Blog Post 9.1, Peer Review for Ben Meyer

Ben Meyer, Rough Draft:

Opening

Claim 1

Claim 1 cont.

Claim 2

Claim 3

Ben Meyer did a Podcast for his second project. Overall, the project was done well. Ben did post a blog post describing that there were quite a few pauses in the podcast. This was indeed the case.

While the pauses can distract a bit from the overall claims and what is being said, they can also be easy to fix. When I (Joshua) did a Video Essay, I often found that my narration was not very solid or sounded forced and/or choppy. As a result, I had to go back and re-do some sections.

Overall, I am going to give Ben a re-design recommendation:

First and foremost, some of the narration would benefit from a re-do; especially in the opening section. Take some time to think about, or maybe even write down, what you are going to say. There will be less pauses this way.

Also, the addition of transition, opening, and ending music would certainly help this project. Any kind of audio project should have some sort of music or sound effects to entice the audience into listening to what is being said.

Finally, if anything should be eliminated, it should be the section of "Claim 1, cont". Both sections of Claim 1 should be combined to cut down on the amount of segments the podcast is in. This will make it look like the podcast has only four segments instead of five, thereby increasing audience engagement.