El Camino Real KQED Audio Story Review

https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road

The real story of El Camino Real done in audio and video form by KQED is a great example of a well throughout and organized audio story.

The story begins with a hook to capture the audience told by the Journalist themselves. This helps the audience to make a personal connection to the story, and instantly gets them engaged.

The audio from the Journalist makes up almost half of the video and the audio is clear and very easy to understand. The journalist is speaking slow and clear, making it easy for the audience to follow along. By using other voices such as interviewers, and old video clips it helps to keep the audience engaged and not as monotone as just the Journalist speaking.

In the background there is adventurous, old-time sounding orchestra music to help set the scene of the story. The story is about how El Camino was actually created and the real story behind the famous street, and the background music matches the theme of the story: adventure. When the music is not playing, and especially in the beginning of the story the audience is able to hear the sounds of cars zooming by and even horns honking. This also helps set the scene for the story and connects with what the story is about: El Camino Real. The audio played behind the voices serves context for the story and was beautifully arranged.

The outro of this video is just the orchestra music fading in louder while the journalist’s voice fades out. This is a great ending because it gives the audience time to think about the story the Journalist told, instead of just ending on an abrupt note.