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Every family has traits, red hair, blue eyes, a tendency to laugh easily. In this short, experimental piece producer Sally W. Herships takes a look at one of the more unusual traits that her own family possesses – growth - both physical and mental.
Every family has traits, red hair, blue eyes, a tendency to laugh easily. In this short, experimental piece producer Sally W. Herships takes a look at one of the more unusual traits that her own family possesses – growth - both physical and mental.
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Every family has traits, red hair, blue eyes, a tendency to laugh easily. In this short, experimental piece producer Sally W. Herships takes a look at one of the more unusual traits that her own family possesses – growth - both physical and mental.
3 Comments
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Interesting...Very Interesting
It's not often I think a piece is too short, but perhaps this one is. A personal recognition that the circumstances, tragedies and changes in the producers life center around this theme, this piece attempts to bring the listener quickly into her life.
It does--but I felt like I was just peaking in the side show window, not walking through the front door. I LOVE the mood of this piece and I think it would grab listeners! If I were the producers editor I would suggest two things. 1. Let yourself explore this farther. I think if the words are edited and re edited till the impact is so apparent in the first 10 seconds you'd really have something. Many of these examples are somewhat startling and mixing in some mundane examples would provide the listener a bit of comfort thus making the more disturbing ones have even bigger impacts. 2. The production needs some tweaking. The music choice is dead on-agan, a great mood setter! It carried me through the whole piece. But watch you levels. The music competed with the narrative a bit too much and you might increase the treble in the speaking voice either naturally or with an editing program. Overall, a great piece that can be combined with other elements in a station's examination of this topic in many programs. |
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Review of GrowthA lot of depth in 90 seconds. Growth is used literally and as a metaphor for other things in life. Would work well around other pieces about going to college, retiring . . . any life changing experience. Very thoughtful piece. |
Emon Hassan
Posted on May 22, 2005 at 06:05 PM | Permalink
Review of Growth
This great experimental piece leaves you wanting for more. It's very short but hits you with the right dosage of words. Words that don't linger on emotion and don't try to come off smart. Ms. Hership's observations of her family can be perceived as sad, amusing or contemplative depending on who's listening. Maybe the audience is the real experiment here. Great listen!