and included in the background. When choosing the background, I wanted something that had multiple colors and would allow a sense of depth. The circle graphic with the text overlay was placed to portray a moon. A crescent moon would have been more appropriate for SJM’s Cresent City series, but this still went well with the night sky theme and still nods to her creations.
Sound Elements As with the marketing media elements, each element chosen for the podcast was very intentional. Multiple pieces of music were created for ACOTAR and played in the background of many TikTok videos. This is different from the TikTok music, but I did use that music as inspiration when I went searching. I wanted an ambient song that felt fantastical and cinematic for this ‘romantasy’ series. I chose this piece because of the beautiful music, but I also wanted the music to include an uptick pace to create excitement and adventure. I’ll admit, I did start getting carried away with my sound effects. I knew I wanted a surprise gasp after I said “plot holes,” but I had originally had sounds for “heroic battles” (clashing swords) and “epic loves” (sighing). I made a design choice though and took out those two choices because I couldn’t fit everything I wanted into a 30-second clip, and three sound effects in that amount of time made the audio sound more like satire than I wanted it to.
Reading in the A.M. is a weekly podcast for readers who love to wake up to the smell of a fresh page (though nighttime readers are welcome too, of course!). Running similarly to a book club, a book is picked each month for the community to read and is discussed in a casual conversation (through Q&A on a community forum) on the last Friday of the month. Each Friday before the last is a segment-specific episode, the third Friday of the month relegated to Genre Talk. Genre Talk relates to the primary genre of that month’s chosen book and analyzes characters, setting, archetypes, plot, and other narrative devices. This episode is dedicated to fantasy.
This podcast makes use of voice, sound effects, ambient sound and music. It starts off with a bird chirping (ambient sound) to signal early morning and the sound of pages turning (sound effect) as a signifier of finding the right page before beginning. The turning pages fade soon after my narration starts. Calm, serene music is played throughout the clip to keep the listener relaxed. As the narration pauses near the end, a dragon roar (sound effect) ends the clip to transition the podcast into its full dive into fantasy and its elements.
“IMG_1402DD Harry Carlsson 1891-1968 Danemark Stockholm provenant de Mälaren Stockholm arising from Mälaren 1931 Aarhus Kunstmuseum Denmark” by jean louis mazieres (Canon EOS 5D Mark IV)
“No Distinction Shall Be Made” by Leesa Love is a derivative of “Free Palestine @ Berlin” by Libertinus and is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Accessed February 5, 2024 from Flickr. Edited in BeFunky.
“Right to Read?” was created by Carole Lemley and is licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.0. It is a derivative of Banned Book Week 2012, which is part of the Robert E. Kennedy Library at Cal Poly’s flickr account. The original image is also licensed under CC-BY-NC 2.0 and is used as an interpretation of Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The image was downloaded on February 4, 2024, and all image editing was completed using Photopea.
