Today campers listed the sound effects that they liked from this week. Then they had to pick five, and string them together to form a story.  Tomorrow, we’ll record them performing both their pieces, and the accompanying sound effects to…

Even though you can’t see it, audio is physical, and we learned that first-hand today when we constructed whisper tubes.  Whisper tubes demonstrate how a sound “bounces” from one tube into the next at a 90 degree angle.  Even…

Today, campers had to solve a sound effects puzzle: match the prop with the desired sound effect to discover crackling fire, horses galloping, and even a sword fight! Next we wrote small radio plays using the sound effects. The grand finale was a full blown presentation by Bricolage Theater’s Tami Dixon, who brought in a ton of props and goodies, and had the whole class take part in a great train robbery!

Today, campers were introduced to radio plays and how sound effects are used to enhance a story. We listened to Ray Bradbury’s “Zero Hour”, a sci-fi tale about an alien invasion. With the scripts present, we were able to see the instructions for sound effects while listening to the results in the audio. Tomorrow, we’ll make our own sound effects and receive a demonstration from Bricolage Theater’s Tami Dixon.

Today campers received instructions for a project that were given out of order. First they had to arrange the directions in the correct order, and then they put to work creating microphones out of paper machete. Great job Pgh Youth Radio Corps!