This is my preliminary task:
This is my final finished show:
Friday, 11 April 2014
Evaluation Question 7
The preliminary task really helped me to feel confident in the main task. I felt that it gave me a good idea of what to expect for the main radio script. I found it quite difficult scripting my preliminary task but then when it came round to the real task it helped me and I didn't make the same mistakes again. I felt that I was not as prepared as I could have been for the preliminary task and could have taken a little more time to plan it but because I made that mistake first time round I made sure that I planned my final script and had plenty of time to re-do or change parts of it. If I hadn't have done the preliminary task I think the final task may have been a little bit rushed of un-thought through because I wouldn't have known what to expect or how long it takes to write how much of a script and actually how much you have to think about when writing it. When recording my preliminary task I learnt the basics of how to use the technology to record and edit sounds and voices and I also got to hear lots of different sound effects that I could use in my preliminary task and also use in my final task. This helped to get an insight of recording the final product and helped me when I was writing the scrip because I could remember some of the things I heard and learnt and so I could include them. Looking back to my preliminary task I feel some of the decisions I made on who to record what voice and what music or sound effects to use may have been a little wrong but in making those mistakes it helps not to make them again and to make sure I planned everything out way before hand second time round.
This is my final finished show:
This is my final finished show:
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
Evaluation Question 6
I have learnt about technologies throughout the process of recording and editing. I found it really interesting how much you can change someone's voice/sounds by just making the pitch higher or lower or changing the tone or effect. Whilst recording the presenters and adverts I learnt how easy it is to make mistakes but on the other hand how easy it is to change those mistakes if they are made. For example if someone takes a deep breath whilst recording there part, you don't have to ask them to record it again you can just simply cut out that part of the recording really easily. The equipment we use to record looks quite simple but really it is quite complex. I learnt things like how far away someone has to stand from the mic to record, the small things like that will make a huge difference in how what they are saying sounds. I probably would not have had a clue how to even press record on the computer and record someone speaking before the process of constructing this product. I labelled each of the files and stored them in relevant folders including cuts, finished, mixed and music. This helped me keep organized and was easy access when it came to editing.
I recorded everything and then edited it after. I edited out things like gaps pauses, any mistakes removed and any talking to give the actor information and tips on how to record. Once I had edited I put music and sound effects over the top to make it more interesting and sound much better.
This is the voice of the mum in the foundation advert before I edited:
This is it then after I edited:
This is the Take that voice over before I edited:
This is the Take that voice over after I edited:
As you can see I have had to edit out quite alot to make it sound like it does at the end.
I recorded everything and then edited it after. I edited out things like gaps pauses, any mistakes removed and any talking to give the actor information and tips on how to record. Once I had edited I put music and sound effects over the top to make it more interesting and sound much better.
This is the voice of the mum in the foundation advert before I edited:
This is it then after I edited:
This is the Take that voice over before I edited:
This is the Take that voice over after I edited:
As you can see I have had to edit out quite alot to make it sound like it does at the end.
Sunday, 6 April 2014
Evaluation Question 5
All my choices that I made were related to my audience. When choosing the music to be played on my radio station I asked a woman that fell into my category what kind of music she listened too. I did that so I knew what to play because there is no point playing music that my audience wouldn't listen too as it would be a waste of time and then people wouldn't tune in so that music plays an important role in the radio station.
Here is the song used at the beginning of my radio show. This is the edited version because I cut out some bits to make it shorter.
This is the edited version:
When deciding on the adverts to have on my radio station audience again was my main priority. I chose a foundation advert as one of them because I know that all woman especially ages 18-30 worry about there skin and how they look 24/7 so they could really relate and benefit from an advert like this.
Again there would be no use having an advert for a football match or beer as my audience would not be interested in those things but the audience of a radio show like sport definitely would. The adverts I feel are a big role in drawing the audience in and getting them to listen. If I went wrong and chose the wrong type of adverts for my radio station it would not sound good when being played through as parts of the show would be for my actual audience and parts would not be. When I was choosing my second advert for the show I asked people the types of things they would like to hear but also what kind of things they would actually go out and buy because some of the time people like to hear things advertised but they wouldn't actually buy it if they heard it advertised. Alot of people I spoke too said music albums. So I decided to do an album of a bands anniversary. The reason I chose that is because it always draws an audience in and stands out from just a normal album you can buy anywhere. Take that are all woman's favourite boy band so I chose them. I also made sure I asked the woman if they liked take that before I just finalised it.
When choosing my news stories I researched on the other radio stations first and listened to what things came up on there news. I gathered that my audience would probably be into Hollywood types of stuff and more gossipy news rather than like politicians or parliament or even sports news. I chose one serious/sad news story because when I was listening to some radio stations there was always at least one serious one. The other ones were more gossipy ones that my audience would enjoy hearing about. Another reason why your audience must want to listen to your news stories is because they will tune in again later if they can or go onto to the website to find out more about the story. The story about the celebrity break up was definitely included because of my audience. I chose that one specifically because I know how much people the ages of my audience like to hear about gossip. I included the correspondent because I felt that her tone of voice would relate to my audience, she sounds young and is a woman.
For my ad I used certain people for voice's that I felt would represent the part they were playing to my audience well. For example the News presenter. I felt her voice was really suitable for this part and the audience would notice that she was the news presenter from the moment she started talking.
This is Rafi who played the boy in the foundation ad, I used his voice because it sounded childish and loud, just like I wanted.
Here is the song used at the beginning of my radio show. This is the edited version because I cut out some bits to make it shorter.
This is the edited version:
When deciding on the adverts to have on my radio station audience again was my main priority. I chose a foundation advert as one of them because I know that all woman especially ages 18-30 worry about there skin and how they look 24/7 so they could really relate and benefit from an advert like this.
Again there would be no use having an advert for a football match or beer as my audience would not be interested in those things but the audience of a radio show like sport definitely would. The adverts I feel are a big role in drawing the audience in and getting them to listen. If I went wrong and chose the wrong type of adverts for my radio station it would not sound good when being played through as parts of the show would be for my actual audience and parts would not be. When I was choosing my second advert for the show I asked people the types of things they would like to hear but also what kind of things they would actually go out and buy because some of the time people like to hear things advertised but they wouldn't actually buy it if they heard it advertised. Alot of people I spoke too said music albums. So I decided to do an album of a bands anniversary. The reason I chose that is because it always draws an audience in and stands out from just a normal album you can buy anywhere. Take that are all woman's favourite boy band so I chose them. I also made sure I asked the woman if they liked take that before I just finalised it.
When choosing my news stories I researched on the other radio stations first and listened to what things came up on there news. I gathered that my audience would probably be into Hollywood types of stuff and more gossipy news rather than like politicians or parliament or even sports news. I chose one serious/sad news story because when I was listening to some radio stations there was always at least one serious one. The other ones were more gossipy ones that my audience would enjoy hearing about. Another reason why your audience must want to listen to your news stories is because they will tune in again later if they can or go onto to the website to find out more about the story. The story about the celebrity break up was definitely included because of my audience. I chose that one specifically because I know how much people the ages of my audience like to hear about gossip. I included the correspondent because I felt that her tone of voice would relate to my audience, she sounds young and is a woman.
For my ad I used certain people for voice's that I felt would represent the part they were playing to my audience well. For example the News presenter. I felt her voice was really suitable for this part and the audience would notice that she was the news presenter from the moment she started talking.
This is Rafi who played the boy in the foundation ad, I used his voice because it sounded childish and loud, just like I wanted.
Evaluation Question 4
When choosing my audience I had to do alot of research on what gender, age ect. My first most successful set of research was just asking people what they listened to, when they listened and how they listened. I found that useful because it gave me a really clear picture in my head of different peoples listening habits. Another bit of research I did was a questionarre. I didn't find this so useful because alot of people didn't have time to fill it out or just didn't want to so I found it was easier for people to quickly answer verbally rather than writing it down. My audience are woman from 18-30. I chose woman because the music and adverts that are on a station like Capital and Kiss appeal for woman. Also by asking people what shows they like the majority of teenagers and woman I asked alot of them listened to pop shows like Kiss, Capital as they always play up to date music and the things that the presenters speak about they feel they can relate too. One question I asked people was when they listen to radio, this was a very important question because I had to choose what time my show was going to be on air. I chose the breakfast show because alot of the listening habits for the teenagers and woman I spoke to was on the way to work in the car in the morning. Most of the woman only listened to radio in the morning on the way to work and in the evening on the way home from work and they would rarely turn on the radio unless they were in the car. This is because of other distractions like television at home and it is very convenient in the car to turn on the radio. My schedule is very much so buzzy and there is always something happening. I also asked the woman what is one thing they don't like when listening to radio and a big answer was when the show just drags along and nothing much is happening. I took that into consideration when writing my radio show and made sure that if an audience was to listen to mine that they wouldn't feel that happening.
This is my character of service sheet:
This is my character of service sheet:
Service name
London FM
Licence number
| AL403 |
Licensed area
|
London
|
MCA population | 4,000 |
Frequency/ies
|
98.2 MHz
|
Character of Service
Evaluation Question 3
My radio station is pop. Its like Capital, Kiss and Radio 1. My radio show is very much adverts, songs and abit of talking from the presenters. I don't think its talk show and I tried to make it similar to Capital, Kiss ect. It relies on the songs played and what presenters say.
Evaluation Question 2
When choosing who was going to records what voice I had to really think about it because if the wrong person recorded the wrong voice I feel that it could ruin that whole section of my show. For some of the parts it didn't actually matter who played them and I could just pick anyone e.g the voices of the public in the news. One of my hardest choices who was going to record the Jingle voices because that's one of the most important voices that have got to sound really good. I made my choice by hearing 2 people saying it and one sounded best. The adverts and music on my radio represents my audience and what I choose what adverts I was going to do and what music play my audience was the first thing that came into my mind. It would be no good having an advert not appeal to my audience of Woman aged 18-30. I choose to have an advert on foundation and an advert on Take that coming back together for an album to appeal to my audience and asked different people that fitted in that category what they would like. When picking my news stories I listened to kiss and Capital to see what sorts of news stories they had and also on lots of different online newspapers like dailymail.co.uk, thesun.com ect.
When I chose my different characters I had to make sure I chose the right people because of the representation because if I chose the wrong person it wouldn't sound right. For example if I had a child reading the news. Here are two characters which have very very different representations:
and
When I chose my different characters I had to make sure I chose the right people because of the representation because if I chose the wrong person it wouldn't sound right. For example if I had a child reading the news. Here are two characters which have very very different representations:
and
Evaluation Question 1
To start my research on real radio I firstly listened whenever I could too Radio stations that I wanted mine to be like e.g. Kiss, Capital and Radio 1. This task really helped me because I feel like I picked up little things from listening to the stations at different times of the day and it also helped me choose a time for my station. It was a really difficult task not to just copy what was on the real radio onto mine but I think that by listening it helps you be creative and because I listened to 3 different stations you get a feel for a range of ways radios are presented. Once I had listened for a while too all 3 stations I felt that kiss 100 fm and Capital were most similar to what I was going to do on my radio. One difference between my radio and Capital and Kiss is that they have more music and jingles than my radio station. I chose to do that because I preferred there to be a little bit more talking than lots of music all the time.
I found that real radio included music like jingles, a show jingle, weather jingle, news jingle ect.
Here is my news jingle :
here is my show jingle:
here is my station jingle:
When I listened to real radio I also heard that they had news bulletins, in my news bulletin there are 4 news stories as that was what the majority of the radios I listened too had. I have my main news without and with music. The reason I decided to add music was because I felt it sounded a bit plain and boring without the music in the back. Both are here:
News without music:
news with music :
When I listening to news bulletins I noticed that there were vox pop's, for example people on the street commenting on something thats just happened in the news. My vox pop's were people commenting on a recent break up. I felt they were useful and made the story more interesting. Here are two of my vox pops:
Georgia:
Eitan:
Also when I listened to some news stories I noticed that there would be a cut to a correspondent who would be 'at the scene' for example a celebrity correspondent outside on the red carpet interviewing celebs. I used two outside broadcasts.
Celeb correspondent :
Solicitor :
I heard adverts on all the stations that I listened too. Lots of different ones ranging from make-up to beer.
Take that advert:
Foundation advert:
I found that real radio included music like jingles, a show jingle, weather jingle, news jingle ect.
Here is my news jingle :
here is my show jingle:
here is my station jingle:
When I listened to real radio I also heard that they had news bulletins, in my news bulletin there are 4 news stories as that was what the majority of the radios I listened too had. I have my main news without and with music. The reason I decided to add music was because I felt it sounded a bit plain and boring without the music in the back. Both are here:
News without music:
news with music :
When I listening to news bulletins I noticed that there were vox pop's, for example people on the street commenting on something thats just happened in the news. My vox pop's were people commenting on a recent break up. I felt they were useful and made the story more interesting. Here are two of my vox pops:
Georgia:
Eitan:
Also when I listened to some news stories I noticed that there would be a cut to a correspondent who would be 'at the scene' for example a celebrity correspondent outside on the red carpet interviewing celebs. I used two outside broadcasts.
Celeb correspondent :
Solicitor :
I heard adverts on all the stations that I listened too. Lots of different ones ranging from make-up to beer.
Take that advert:
Foundation advert:
Friday, 17 January 2014
Comparing News Bulletins
I chose to compare a news bulletin from Kiss 100,Capital and LBC. The reason I chose Kiss and Capital was because my new bulletin is going to be the kind of story you would find on Kiss and Capital for a younger audience and then I chose LBC because I want to show the difference between the three and how LBC audience will be really different from the other two ect.
This first news bulletin is from KISS -
Dappy says 'guilty' ruling 'aint right'
Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington interview
Rhiannas hot new magazine cover shots
Frazers going to be a daddy
HMV go into administration
The second news bulletin is from CAPITAL -
Now thats a coup! Beyonc eset to make her UK comeback at the BRIT awards?
He looks familiar! Find out who Rihanna's hugging on her single cover for 'stay'
The song the world's talking about! Listen to Samuel L Jackson cover Taylor Swift
BRIT awards 2013: Check out the full list of nominations for this years event
The third news bulletin is from LBC -
Algeria Siege: ' Lethal Strike' on Gas plant
Clegg: Leaving Europe will put jobs at risk
Horsemeat Burgers: FSA threatens legal action
Sex ring trial: Girl talked out of complaint
We can tell that the top two running orders are really similar about a list celebrities and music events ect whereas LBC is primarily about really important things that are happening and also things from the house of parliament. If we didnt know which was which it would be really easy to differienciate between the top 2 and the last one because of the kinds of stories that are on them. The reason why we only get 10-20 words about a story is because the radio station want to draw you in so that you will read/listen on. There would be no point telling you the least important part of the story because you wouldnt be interested and want to listen on so they chose there words very carefully and they word it in a way that draws you in for instance saying things like 'Find out' it makes you want to carry on and find out. They also do things like 'Dappy says "Guilty" ruling "aint right". Here they have used two things that have actually come out of Dappys mouth.
This first news bulletin is from KISS -
Dappy says 'guilty' ruling 'aint right'
Jamie Foxx and Kerry Washington interview
Rhiannas hot new magazine cover shots
Frazers going to be a daddy
HMV go into administration
The second news bulletin is from CAPITAL -
Now thats a coup! Beyonc eset to make her UK comeback at the BRIT awards?
He looks familiar! Find out who Rihanna's hugging on her single cover for 'stay'
The song the world's talking about! Listen to Samuel L Jackson cover Taylor Swift
BRIT awards 2013: Check out the full list of nominations for this years event
The third news bulletin is from LBC -
Algeria Siege: ' Lethal Strike' on Gas plant
Clegg: Leaving Europe will put jobs at risk
Horsemeat Burgers: FSA threatens legal action
Sex ring trial: Girl talked out of complaint
We can tell that the top two running orders are really similar about a list celebrities and music events ect whereas LBC is primarily about really important things that are happening and also things from the house of parliament. If we didnt know which was which it would be really easy to differienciate between the top 2 and the last one because of the kinds of stories that are on them. The reason why we only get 10-20 words about a story is because the radio station want to draw you in so that you will read/listen on. There would be no point telling you the least important part of the story because you wouldnt be interested and want to listen on so they chose there words very carefully and they word it in a way that draws you in for instance saying things like 'Find out' it makes you want to carry on and find out. They also do things like 'Dappy says "Guilty" ruling "aint right". Here they have used two things that have actually come out of Dappys mouth.
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Sound Effects
I used alot of sound effects in my radio extract. I found that most of the sound effects were for the news stories and the adverts.
All of the sound effects I used were from the colleges sound effects library.
For my Advert number 1 on foundation I needed the following sound effects :
-Door opening
-Door slamming
-Horror music
-Kids in playground playing
For my News stories I used alot of sound effects of background noise which makes the clip sound realistic. Even though when you hear the sound effect on its own you may think it sounds suttle when it is behind the clip you want it sounds really good and makes a big difference to the way it sounds. I feel that it makes it sound less quiet and more like something is going on because nothing wherever you are is completely quiet.
Actors needed for the voices in my script
I had to make sure I chose suitable voices for each parts in my script so that it didn't sound silly if someone played a part that there voice didn't match too. For example it would be no good if a young girl played the part of a mum as her voice would sound too child like.
This is the list of the actors I used:
Katie (me) - I played one of the radio presenters, my radio station was for the age group of 18-30 and I felt that my voice sounds fun and buzzy and fitted the part well of the radio presenter.
Louise - played the News presenter, I thought her voice was suitable because her voice is very level and consistent and sounded great for the News presenter as a news presenter has got to sound clear and should be easy to understand.
Alex-
John Althsop - John played the role of the soliciter because his voice had a great mono tone and it showed no emotion to what he was saying which was perfect as the soliciter was just reading out something that someone had given him too.
John- John played the other radio presenter, I chose John to play the other radio presenter as I felt his voice, like mine, was buzzy and exciting and would draw the listeners in.
Manni - Manni recorded my jingles. I picked Manni for the jingles because he has a very clear and bold voice and it would stand out for the jingle and would catch peoples attention.
Eitan
Georgia
Nadine- Nadine played the part of the child in the Foundation advert, I chose Nadine for the role of the child as she portrayed a whiny, childlike voice very well in her acting.
Karen- Karen played the part of the mother in the Advert on foundation. I chose Karen to play the mother because the tone of her voice sounds very shrill which mimicked a role of a rushing , panicked mum. Nadine also played one of the parts for the news stories. I chose her again to play one of the parts for the news stories because she can put on an amazing American accenet which fitted the role I needed her to play.
Raffi-
This is the list of the actors I used:
Katie (me) - I played one of the radio presenters, my radio station was for the age group of 18-30 and I felt that my voice sounds fun and buzzy and fitted the part well of the radio presenter.
Louise - played the News presenter, I thought her voice was suitable because her voice is very level and consistent and sounded great for the News presenter as a news presenter has got to sound clear and should be easy to understand.
Alex-
John Althsop - John played the role of the soliciter because his voice had a great mono tone and it showed no emotion to what he was saying which was perfect as the soliciter was just reading out something that someone had given him too.
John- John played the other radio presenter, I chose John to play the other radio presenter as I felt his voice, like mine, was buzzy and exciting and would draw the listeners in.
Manni - Manni recorded my jingles. I picked Manni for the jingles because he has a very clear and bold voice and it would stand out for the jingle and would catch peoples attention.
Eitan
Georgia
Nadine- Nadine played the part of the child in the Foundation advert, I chose Nadine for the role of the child as she portrayed a whiny, childlike voice very well in her acting.
Karen- Karen played the part of the mother in the Advert on foundation. I chose Karen to play the mother because the tone of her voice sounds very shrill which mimicked a role of a rushing , panicked mum. Nadine also played one of the parts for the news stories. I chose her again to play one of the parts for the news stories because she can put on an amazing American accenet which fitted the role I needed her to play.
Raffi-
Sunday, 5 January 2014
List of actors
For my advert 1 I will need 3 actors. 2 woman and the last one will be a man.
I am going to use me as one of the woman. I think my voice will be suitable because it has to be someone that sounds young and will be paranoid and worried about how they look. It wouldn't be suitable to use a elderly woman for this part because my radio show isn't aimed at elderly woman.
For the second woman I am going to use Nadine because I feel she has the same young voice like I do and will be suitable for a woman again who is worried about how she looks as her voice sounds young and bubbly.
For the end voice I am going to use Alex because all the adverts I have listened to the bit at the end is always done by a man so that it sounds convincing and bold.
I am going to use me as one of the woman. I think my voice will be suitable because it has to be someone that sounds young and will be paranoid and worried about how they look. It wouldn't be suitable to use a elderly woman for this part because my radio show isn't aimed at elderly woman.
For the second woman I am going to use Nadine because I feel she has the same young voice like I do and will be suitable for a woman again who is worried about how she looks as her voice sounds young and bubbly.
For the end voice I am going to use Alex because all the adverts I have listened to the bit at the end is always done by a man so that it sounds convincing and bold.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Potential advert 3
My third potential advert is a new shopping centre. The reason I chose this is because all woman love to shop!! and usually if they hear of a new shopping centre they will want to know what its like so definitely go check it out.
Love to shop but bored of shopping at the same place with the same shops week after week after week?
Want to try something new with different shops and more space?
Try out Westfield.
Loads of different shops from high street fashion like topshop to top designers like Gucci.
Theres a shop for everyone.
Why not bring the family along this weekend and even enjoy our amazing food hall with the biggest range of restaurants and bars you can imagine!
And to top it all off we even have a nursery you can leave your little ones for a few hours to play while you go off and shop.
It just sounds too good doesnt it?
Come down to Westfield and shop shop shop.
Love to shop but bored of shopping at the same place with the same shops week after week after week?
Want to try something new with different shops and more space?
Try out Westfield.
Loads of different shops from high street fashion like topshop to top designers like Gucci.
Theres a shop for everyone.
Why not bring the family along this weekend and even enjoy our amazing food hall with the biggest range of restaurants and bars you can imagine!
And to top it all off we even have a nursery you can leave your little ones for a few hours to play while you go off and shop.
It just sounds too good doesnt it?
Come down to Westfield and shop shop shop.
Potential advert 2
My 2nd potential advert is for lunch box size ritz crackers. This is for mums that don't know what to put in there kids lunch boxes and are getting bored of having the same thing day after day.
Dont know what to put in your kids lunch boxes?
Bored of giving them sandwiches every day ?
Tired of them moaning about what you give them?
Then look no further and buy lunch box size ritz crackers.
A healthy snack which are yummy and kids will love them.
MUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMM those crackers you put in my lunch box today were great and I love them!!!!
See I told you, get down to your nearest supermarket and pick them up today. The packet doesnt lie
Dont know what to put in your kids lunch boxes?
Bored of giving them sandwiches every day ?
Tired of them moaning about what you give them?
Then look no further and buy lunch box size ritz crackers.
A healthy snack which are yummy and kids will love them.
MUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMM those crackers you put in my lunch box today were great and I love them!!!!
See I told you, get down to your nearest supermarket and pick them up today. The packet doesnt lie
Potential advert 1
This advert is for Elnett Hairspray. The reason I chose this product is because I think it will suit my target audience of woman aged 18-30. I thought it would suit them because I know that every girl likes there hair to look nice. Its also a easy thing to advertise by just using sound and no images.
Woman- OMG my hair wont stay straight and keeps going frizzy half way through a night out!
I cant stand it any more.
2nd woman- Did I just hear someone say my hair wont stay straight?
Woman - Yes I did
2nd woman - Do you not use Elnett hairspray?
Woman - No, what is it?
2nd woman - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh its my life saver! You only need a little bit you just spray it on your hair before you go out and BAM thats it your hair will stay how you want for up to 8 hours! No stickiness at all its amazing. You have to get some.
Woman - Wow thank you it sounds great
Voice - Get down to your nearest boots store today and buy one hairspray and get the 2nd free. An offer you wont resist.
Woman- OMG my hair wont stay straight and keeps going frizzy half way through a night out!
I cant stand it any more.
2nd woman- Did I just hear someone say my hair wont stay straight?
Woman - Yes I did
2nd woman - Do you not use Elnett hairspray?
Woman - No, what is it?
2nd woman - aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh its my life saver! You only need a little bit you just spray it on your hair before you go out and BAM thats it your hair will stay how you want for up to 8 hours! No stickiness at all its amazing. You have to get some.
Woman - Wow thank you it sounds great
Voice - Get down to your nearest boots store today and buy one hairspray and get the 2nd free. An offer you wont resist.
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