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.