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Physical Journeys In The Serial Podcasts By Sarah Koenig

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A journey offers life changing experiences, in which challenges can dictate one’s path. Physical journeys involve the identifying of the new and exploring the changing environments, which leads the explorer on fresh new experiences. The process of physical journeys and inner journeys allows the protagonists to reflect on the impact of the trip. This is done through a variety of audio and visual techniques which are present in both Barry Cook’s Film Mulan 1998 and The Serial Podcasts, by Sarah Koenig. In the process of Sarah Koenig’s journey to the truth, the audience is moved along with Sarah Koenig, to uncover the events and obstacles taken on Adnan’s physical journey. Sarah Koenig recreates the events of Adnan’s physical journey on the day of the murder and conveys it to the audience. Adnan claims his innocence which then triggers the thought, ‘Is it possible?’ Sarah Koenig quotes Adnan, “… It is virtually impossible if you consider the following facts…” The effect of the re-enactment helps the viewer understand the physical distance that the State alleges Adnan undertook. For the duration of the re-enactment you can distinctly …show more content…

This is also done to setup the tentative mood of hope and re enforcing the physical element of both Sarah and Adnan’s journey. At the moment where Sarah informs the audience that she is able to see the sign with time left, “Oh yeah, see? There’s

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