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Written and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva.
Performed by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Katherine Seaton.
Tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queaneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to tell a story, which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by by grants from HartLife NFP and Emerson College.
For access to an ad-free feed, you can support Exercises in Sound at ThirdSight.memberful.com.
Find transcripts online at ExercisesinSound.com. For news and updates subscribe to the ThirdSight Media newsletter.
Exercises in Sound is a ThirdSight Media production.
[Opening theme music plays]
ALEXANDER DANNER
You are listening to Exercises in Sound, an exploration of narrative sound design.
JAMES OLIVA (Director)
Let's reverse the roles first we're gonna do the same setting, same, same intention, except you're the needy one, the really big this baby girl. She's like, you know, yeah, [baby voice] she's a baby [normal voice] and and you're kind of like walking on eggshells a little bit and you're like, I, I need to break up with her, but I don't think I can.
[Theme music cuts out]
[TV plays in background]
[Character A wakes up.]
CHARACTER A - JORDAN STILLMAN
Oh, what? I guess. I guess I fell asleep. God. Hey, you let me fall asleep!
[No response. Character A shifts in her armchair. She turns off the television and returns the remote to the coffee table.]
Hello?! Where’d you go?
[Keys in a lock. The front door opens. Character B enters, with the rustle of a paper bag.]
CHARACTER A
There you are.
CHARACTER B - JORDAN HIGGS
Hey, you’re up. Have a good nap?
[Character B walks to the kitchen, through a swinging door, followed by Character A.]
CHARACTER A
You were here when I fell asleep, but then I woke up and couldn’t find you. You left me all alone.
CHARACTER B
Well, I just ran to the store, and I haven’t been gone long.
[Character B unpacks items and puts them away. Some into cabinets, some into the refrigerator.]
CHARACTER A
Well, I wish you’d left a note.
CHARACTER B
Would it make you feel better if I got you some ice cream?
CHARACTER A
What kind?
CHARACTER B
So, there was some kind of wild rush for ice cream before I got there. You wouldn’t even believe how emptied out they were.
CHARACTER A
So…?
[B pulls a carton from the paper bag and puts it on the counter.]
CHARACTER B
It's rum raisin. It's, it’s all they had.
CHARACTER A
Oh.
[Closing theme music]
CREDITS
ALEXANDER DANNER
Exercises in Sound is created, written, and sound designed by Alexander Danner and directed by James Oliva, featuring performances by Jordan Higgs and Jordan Stillman.
Theme music by Catherine Seaton, tile art by Sam Twardy.
Exercises in Sound is inspired by Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style and Matt Madden's 99 Ways to Tell a Story, which conducted similar experiments in the forms of prose fiction and comics respectively.
Funded in part by grants from HeartLife NFP and Emerson College.
Find episode transcripts online at exercisessinsound.com.
For access to an ad-free feed for exercises in sound, you can support the show at thirdSight.memberful.com.
For news and updates, sign up for the Third Sight Media newsletter, link in the show notes.
Exercises and Sound is a ThirdSight media production.
