Exercises in Sound

Exercises in Sound is an experiment in audio storytelling. One short scene, re-imagined over and again, exploring how narrative is affected by changes big and small to details of design, editing, performance, music, and all the tools of narrative audio.

Fiction
Design
Performing Arts
1
Autobiography as One Man Show
13 min
2
Autobiography
12 min
3
Richard Burton
3 min
4
Felix
2 min
5
Kitchen Fire
2 min
6
Bedtime Story Narration
5 min
7
Storytime Narration
3 min
8
Intensity!
3 min
9
Suspense!
3 min
10
Thunderstorm -- With Commentary Track
3 min
11
Filmed Before a "Live" Studio Audience
2 min
12
Jordan Stillman is Both Characters
2 min
13
Jordan Higgs is Both Characters
2 min
14
Overheard by a Neighbor, Through the Wall
2 min
15
Character A is a Small Dog
2 min
16
Bike Ride Narration B
6 min
17
Bike Ride Narration A
6 min
18
Over-Narrated B
6 min
19
Over-Narrated A
6 min
20
Narrated B
3 min
21
Narrated A
3 min
22
Bad.......Dialogue........Editing......
3 min
23
Baddialogueediting
1 min
24
Voice De-Clicker--Clicks Only
2 min
25
Long Hallway, Tiny Kitchen
2 min