Amid the facts and artifacts: the drama of history
History is full of dramatic moments – turning points that have redrawn the maps of human civilization and created breathtaking reversals of fortune. Yet amid the facts and artifacts of today’s museums, and historical sites and events, the drama of history is often lost. Artifacts on their own are inanimate, encased and “just things.” There’s no engagement, no connection.
Imagine… Screams of desperate men. The crack of wood against rock. Exploding surf. … A fight for survival.
Log, Captain George Vancouver, August 6, 1792, Queen Charlotte Sound, off the coast of British Columbia.
“We sailed cautiously under a light easterly into a narrow channel, I judged no more than a mile wide, its shores rising perpendicular from the sea, its waters cluttered with a menacing scattering of shoals. The wind died, and thick fog obscured every surrounding object, and wet us clean to the bone.
Suddenly, the Discovery refused to answer her helm, there came a great crash that shook my 330-ton full-rigged sloop as if she had been fired into a battery of guns. We were aground, the ship’s bow caught upon the rocks.
She lurched broadside. I swept blood from my eyes, and bellowed for the ship to be lightened. Yards and masts were struck and got over, ballast and fuel following. Nothing would right her. The tide continued to fall; she swung alarmingly over her starboard side; the water surging towards the rail. If a storm arose, she was certainly doomed…”
©Sound-And-Story brings history alive, in the theatre of your imagination
It is drama that captivates us, places us in the scene, and enables us to experience the past through the characters, and events that changed the course of nations.
An exciting new concept called ©Sound-and-Story makes this possible. It’s innovative audio drama uniquely designed and delivered through mobile technology such as iPhones and MP3 players. Such audio drama can wake up a museum or historical site. Attract visitors. Create a lasting impression.
Exactly as the name suggests, ©Sound-and-Story captures a moment in time – the “story”, and its drama – the “sound”, and brings them to life. With today’s mobile technology, ©Sound-and-Story users experience the drama of history on site as they view a piece of the past. It’s entertaining and enriching for the whole family.
Think of the impact of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio drama more than 70 years ago. So real was his narration and sounds effects, it unleashed mass panic in the U.S. ©Sound-and-Story audio drama can create this same impact for your site, event or museum.