Parallel Worlds

By Ollie Palmer

World-building is a valuable tool in art and design. The ability to immerse an audience in a complete world is crucial to the framing of TV shows and movies; corporations, nations, political parties, ... more

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The podcast currently has 98 episodes available.

Parallel Worlds episodes:

April 26, 2021 2021.W7.E4 Reflection: Niké
This weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other. This piece is an interview with Vlad by Niké, who says: We focus on food and its relation with art. It's called Parallel Perspectives. Come back tomorrow for the reverse interview!
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9min
April 26, 2021 2021.W7.E3 Reflection: Tracks by Linda
This weeks' podcasts were made by students in the Parallel Worlds class interviewing each other.
Today, Joris describes a sound exploration along the train tracks and the joy of listening with new ears.
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4min
April 26, 2021 2021.W7.E2 Reflection: Interview with Clara by Scienthya
It's a quick chit chat with Clara, a Situated Design student at MIVC. She explains one of her work for Parallel Worlds module, Tears are the Drool of the Eye. Check it out!

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5min
April 26, 2021 2021.W7.E1 Reflection: A ChitChat by Mohammad
Student interview between Mohammad and Elisabet. Mohammad says:
"I was interviewed by Elisabeth about the last task to do for this module, where we had to write lies to kids and create a narrative story about it"

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7min
April 11, 2021 2021.W6.E5 Action
The last action podcast of this week, with full show notes as ever at parallel.olliepalmer.com
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10min
April 11, 2021 2021.W6.E4 Action
Transcript and notes and all that stuff at parallel.olliepalmer.com
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12min
April 11, 20212021.W6.E3 Action
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Exercises
Self-reflection freewrite (5 minutes)
List as many mystical objects as you can, ranging from the completely mundane to the outlandishly fantastical. We surround ourselves with objects that have special significance to us or others, which may seem irrational to an outsider. Today we’ll be creating a list of real-world and fictional objects which have special significance.

Free write about objects that have special significance to you. Do you keep a picture in your wallet? Do you carry something someone gave you? Do you use the same thing every day? What objects around you have significance? (5 minutes)

Make a list of objects with fictional significance or powers. You could work in several ways here: you could take objects you can see, and make up powers that they have (e.g. the pencil sharpener on my desk is forged of dragon-steel; this smartphone can actually steal souls) or make up objects and their powers (e.g. if worn, these shoes make the wearer as strong as an ox; glasses which make you ‘see the truth’), etc. If you find yourself going into detail on one object, go for it – but if you’d rather make a list, that’s also good! (5 minutes)
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21min
April 11, 2021 2021.W6.E2 Action
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22min
April 11, 2021 2021.W6.E1 Action
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15min
April 06, 20212021.W5.E2 Reflection: Sound design
This episode is just a link to two other articles on other peoples' podcasts:
Rain is sizzling bacon, cars are lions roaring: the art of sound in movies by Jordan Kinsner in the Guardian
(audio version here / text version here)
Written by Jordan Kisner and read by Christopher Ragland; Produced by Simon Barnard.

Sounds natural by 99 Percent Invisible.
(listen here)
Producer Emmett FitzGerald spoke with film producer Chris Palmer; Foley artist Richard Hinton and sound recordist Chris Watson.

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If you want to listen to more, look at these interesting 99 Percent Invisible audio episodes
The Sound of the Artificial World

Cartoon Sound Effects

The Sizzle

Symphony of Sirens
And these practical guides:
Using music with the Kitchen Sisters

Sound design with Haley Shaw

The Parallel Worlds Resources page has many more links to sound design articles!
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3min

FAQs about Parallel Worlds:

How many episodes does Parallel Worlds have?

The podcast currently has 98 episodes available.