In the well known-podcast, Serial, host Sarah Koenig (Fig. 1.1) reveals contradicting anecdotes and unquestionable facts of the murder of eighteen-year-old girl, Hae Min Lee. The main purpose of the podcast is to acknowledge and bring awareness of the amount of doubt there can be in any given situation. Serial exhibits countless strategies to keep the listener’s attention and over the course of time, including the formatting of the episodes.
Every episode of Serial begins by tugging at the heartstrings of listeners with a prerecorded prison call greeting which carries along the dismal reality of thirty-two-year-old, Adnan Syed (Fig. 1.2), who may have been wrongfully convicted of his ex-girlfriend’s murder almost fifteen years ago. This …show more content…
Every episode of Serial starts off with the opening theme song, Bad Dream, by Nick Thorburn. This song sets an eerie and urgent feeling in order to capture the listener’s attention before every episode begins. Serial’s music includes other songs called: In a Well, Still Dreaming, Murderland, and Unsolved Mystery. In order to help maintain the attention of the listeners, the background music creates moods correlating to the topics of each episode as well as pace along each episode enjoyably.
Koenig also reinforces her purpose whenever she pauses her script after a particularly important detail. This pause instills the facts into the audience’s mind and gives them time to process and interpret the given information. Koenig’s uses this strategy in order to imply the usefulness of the data given and the possible opinion-changing effects of it. One example of this strategy is used in episode four: Inconsistencies. Koenig is reporting the responses Jennifer Pusitari had during her police interview. Jennifer is asked whether Adnan and Jay were best friends. Jennifer replied, “No, more like casual acquaintances,” and then there is a ten second script pause that causes the audience to consider the relationship between Adnan and Jay. These scripted pauses offer listeners the opportunity to take a break from the information given and add it to what they have already been
Every episode of Serial begins by tugging at the heartstrings of listeners with a prerecorded prison call greeting which carries along the dismal reality of thirty-two-year-old, Adnan Syed (Fig. 1.2), who may have been wrongfully convicted of his ex-girlfriend’s murder almost fifteen years ago. This …show more content…
Every episode of Serial starts off with the opening theme song, Bad Dream, by Nick Thorburn. This song sets an eerie and urgent feeling in order to capture the listener’s attention before every episode begins. Serial’s music includes other songs called: In a Well, Still Dreaming, Murderland, and Unsolved Mystery. In order to help maintain the attention of the listeners, the background music creates moods correlating to the topics of each episode as well as pace along each episode enjoyably.
Koenig also reinforces her purpose whenever she pauses her script after a particularly important detail. This pause instills the facts into the audience’s mind and gives them time to process and interpret the given information. Koenig’s uses this strategy in order to imply the usefulness of the data given and the possible opinion-changing effects of it. One example of this strategy is used in episode four: Inconsistencies. Koenig is reporting the responses Jennifer Pusitari had during her police interview. Jennifer is asked whether Adnan and Jay were best friends. Jennifer replied, “No, more like casual acquaintances,” and then there is a ten second script pause that causes the audience to consider the relationship between Adnan and Jay. These scripted pauses offer listeners the opportunity to take a break from the information given and add it to what they have already been