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Commercials and Accessibility   Introduction For my analysis of commercials and accessibility, I chose the advertisement that Fox Sports ran for this year's Daytona 500, with their 'Daytona Day' theme.  Visual Impaired Enhancements  Racing is the first and foremost focus of this commercial, as it should be. For those who have never been to a race, the sounds of the field of cars roaring by at 200 miles per hour is a major highlight of a race experience. This commercial utilizes plenty of audio from race cars, in addition to sounds of crowds cheering and ambient audio. Background music is also present in this commercial, which sets the tone of a NASCAR race. Hearing Impaired Enhancements For hearing-impaired viewers, this commercial for Daytona Day does have some shortcomings, but I do believe it could be rectified in a few areas. First off, in the house party scene, I believe that there are many visual cues for a NASCAR house party. Someone is...

Here are 2 additional sounds to go along with my Still Image Video Assignment, and then another sound. The 2 sounds to complement my video are of a crowd at a sporting event, and of racecars, since my video was about a NASCAR race. The third sound is audio from cup stacking, which I think could sound like bulky items being dropped down a staircase. I hope you enjoy!!

Martinsville Speedway 2018 Still Image Video In March of 2018, I was in attendance for both NASCAR races at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. In this video, you will see how much fun it is to go to a NASCAR race. I hope you enjoy!

Martinsville STP 500 Multitrack Session Potential Effects Over the weekend of March 24-26 of this year, I attended the STP 500 NASCAR race weekend at Martinsville Speedway. While I was in Martinsville, I took several photographs as well as recorded audio that I plan to use in my still image video assignment.  Below are some potential effects I would add onto the audio of either my own narration or of race-winner Clint Bowyer's postrace press conference. Fix Clint Bowyer's Audio- First off, I would make the audio of my own narration and Clint Bowyer talking sound as if they were recorded at the same time, under the same conditions, since both audio pieces have very differing levels. To rectify this, I would use a Rack Effect to adjust the reverb on Bowyer speaking. This would in essence make it sound like both Bowyer and myself were talking in the same volume,  both directly into my phone's microphone. Since Bowyer's audio is much quieter than my narrati...

The Lion King Rises For my movie trailer mashup, I took audio from The Dark Night Rises trailer, and combined it with video from The Lion King trailer on Adobe Premiere.  It was both interesting and challenging to attempt to line up all the dialogue audio with characters speaking in the video.  I hope you enjoy!!  URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpuLChruCrk&feature=youtu.be 

Kyle Larson's 2017 Playoff Outlook One of the biggest storylines of the 2017 NASCAR season was the breakout performance of Kyle Larson. The 2014 Rookie-of-the-Year winner won his first race late in 2016, and followed that up by winning 4 times in 2017, proving to be a strong contender for the Playoffs. At the 2017 NASCAR Playoff Media Day in Charlotte, Kyle is discussing who he viewed as the favorites for the 2017 championship. The season finale is also run at Kyle's best track, Homestead-Miami Speedway, so he also mentions racing there. I made this recording in Adobe Audition by piecing together quotes from Kyle Larson, as well as adding an intro and closing that I recorded myself. I hope you enjoy!!