LO4: Producing the radio station

RADIO SHOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=21&v=T6N2GAKWI9c

PRODUCTION SCHEDULES

USE OF SETTING UP EQUIPMENT

Here is a photograph of Evie altering the microphone stand and adjusting it to be within our height when recording our dialogue into the microphone. It shows the pop filter, microphone stand, shock mounters and a sound proof mini sound booth which are all commonly used in radio and shows the conventions of producing a radio trail. This shows us setting up equipment.

This is a photograph of Shauna editing the audio as we go along recording it- she edits it through Garage band in which we then exported it on to Adobe Audition after finishing it. It shows her controlling the Mac book and using the settings on Garage band to get our audio on to a document. This shows us setting up the equipment of the Mac and edits.

EVIDENCE OF RECORDING

This shows Evie and Hannah the voice actors reading the dialogue from the script into the microphone. as it shows us following the script to produce our audio trail. There is also a pop filter over the microphone which makes our voices sound more clear and is used in the professional industry. There is also a shock mounter and microphone holder- this is helpful to use as it allows the microphone to stay still and won't have any unwanted wispy sounds in which could make the radio trail sound different. We also sat inform too a sound proof mini booth which is a smaller version of which they use in radio stations, this is to block out any unwanted sound therefore making it soundproof. This shows evidence of us recording

OFFLINE EDIT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHqE_H1cels

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/66YVD3X

SOUND USED:


Music

https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/pop-dance

Radio tuning

http://soundbible.com/2099-AM-Radio-Tuning.html

Dj Scratching

http://soundbible.com/77-DJ-Scratching.html
Gasps
https://freesound.org/people/Timbre/sounds/106391/

Cell phone
https://freesound.org/people/jourblue/sounds/344365/
Crowd shouting


https://freesound.org/people/DickBlox/sounds/101871/


Music/ Sound used for advertisements

Furniture ad

https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/ukulele

Showroom Cinema

https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/energy

University

https://freesound.org/people/dr_skitz/sounds/353925/

EVIDENCE OF EDITING

We recorded all our dialogue for ON20 FM radio on the platform Garage band, this was used as you can record straight on to it and is an easy and quick platform to use. We recorded our jingles on this platform also at the end of speaking all our dialogue, advertisements were also recorded on this. 

In order to edit our radio in Audition we needed to export our Garage band file and open it up on to Adobe Audition. We transferred it over in Audition as this is a professional platform and more suited for audio editing.

Once the radio had been imported into Adobe Audition we created a new document and began editing, this is where all our sound material was. We saved this as a multitrack making it much easier to edit and navigate around the page.

To ensure that out radio was going to be edited as it is a lengthy process we separated our clips into Track one, Track two and Track three where we kept the audio, music and added effects in. This made the whole process easier to edit.

The razor tool was used a lot throughout the process of editing our radio show ON20FM, this was due to being able to cut out a lot of unwanted footage due to it not being needed or being too long etc. This allowed us to fit the conventions of a radio show having small snippets of dialogue and inserting added audio effects in the middle of them to contribute to the purpose of entertaining the audience.

When inserting the background music in to Adobe Audition we altered the clip volume. This was changed to -8.4 decibels- we had it this low as we wanted the music to be visible when listening but not too overpowering for the audience to hear the presenters. This was also lowered as it shows professionalism in the industry similarly as they do in most radio shows the incidental music is always played but not too loud that you cant hear the presenters talking for example Hallam FM where although the music is still heard by the audience it isn't taking away any dialogue from the presenters

This is an example of how we kept the dialogue of the presenters volume higher than the background added music to state my aim above.

Using Adobe Audition to edit our footage was also to make it flow like a radio show should. Having all the materials together in one document supports this and shows conventions of producing a radio show and how it is aimed at our target audience with the amount of added audio effects and music as it shows that it is upbeat and suited for our target range of around 16-25.

Our music which was played throughout our radio show was also added into the same document. They were all saved as their names which made them easier to locate. We also knew where this was going due to looking at our script where we had the timings on, this showed us supporting our pre production documents for production. We added a fade out of the song which showed conventions of a radio show and making it sound less harsh and therefore more professional. This then faded back into the presenters talking, which was achieved by dragging key frames in the right position.