Wednesday 17 February 2010

JRMC 460 Journal One: Love Shack


Love shack is a feature that was puvlished days ago on World Vision Report by Will Eeverett caught my attention since it was the first time to hear such a story. The duration of this feature was 3:31 minutes. This is an overview of the feature.

Mohammed, an herbalist in Dakar, Senegal, believes he has an herbal secret for long-term relationships. He uses natural resources from the zoo to do his medicine.
He went to India to learn the herbal remedies of unrequited love.
‘If you really want someone who didn’t want them go, you whisper this person name three times, and then turn the key.
The feature then illustrates Gina, American women who lives in Senegal and has some problems with her boy friend. This woman meets Mohammed yet she does not get convinced with the idea, especially when she recognizes the cost of the remedy.
The feature was of great interest because it was a new topic that I never heard of. In addition, it was neither long, nor short, which make it easy for the listener to follow up. However, Mohammed audio recordings were short of length, some were only four word pieces. I believe it is a problem, because by the time the audience realizes that another person is speaking, this person disappears, so the listener fails to understand what the interviewee just said.
The quality of the announcer was not clear. I heard echo on several times and the voice kept on going high and low. The delivery was good and deep, I felt that he was delivering the matterfrom the heart, yet some words were not heard. Furthermore, the announcer did not give time before and after the audio recordings of the interviewees.

As for the quality of sound of interviewees, the two women voices were clear and I did understand their talk, however I felt there were some voices behind. For example when Gina was recording, Mohammed’s voice appeared in the background;


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