Audio Process

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      We were inspired by the clip we watched in class about the man that was preparing food. We both really liked this because there were so many different and unique sounds. Every item had a different sound that was audio descriptive of whatever food he was preparing and it was so interesting that you could close your eyes and tell what he was chopping. It was also very interesting how some of the sounds made the food sound extremely desirable while other sounds made the food seem unappealing.

            We came across a really appetizing looking recipe on none other than Pinterest for a vegetable soup (that was served in a pumpkin although we were unable to obtain a pumpkin to carve out and serve the soup in). There were things in it like carrots, other vegetables, and a spice mix that seemed like they would make cool sounds either being chopped or poured. We also thought it would be interesting to do something food related because there is an entire television network devoted to food. On the television you are obviously watching it; and we thought it would be cool to make a process where you just listen to it as a sort of guessing game of what we were making. Sometimes Libby likes to watch cooking shows and close her eyes and listen to all the different foods being created. We really wanted to put part of this cooking show element into our own project.

            For our audio process we decided to document the process of making and eating soup. To execute this we chopped up vegetables, prepared soup seasonings and had someone take a sip of the soup. We wanted to capture some of these intriguing elements and use them for our own process. We tried to get a mix of different sounds to make the process appealing so this might be something that sparked your interest and that you would want to try yourself, either cooking it or eating it.

            Overall, the soup did not turn out as perfect as it looked on the internet, put luckily we felt the sounds still make the soup sound desirable. It was interesting to us that you could create something that sounded good, but in its actual state, turned out not as appetizing as it sounded. This just goes to show that sounds can have a huge impact on narratives, and that sounds can also be deceiving.