After viewing the two provided vodcasts and listening to the two provided podcasts, I feel that I have a better understanding of the elements of creating a good podcast/vodcast. In viewing/listening, I created a list comparing the elements of each podcast/vodcast in order to get a better idea of each one. Below is a break down of what I found. When listening to the podcast Onboard Education, I found that the short nature of it and the clear sound made it easy to engage with. For voice-over, the speaker spoke over music but was still easy to hear and understand. The tone of the narration was in-between formal and conversation, making it engaging yet still educational. I also felt that the fidelity of the podcast was strong, as it sounded as…show more content… All of the multimedia elements worked well together to make the message clear, the content easy to understand, the dialogue easy to follow, and the graphics easy to read. All of these elements worked together to create an informative and entertaining vodcast. While I enjoyed the Plunge into The Science of Base Jumping vodcast as well, I did find that there were some elements that I felt took away from the viewing experience. Within the temporal contiguity, I felt that some of the visual elements took away from, instead of supported, the point being discussed. For example, in the portion where the neuroscience behind the feelings of time loss and increased memory associated with adrenaline production are being discussed, they way that the graphic pops up as a bubble while the video of the base jump continues to be shown is too much at one time. I noted that all of the podcasts and vodcasts shared the genre of educational and entertaining. They also were all concise with their information presented, there was nothing included that was extraneous that took away from the main idea of the production. I found for myself, that I enjoy a vodcast more than a podcast. To me it is easier to engage with the visual than it is with the audio alone. The added visual components helped to aid in my understanding and keep me from being distracted by other things in my
