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Our story for this post is It’s a Kid’s Game.

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Let’s talk about sound.  Natural sound is key to storytelling.  I’m sure everyone reading this blog understands this.

This post is about an experiment.  Long ago someone told me that using natural sound elements in threes was his/her guideline or rule.  Meaning he/she would use 3 distinct ‘pops’ of natural sound when appropriate.  This rule/guideline helped with rhythm of stories.

What if you tried to do anything but three natural sound pops.  What if you did four, five or six.  What if you did just one but tried to avoid 3.  That’s what I attempted to do one day while doing a natural sound story.

This is a natural sound piece I turned in a day.  I’ve written the story out here as if I was following was a script.  The natural sound ‘pops’ are numbered.  So, watch It’s a Kids Game, then read the script, then watch It’s a Kids Game again.

Here is the script;

1. wiffle ball being thrown

2. player taking deep breath

3. swinging a ball

4. pitcher saying ‘All right’

It’s kind of like a swiss cheese ball.

1. A wiffle ball being thrown

2. A ball hitting the chain link fence,

3. A ball bouncing on the tennis court

4. Someone hitting a wiffle ball with a bat

5. Spectators saying ‘nice’

It sounds like baseball.

1. A batter take a big sigh

2. Someone saying ‘One out.’

3. Someone saying ‘bases loaded’

4. The pitcher saying 3,1.

5. A batter hitting the ball

It resembles baseball a lot.

1. Batter hitting a wiffle ball

2. Another batter hitting a wiffle ball

3. A batter watching ball go by and hit hitting net

4. A spectator saying ‘just a bit outside, ball two.’

5. Ball going into net and batter saying aw!

They’re all kids when it comes to this game.

1. Guy saying oh! as he misses a ball while batting

That’s the first time I’ve ever seen an adult play wiffle ball before.

1. A batter hits a wiffle ball

Wiffle ball, all the way.

1. ‘Count.’

2. ‘2-0′

3. Natural sound of someone missing

The Balls are a lot smaller

1. Sound of pulling ball out of bucket

2. Sound of pitcher’s efforts

And they’re alot obviously lighter. It’s pretty much like throwing air.

1. Sound of wiffle ball going by and hitting fence

2. Guy saying ohh!

It’s the baby brother of baseball.

1. Guy hitting fowl ball

It’s america’s game.

1. One guys hits wiffle ball

2. Another guy hits wiffle ball

3. Guy saying ‘yeah baby’

It might be the next olympic sport you never know, yeah you never know.

1. guy saying ‘all right’

2. give you something to hit

We’re all a bunch of has-beens, bunch of has-beens never will be’s.

1. natural of shoe sraping ground

2. sound of his second foot scraping ground

3. Batter hitting the ball

They don’t run like the bases, they just basically have points where um it’s used for 1st base, 2nd bace or whatever cause there’s not enough room you know to run.

1. Sound of wiffle ball

2. Sound of ball hitting fence

You can’t get a full team of guys together anymore we’ve got work, kids

1. Bat hitting wiffle ball

2. Kids saying whistle ball

3. gentlemen clapping

Gives us a chance to come out and be heros even if it’s in front of six guys on an afternoon

1. guy missing pitch

I’m really suprised to see a lot of these guys have gotten it over the fence here

1. You got it, get over, get over

2. Hey this guys to hit a home run

I always used to think it was a kids game but it’s actually gettin’ to be pretty serious

1. bat hits ball

2. wiffle ball come in

It’s just kind a come out here and be a kid for a little while

1. I should of hit that one

I played it back in elementary school but that was it

1. Ball coming in

2. guy hitting ball

It is a kids game

More adults are getting into it

1. Ball hits backstop

If it makes me just a little bit younger

1. “nice buddy”

I’ll take every second of it I can get

1. Good game, good game

As you observed.  I only used natural sound in groups of threes only 4 times.  I tried to avoid doing that but I also had to get this story to air.

It’s time to hear from everyone  on this one.  What did you think?  You were intentionally watching the story for the natural sound pops.  Do you feel the rhythm was affected too much?  Do you think is was affected at all?

Next time your editing a story, experiment with you natural sound in this way.

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