I am coming up with a new soundscript for the movie “Thank You for Smoking”. In this new soundscript, the voice-over narrator will be a young adolescent teenager. I believe the change of the voice and identity of the narrator will add more humor to the film and also strengthen the movie’s argument that public relations greatly affect society’s view of the tobacco industry. There will be bias of course, especially because of the demographic of the new narrator. However, this movie reveals things that are not common knowledge for most people, and so in a way the movie serves as a documentary of sorts. I believe the voice of a younger person surprises the ear initially; people simply aren’t used to hearing facts from children that often, so I think this new narrator will be a useful tool in changing the mood of the film.

The research question that helps introduce my claim is this: to what extent do the scenes in the video montage change the viewer’s previous bias towards the tobacco industry, or do they even affect them at all?

So compared to the previous narrator, which was the protagonist, I propose that this new narrator should be an adolescent teenager interested in the dealings of the tobacco industry. In this manner, we avoid any superfluous commentary from Naylor which suggests arrogance or bravado. Instead the curious teenager will be speak in a way that he is trying to uncover secrets of the tobacco industry. I feel that this will help make light of an issue such as politics or public relations to continue the comedic effect of the film.

As Kozloff analyzes the audio into categories such as keynote sounds, background sounds, and signal sounds, I will attempt to include these terms in explaining my new soundscript.

Finally, I just hope that I can actually enjoy my new soundscript as much as I enjoy the voice-over narration that is already in place. That may be a lofty goal, but it seems attainable.