Unit 16 radio

 

https://youtu.be/RgopIwvp_OM

UNIT 14 RADIO

 

Allocation of planning

 me and my partner have both completed the pre-production planning. We have done half of logistics and half of the risk assessment. throughout this unit me and my friend have done work which we have both shared. i have done the funding for our radio programme while my friend has drafted the budget. furthermore, my friend has done the audience survey while i contributed to doing the survey analysis.

Funding - Subhan 

Budget - Alain (me)

OFCOM - Both 

Constraints - Both 

Consideration of file formats - Both 

Key personnel list - split in half

Production schedule - alain 

         logistics considerations - split in half 

       Risk assessment - split in half 

                 Running order - subhan 

              Outline - Me 

            Scheduling - both 

           rushes log - split in half 

          storyboard - split in half 

M2: Explain the processes and technologies involved in producing a radio broadcast

 

Digital Cartwall. 

What is a digital cartwall?

A Cart Wall is an immediate audio player in the form of a square 'wall.' Each square is assigned a sound (of your choosing). You get to pick the colour and how it's labelled. When you click the square with your mouse, the audio begins playing immediately.

A Cart Wall is suitable for the second studio computer since it is played over a separate audio channel on the mixer. Alternatively, certain cart walls are included as part of a radio automation package and are routed to a different channel on the mixer through the software's second output. This is done so that it may be operated independently.

Most cart wall systems allow you to create a variety of 'walls' and save them under different names (eg: Breakfast 1, Drive, Weekend).

While all cart walls make it simple to begin playing audio, stopping varies depending on the technology. Some systems need you to use a stop key on the side; others require you to click on the square a second time to halt playing — some will stop immediately, while others will fade away.

The cart wall is highly handy for music intros, music stings, humorous sound effects, music beds that play over the announcer's speech, and any other case that requires quick audio.

What is a playlist?

A playlist is a collection of music that will be played. These songs might be chosen depending on their popularity. The songs may fall within a certain format, such as Urban.

Radio stations have a core playlist from which they select tunes. For example, during the Christmas season, BBC radio 4playlist may include one hundred festive tunes.

When the holidays are over, the station will return to its more extensive core roster of up to 4000 songs.

A radio station has a "tight playlist" if it has a tiny number of songs in its primary playlist, for example, a couple of hundreds.

What is digital playout system?

A contemporary radio station's playout system is its beating heart. It is (often) a computer system that is used to record, store, and play all audio content for your radio station.

Radio stations all across the world are adopting new technology, and automated playout systems are the backbone of practically every station, from hospital and community to local, regional, and national. Stations can broadcast without people in the studio by using a computer automation system. With the relatively low cost of hard drives these days, it’s economical for stations to store literally hundreds of hours of material (play-list tracks, interviews, documentaries etc.) on a computer programmed to broadcast the material when the station isn’t staffed.

Automated playout systems are making presenters' lives simpler; no more searching through record collections for the tunes they require and having to re-arrange all those LPs and CDs. The playout technology also lowers the cost of employee wage bills because less on-air staff is necessary during unsociable hours. This can also be a disadvantage in that young fresh presenters are unable to gain on-air experience because the show is now controlled by automation.

SOUNDFILE STORY BOARD

 

EVALUATION

 

FINAL

 

Unit 14 and 16 - Logistics considerations

 Since the main software used to record this will be garage band, there will only be one type of file - a BAND file. The band file acts as a container, which can hold all types of media, metadata, and settings an of audio project. We could use some other files that garage band support, such as AIFF, CAF, WAV, AAC and MP3, but the problem is that the quality may not be as good or it would not carry over the settings. However the problem is with using a BAND file is that the file size can be overly large. 

Compression  - In terms of compression we have not decided to use it, since we have enough space on the cloud drive. 

Unit 14 and 16: Production Journey

 We chose the USB Microphone to record our chat since we believed it would capture our voices the best and provide the greatest outcomes. We provided the folks who would be recording alongside us copies of our screenplay that we had printed out during pre-production. First, we recorded with our presenters and minor actors. After that, as we were the primary players in the radio play, my partner and I recorded the remaining episodes. We made sure there were no interruptions or background noises when we recorded. This was later posted on YouTube as our
"Offline edit."

The audience can immediately recognise the high-quality foley sound effects we recorded for our radio play, which is another asset. To record these foley noises, we travelled to several locales. for Harris, anxiety Our foley noises are successful because they add realism to the radio play, which helps us fulfil the mandate to "inform, educate, and amuse a family audience about the risks and rewards of social networking."

Then we made the decision to write a jingle for "Chadwell Heath Radio," our radio station. We utilised a Garageband jingle to do this. Additionally, we acquired an app that allowed us to alter the audio pitch since we wanted to add a voice stating "This is Chadwell Heath Radio" with a high pitch tone. Then, we included this at the beginning of our radio play. After that, we started looking for music that was copyright-free to use as a transition between scenes and to begin and close our radio play. This alerts listeners that the conversation that follows is from a different scene in the radio play. We downloaded music from YouTube as an MP3 audio file so that we could use it in Garageband. Throughout the play, the music we utilised helped create a tense mood.

Unit 14 and 16 Rushes log

 

Unit 14 and 16: Survey analysis

 We asked the audience to listen to and provide feedback on our draught radio drama. We received feedback from two people aged 14 to 19, one person aged 20 to 30, and one person aged 31 to 45. Two of them were females, while the other two were males. As a result, we solicited feedback from our target audience (14-45 year olds). This provided us with useful information about what our target audience enjoys when listening to radio dramas. We primarily obtained qualitative data, which provided us with additional insight into how we could improve our radio drama to better suit our target audience.

We asked questions about their likes and dislikes of our radio drama draft and asked them how we could improve. The feedback we got told us that the audience felt that we should include more foley sounds in our radio drama to make it more realistic. Also, someone said that we should include music when transitioning scenes, as it will make it more clear to the audience. Another person said that we should record one or two sentences again as they were a bit quieter from the rest of the dialogue. We will take this feedback into consideration to improve our radio drama.

Our radio drama also received positive feedback. The storyline was very interesting to the audience, and it informed and educated them about the effects of social media. The characters in the radio drama also kept them entertained.


Overall, the audience feedback was very informative and helpful, and we can now incorporate these improvements into our final radio drama to make it better.


Improvements:


- Add foley sounds
- Add music transitions
- Re-record some of our voiceovers