Kohn
A documentary published in the Third Coast International Audio Festival
The documentary was produced and Narrated by Andy Mills. It’s about 8 minutes long.
KOHN
The documentary was bio graphing Kohn, a 26 year old who’s
accident caused his speech and movement to be impaired and slow. Mills talks
about Kohn’s accident, which occurred when he was 8, fractured his spinal cord. The narrator speaks of Kohn’s condition, while Kohn say the same words but with a much lower pace, how he came to speak the way he does, the first time he
heard himself, growing up in a home with two deaf mute parents, and Kohn’s
hobby as a singer.
The documentary was very interesting and captivating. It was very touching, had a very humanistic angle to it, and I thought told the story in a very moving and simple way.
The quality of the audio was pretty good, and the quality of the nat sound was also very good.
Mills was very creative in his use of NAT Sound, I was very
impressed with the part where Mills talks about the first time Kohn was shocked
to know about his condition and the little girl who he had a crush on when he
was 12. When Mills talked about her, he added Nat sound of little girls
giggling which gave the situation life and made it more visual. When talking about the way Kohn walks, Mills
involves Nat sound of slow footsteps and limping.
When Mills starts talking about how Kohn chooses to walk instead of using a wheel chair, and cook for himself instead of hiring help, showing the strength in his character, he adds some happy guitar music in the background which helps elevate the mood of the story.
When Mills starts talking about how Kohn chooses to walk instead of using a wheel chair, and cook for himself instead of hiring help, showing the strength in his character, he adds some happy guitar music in the background which helps elevate the mood of the story.
Mills’ vocal quality was very warm, soothing, medium-pitched
and evenly paced. I thought his voice was a perfect Radio voice.
My favorite passage in the script was the introduction. How
simple and captivating it was, amazed me. All what Mills said was ask Kohn if
he’s ready to start talking, and by the time Kohn replies, we already know
there’s a problem with his speech. Mills then says “This is my friend Kohn,” he
asks for his age, and then he says what he already hear, “He talks slowly, in
fact everything he does, he does slowly.” And that in itself was enough to hook
me to the story and get me interested to know what the story was.
The documentary wasn’t long; it was 8 minutes long, so I
thought that was an appropriate length, enough to tell the story, and not too
long to lose the attention of the audience.
The documentary begins very strongly with the Nat sound of Kohn prepping himself to start speaking, and then talking with his slow pace and weak voice. Mills asks him a bunch of questions, which he replies to very slowly, and it immediately catches the listener for the human-interest aspect of it, and the emotion attached to the situation. The documentary also ends very strongly with about a minute of a recording of Kohn’s singing, which is very moving and quite beautiful to listen to.
Nouran Khalil
The documentary begins very strongly with the Nat sound of Kohn prepping himself to start speaking, and then talking with his slow pace and weak voice. Mills asks him a bunch of questions, which he replies to very slowly, and it immediately catches the listener for the human-interest aspect of it, and the emotion attached to the situation. The documentary also ends very strongly with about a minute of a recording of Kohn’s singing, which is very moving and quite beautiful to listen to.
Nouran Khalil
