In the audio “sleeps tiniest enemies” the listener can feel the pain of the people who the stories focus on. This audio uses many different techniques to hook in the reader and make the story they are telling interesting. The first thing I noticed that worked well in this audio was the tones of the people telling the stories. For each certain part of the story they told, their tones fit the storyline. Their tones made the story more severe and dramatic. Also, the scripted story verse the interviews were very helpful to understand the story. During the scripted part of the audio, the listeners got to hear the details of the story that were crucial in order to understand what was going on in the story. It explained that the names were changed, and it gave background information so the listener was caught up with everything that happened prior to the interviews and over a certain period of time. The interviews were helpful because it helped connect the listener on a personal level. Hearing the people talk about their actual experiences made the stories seem more real. The interview where the woman says that her sheets were white with blue dots and because the bed begs were also white, and she began to think that her sheets were moving around her was very powerful. It showed the listener through her tone that she was frightened by her experiences and it also showed the listener how severe these bedbug experiences were. The music in this audio also worked very well. It almost seemed as if the audio in some parts were meant to sound like bugs crawling. Putting in music without anyone talking was a way to add more tension and dramatic moods to the audio which also added to the dramatic feel and the realness of the story. The background noises also made the stories seem more real because it showed that all of this was happening during the interviews and scripted writing. All of these things together worked very well because it kept the listener interested in the story the entire time. It made me realize that audio is filled with many different aspects techniques in order to keep it interesting for the listener.
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