The Bright Sessions\nis a sci-fi podcast that follows a therapist, Dr. Bright, and her sessions with\na group of therapy patients, each of which have a supernatural ability. The\npodcast is unique in that it is recorded like a therapy session would be for legal\npurposes. As the listener, you feel as if you are placed there in the session,\nsitting in between the therapist and the patient as an\n“eavesdropper”. This being the first episode of the podcast, from the\nfirst few seconds, it was easy to pick up on the cues such as “new\npatient”, “psychological counseling”, and\n“appointment” that hinted at the idea of it being a therapy session.\nEpisode 1 only featured an interview style recording as opposed to a\nstorytelling narration and this really helped to set the scene as just two\npeople interacting with each other. This specific episode featured an anxious\ngirl in her mid-20s who, as we find out around halfway through the podcast, can\ntime travel and found Dr. Bright through a listing in the paper as\n“therapy for the strange and unusual”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Bright Sessions\npodcast has a simplistic format where sound effects are kept to a minimum and\nno music is played in the background. These features, or lack thereof, help to\nfocus the listener’s attention on the two characters and what they are saying.\nBut throughout the whole podcast, there is a faint ticking sound from a clock\nthat further adds to the idea that the setting was a therapist’s office and\nthat time in a session is limited. Additionally, this adds an element of\nsuspense as if we are waiting for the ticking to stop and for something\ndramatic to happen. There are also a few times throughout the podcast where\nthere was nothing but a scribbling\/writing on paper sound effect. As a\nlistener, this came as a sign that whatever the patient, Sam, had said previous\nto the sound effect probably had some importance to it. The other sound effects\nthat were included were very subtle but helped to set the scene of the podcast.\nKnowing that the few sound effects that were played were a knock on the door,\nthe door opening, Sam sitting, and the door closing helped create this image\nthat between Sam going into the room and then out at the end, there was no\nmovement of either of the two characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout the podcast, the tone of both characters were very relaxed and calm, with no sense of urgency, but towards the end of the podcast, their volumes and pace of speech started to increase and they began to get my frantic. This helped to create a build-up and add a ~dramatic effect~ to have her disappear. At this point, we understand that the reason Sam time travels is because it is almost a defense mechanism against her moments of panic. The ending is very subtle in that Dr. Bright finishes by leaving herself a little memo about important details of the “case”. After listening to just the first episode, themes such as mental health and how certain people view themselves become apparent and the intimate and emotional aspects of the podcast set it apart as a simplistic drama.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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