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Have you ever listened to a podcast episode where there is literally no space between different participants speaking? Meaning, as soon as the host finishes asking a question, the guest IMMEDIATELY starts answering, leaving literally no space between the two. This sounds very unnatural, and personally I feel it’s quite annoying to listen to.
Please let the conversation breathe NATURALLY.
Another example of cutting natural pauses too tightly together is when a person is talking and there is literally no space left between sentences. Terrible. Their speaking is way too crammed together, and often doesn’t let the listener absorb what has been said due to the machine gun presentation of the speakers sentences.
How do you make sure your episodes aren’t edited too tight?
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It’s interesting to see how often this ‘technique’ is being used as a deliberate style choice. There’s a series of Oral B adverts featuring dentists that employs it and it’s not entirely clear why. It does sound ‘edgy’ and quite annoying (not always a bad thing in advertising). Possibly it’s just to be distinctive and more memorable but I also suspect the advertiser is trying to highlight the edits . Making the edits very noticeable suggests that the short comments you hear in the advert are taken from a much longer interview where the dentist enthuses for hours (presumably) about Oral B products. Sometimes a ‘bad’ edit can be quite a clever one.
Ideally, if you notice an edit, then it’s a bad edit. However, sometimes you have no choice, it’s either a bad edit or something worse.
Getting the flow right is important. No only removing gaps, but also putting them in. Especially with nervous guests. The addrenalin seems to kick in and they forget to breath. It all depends on what you are trying to convey. The more exiting, the less gaps and breaths. The more considered, the more gaps.