Plan: 16/20
Prod: 46 /60
Eval: 18/20
Total: 80%
Grade : A
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Evaluation
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My created radio programme uses many radio conventions as found through my research, such as the radio jingle at the beginning of the show, which introduces the programme. The jingle follows the genre of the programme based around the target audience with the music and instruments chosen. Following the instructions of the brief, a presenter is then introduced, who then speaks to a guest, another convention of a radio programme. Other conventions include the bedding track, quietly played behind the dialogue, and also the archive sound clip of the guest playing a song during during the programme. My radio programme doesn't really challenge and of the conventions of a radio programme, as it may have led to the show sounding too different and unproffessional, drawing it away from its attempt of an accurate portrayal of a radio programme.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As decided previously, my target audience for the radio programme is teenagers interested in new, upcoming music. My radio programme represents this with a very upbeat and modern rock sounding jingle, introducing the show, which would appeal to teenage youth. The guest of the show also represents this, as he is a "up and coming local singer songwriter" suggesting that he is part of the 'new music' persuasion. This is emplified with the archive track, showing his modern style music.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A main radio station which i think would be the most appropriate to distribute my radio programme is BBC Radio 1, who appeals to a target audience identical to mine. stations such as BBC Radio 2 wouldn't be very appropriate, as their target audience is of an older generation, and therefore my radio programme wouldn't appeal to the listeners.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
I appealled/attracted to the target audience of modern-musically enthusiastic teenagers by being a radio programme very much consentrating on the latest music, and discovering new and upcoming talents within the music industry, such as my guest. Also i appealled to a more local audience by having my guest from Jersey, which would have also appealled to the island itself.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The main computer programme that this project has taught me how to use is garageband, which significantly helped me bring the whole piece together. It taught me how to bring tracks of loops together to create a short musical jingle, and also the importance of volume and equalising the volumes of the elements which make the piece, so a sound doesnt become distorted and auditorially unattractive. Another thing i learnt from the process of making the radio programme was voice recording, and the importance of the area in which you are recording, with elements such as echo and background noise which needs to be considered. I also learnt how to edit the sounds and add effects, to add to the overall realism and proffessionalism of the show.
My created radio programme uses many radio conventions as found through my research, such as the radio jingle at the beginning of the show, which introduces the programme. The jingle follows the genre of the programme based around the target audience with the music and instruments chosen. Following the instructions of the brief, a presenter is then introduced, who then speaks to a guest, another convention of a radio programme. Other conventions include the bedding track, quietly played behind the dialogue, and also the archive sound clip of the guest playing a song during during the programme. My radio programme doesn't really challenge and of the conventions of a radio programme, as it may have led to the show sounding too different and unproffessional, drawing it away from its attempt of an accurate portrayal of a radio programme.
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As decided previously, my target audience for the radio programme is teenagers interested in new, upcoming music. My radio programme represents this with a very upbeat and modern rock sounding jingle, introducing the show, which would appeal to teenage youth. The guest of the show also represents this, as he is a "up and coming local singer songwriter" suggesting that he is part of the 'new music' persuasion. This is emplified with the archive track, showing his modern style music.
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A main radio station which i think would be the most appropriate to distribute my radio programme is BBC Radio 1, who appeals to a target audience identical to mine. stations such as BBC Radio 2 wouldn't be very appropriate, as their target audience is of an older generation, and therefore my radio programme wouldn't appeal to the listeners.
• How did you attract/address your audience?
I appealled/attracted to the target audience of modern-musically enthusiastic teenagers by being a radio programme very much consentrating on the latest music, and discovering new and upcoming talents within the music industry, such as my guest. Also i appealled to a more local audience by having my guest from Jersey, which would have also appealled to the island itself.
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
The main computer programme that this project has taught me how to use is garageband, which significantly helped me bring the whole piece together. It taught me how to bring tracks of loops together to create a short musical jingle, and also the importance of volume and equalising the volumes of the elements which make the piece, so a sound doesnt become distorted and auditorially unattractive. Another thing i learnt from the process of making the radio programme was voice recording, and the importance of the area in which you are recording, with elements such as echo and background noise which needs to be considered. I also learnt how to edit the sounds and add effects, to add to the overall realism and proffessionalism of the show.
The Script
(Introduction Jingle)
(Bedding track begins)
(Bedding track quietens)
Me: Welcome to the show
(Bedding track loudens shortly)
(Bedding track quietens)
Me: Here with me today is William Robinson, an up and coming singer song writer from our very own Jersey. Will it's great to have you here.
Will: Its great to be here, thanks for having me.
Me: We'll be speaking to Will in a moment, but first i believe you're going to be playing a new song for us?
Will: Yes, i thought I'd play one from the album, this one's called "Pretty Girl Please".
(Bedding track fades out completely)
(Archive sound clip plays)
(Bedding track begins)
(Bedding track quietens)
Me: Welcome to the show
(Bedding track loudens shortly)
(Bedding track quietens)
Me: Here with me today is William Robinson, an up and coming singer song writer from our very own Jersey. Will it's great to have you here.
Will: Its great to be here, thanks for having me.
Me: We'll be speaking to Will in a moment, but first i believe you're going to be playing a new song for us?
Will: Yes, i thought I'd play one from the album, this one's called "Pretty Girl Please".
(Bedding track fades out completely)
(Archive sound clip plays)
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Making Of
To make my radio programme, i am going to be using the software Garageband. Garageband is most appropriate for this project, as it will help me easily create a radio jingle, which is a nessecity for the project.
I first began by opening a new project, and began immidately adding elements. I explored all the different loops which could be applied, attempting to find the right one which went with the theme of my radio, new music.
I then added a guitar loop by inserting another track, which layers itself ontop of the drum beat. This acts as a bass type element to the jingle. It is a funky electric guitar, which adds a retro feel to the jingle, which goes well with developing music, as retro style music is very in at the moment.
I then added the rest of the track to the jingle, a blues guitar and a edgy rock guitar. Although all the tracks from my jingle sound completely contrasting from their name, they actually go very well together, creating a very modern music rock type sound. The next step was to get the timing of each intrument right, and position the introduction of each track right. I wanted a build up of the instruments, so i made the piece start with only the funky guitar, and 2 seconds into the piece the drum beat begins, then 2 seconds after that the other 2 tracks burst in, creating a very powerful jump into the jingle. I then continued all the loops playing for about 10 seconds, then at an appropriate time stopped all the tracks except the blues guitar, which ends the jingle well. 
Then i added some effects to the dialogue track, one in particular called "radio effect" which gave the sound more of an impression that it was recorded in a proffesional studio, adding to the realism of the programme.
I then added other loop track elements to the piece, such as "studio cheering" and "studio laughing", to give the impression that it is recorded in a live studio, which as found out through my research is a convention of some radio shows. I positioned these in the appropriate places, for example at the start of the dialogue, suggesting it was the beginning of the show.
The next step was to edit the individual volumes of each of the tracks. this would allow me to have fade in and fade outs of some of the tracks, such as the clapping, and also can equalise certain parts of the dialogue where the speaking was louder than the other.
I first began by opening a new project, and began immidately adding elements. I explored all the different loops which could be applied, attempting to find the right one which went with the theme of my radio, new music. I started with a basic beat, which would help back the intrumentals of the various elements to my jingle.
I then added a guitar loop by inserting another track, which layers itself ontop of the drum beat. This acts as a bass type element to the jingle. It is a funky electric guitar, which adds a retro feel to the jingle, which goes well with developing music, as retro style music is very in at the moment.I then added the rest of the track to the jingle, a blues guitar and a edgy rock guitar. Although all the tracks from my jingle sound completely contrasting from their name, they actually go very well together, creating a very modern music rock type sound. The next step was to get the timing of each intrument right, and position the introduction of each track right. I wanted a build up of the instruments, so i made the piece start with only the funky guitar, and 2 seconds into the piece the drum beat begins, then 2 seconds after that the other 2 tracks burst in, creating a very powerful jump into the jingle. I then continued all the loops playing for about 10 seconds, then at an appropriate time stopped all the tracks except the blues guitar, which ends the jingle well. I then added a backing track which would play behind the voice of the presenter, a convention of many radio shows. To make it obveously part of the radio show, i decided that it should be one of the tracks from the jingle, and i chose the drum kit, as it is the simplest, and will not over power the dialogue.
I then began to fiddle with the volumes of each of the tracks, to equilize them, but also so that the key parts stood out from the rest, for example the 2 guitar tracks introduced 4 seconds in should be louder then the bass and drum beat, as they are the big climaxtic tracks of the jingle, therefore they must be the most dominant. Also the backing track must be quieter then the dialogue.
The next step of making the radio show was to record the dialogue. To do this i wrote a script (which i will post on the blog) then ran though the script with the person i was interviewing. I then recorded this on a hand held recorder, and imported this on to garageband.
I then began to fiddle with the volumes of each of the tracks, to equilize them, but also so that the key parts stood out from the rest, for example the 2 guitar tracks introduced 4 seconds in should be louder then the bass and drum beat, as they are the big climaxtic tracks of the jingle, therefore they must be the most dominant. Also the backing track must be quieter then the dialogue.
The next step of making the radio show was to record the dialogue. To do this i wrote a script (which i will post on the blog) then ran though the script with the person i was interviewing. I then recorded this on a hand held recorder, and imported this on to garageband. Then i added some effects to the dialogue track, one in particular called "radio effect" which gave the sound more of an impression that it was recorded in a proffesional studio, adding to the realism of the programme.I then added other loop track elements to the piece, such as "studio cheering" and "studio laughing", to give the impression that it is recorded in a live studio, which as found out through my research is a convention of some radio shows. I positioned these in the appropriate places, for example at the start of the dialogue, suggesting it was the beginning of the show.The next step was to edit the individual volumes of each of the tracks. this would allow me to have fade in and fade outs of some of the tracks, such as the clapping, and also can equalise certain parts of the dialogue where the speaking was louder than the other.After finishing my radio programme, i then exported it onto my pendrive in a MP3 file. This will allow me to publish it on blogger.
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