[HN Gopher] Jad Abumrad's Steps to Better Storytelling
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       Jad Abumrad's Steps to Better Storytelling
        
       Author : nonoesp
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2022-01-14 08:52 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.descript.com)
        
       | adolph wrote:
       | I think the article is borderline corporate blogspam. I'm still
       | glad to click-through and read because (a.) Abumrad is terrific,
       | (b.) the steps seem to be a solid production process and (c.) the
       | product seems interesting. "Better storytelling" is so much
       | broader than the production process that I don't think the title
       | is descriptive.
        
         | nonoesp wrote:
         | I agree with you. It's really five steps of Abumrad's
         | process/workflow.
        
       | DamnInteresting wrote:
       | I loved old school Radiolab, especially the themed episodes
       | (e.g., Blood) but I stepped away from listening a few years ago
       | because it started leaning too heavily on eyeroll-worthy ideas
       | such as 'ooh, maybe there IS a mystical force behind this
       | phenomenon!' The credulous tone was offputting for me. But I
       | listened to a few recent episodes and it seems like they've
       | dialed back that device.
       | 
       | One thing that still bothers me about the podcast, however, is
       | hard to explain: as Radiolab listeners, we might hear a few
       | sentences from an interviewee, then the host voiceover jumps in
       | to summarize something, and then we hear a little "that's right!"
       | or "yes!" or "mmm hmm" from the interviewee.
       | 
       | I know the interviewee is not actually reacting to what the host
       | said, the voiceover is recorded after the interviews. The
       | Radiolab sound designers just plucked the interviewee's
       | confirmation vocalization from another part of the audio and
       | inserted it there. To me it feels just a little bit dishonest,
       | it's putting words in the interviewees' mouths. Imagine if you
       | were interviewed for the show, and the host made an erroneous
       | statement, and then your voice involuntarily chimes in with
       | "That's right!"
       | 
       | It's just a little thing, but it rubs me the wrong way, and
       | they've been doing it for as long as I've listened to the show.
        
       | Grismar wrote:
       | I love Jad Abumrad. This is just an ad though. Did Jad consent?
        
         | nonoesp wrote:
         | Hey, Grismar!
         | 
         | > This is just an ad though.
         | 
         | I'm a paying user of Descript and thought these tips can be
         | great for someone getting started. I see your point of this
         | being an ad--that was definitely not my intention sharing this.
         | 
         | > Did Jad consent?
         | 
         | If you're asking of whether Jad consent to have that blog post
         | made, he's been collaborating with Descript to promote their
         | product and appeared on some of their live events.
        
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