tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752768625532248392024-03-13T23:08:15.683+00:00Luke Mitchell's Media BlogWelcome to mitchomedia.blogspot.com. I will be blogging on my progress on the A-level media course throughout the accademic year. This weblog will only be used for college purposes only and will not be used for personal use.Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-92113452925428481382010-04-28T10:15:00.002+01:002010-04-28T10:19:39.603+01:00Media 28/04/10<span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Project Evaluation</u></strong><br /><br /><strong>How do your productions use standard media codes and conventions?</strong><br /><br />The standard codes and conventions that my production used was the strong narrative of the trailer. It gave the film some tense moments based around the central character, and also the sense of being watched and threatened mentally. I tried using very short clips in parts of the trailer with the added effect of static sound. This was my way of keeping the viewer watching but not totally making them jump, just enough to make them watch to see what happens next. The use of longer clips also worked to giving the film some suspense, for example the lift scene; where the camera is looking up at the character for a long period of time while the music builds up.<br /><br />I had the advantage of using the old historic building of the college, of which was a great setting for a horror genre film. My trailer was filmed entirely at night, to give the sense of spookiness within the ground. I had the very lucky chance of rain, which was very convenient seeing as most horrors include rain. The car-park scene was one of my favourites, as it had the advantage of the rain and also the towering trees in which the car-park is located. The corridors within the building helped give the sense of being watched and getting lost, as there of a lot of corridors which I used in the film. Low light was a good but natural effect which was used in my film, it was dark anyway but I wanted to go one step further and give the college a dark side, which relates back to the plot of being a perfectly normal college in the day and horrific at night where people go missing.<br /><br /><strong>How well do the main production and the supporting pieces work together?</strong><br /><br />The main production and the supporting pieces I think work very well together. I have a film trailer, and I also have what would be a website to advertise that if it was real, but in this case I only produced a web page to actually advertise it. These two pieces are also accompanied by a poster which also advertises the film and the release date. One thing which they all have is some sort of dark dull designs; this was done deliberately to keep the horror theme going throughout the whole project. I also try and keep to the same text is I feel this is just as good as anything else, it just adds to the feel of the genre.<br /><br /><strong>What have you learned from your audience feedback?</strong><br /><br />As far as audience feedback goes I have had lots of positive outcomes from in and around college. I posted my video on YouTube hoping to get feedback off of people around the world, but have so far only had one comment, which is good. I was also hoping for some criticism on what I did well and what I could’ve done better. However, I have had a lot of views on YouTube; I currently have 144 views which suggest people have been watching it.<br /><br /><br /><strong>How have you used new media technologies in research, planning and production?</strong><br /><br />For my research, I began to watch various trailers of different genres initially to find out which genre would be best for my film. I originally wanted to choose action as my genre but I couldn’t find any ways round of creating a trailer that was exciting enough to be an action trailer. For example: I couldn’t have rocket launchers blowing up helicopters or wild police chases down the M5, not that I would anyway but I’m just looking at it realistically and looking at how I can use local resources. Then horror came into mind, so I watched horror trailers and realised that some horror films were based around old buildings and being chased around various corridors depending on the film. ‘Rose Red’ is a good example of a horror film; it’s based in a big old creaky house where university students go on a weekend trip to do a paranormal investigation inside one of the students disused home which was called ‘Rose Red’. It was at this point I realised I could do a trailer using what I have around me, such is the college, which is huge and old, the various corridors and the grounds that lay around it; and so this was when the idea of ‘College Road’ came along.<br /><br />For the planning stages I went around the college campus to see which locations I could use, which perhaps looked old and maybe even derelict. This was done for a week. I then started seeing who I could use as actors, who turned out to be Paul Green, David Knowles and Jack Blackmore. I had originally started writing a script for the main actor to follow (Dave Knowles) but I scrapped this and relied more on backing tracks and the real sounds that came from certain areas around the college, taking for instance the lift that creaks allot, plus Dave is investigating by himself so it wouldn’t look right if he was talking to himself.<br /><br />The production of the film was simple. All it required was a camera, tripod, actors and imovie. My first scene required a car driven by Dave into a car-park. However, due to us students being in a blind college this weren’t possible, so I went about trying to make it look like Dave was driving where in actual fact Paul was driving. This was done by using clips which didn’t have Pauls face in it, and then filming Dave in the driving seat once the car was stationary. I thought this was a good way of applying special effects without using any specialist editing software. I also took a great oppinunity to film this in the rain. While the soggy ground and rain drops were real, I added an audio file which played heavy rain, as the real rain wasn’t quite loud enough. I then filmed the moon which is the clip you see on my trailer, it is a real moon and I was also lucky to get that as well. I filmed Dave around various parts of the college, running, walking and creeping around. Climbing up and down stairs and riding old creaky lifts. I filmed these in no particular order as I could put them in order in imovie. I filmed Paul and jack who are the living dead, who eventually find Dave. I used masks for both of them to make them look scarier for the film. I left the film on a cliff-hanger with Dave running down the corridor, which then cuts out. You don’t know if he then makes it out alive of the maze of corridors, or if he ended up like the rest of them.<br /><br />I uploaded the videos I had taken onto imovie, which is basic video editing software for Apple computers, where you can add sound tracks and rearrange and add films with limited special effects. I began by rearranging all the videos into the order that I wanted them to play in. I then started looking into adding audio files like rumbles of thunder and the actual backing track, whilst also removing audio from certain clips which were no use. Like me filming the moon whilst I was talking, I was able to extract the audio and get rid of it. Once I had the basic outline for my trailer I had began looking into applying text and special effects. These were good for clips which were possibly less interesting than the others, like a clip of Dave in the lift. I added heart beat sounds and placed the backing track so that it was getting tenser while Dave was in the lift. I also put in a faded red circle around Dave, which to me suggests that there is danger around the corner. I added a shaky camera movement right on the last clip of the trailer, which is supposed to resemble what the character is feeling when it’s a matter of life and death.</span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-12885286260483114402010-03-30T09:34:00.003+01:002010-03-30T10:22:46.833+01:00Media 30/03/2010<span style="color:#ff6600;">My trailer is now finished, it is currently on DVD and also on the video sharing website YOUTUBE. I have currently had 112 views and one comment, which had a positive outcome. I am hoping to get more comments but most importantly alot more critisism. This will allow me to see what was good and what needed to be worked on more.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Reflecting back on the video and watching it from time to time i think over all it went very well. However, i think that i could of spent more time working on a more dramatic cliffhanger. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I have already built a webpage to advertise the trailer using apples website building application IWEB. This allows you to easily build a ssimple website to go online, however mine is for project purposes and won't be going online.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I am currently making a poster using Corel Paintshop Pro by using screenshots from the trailer its self and merging it with one big background image of the college which will be in black and white.</span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-77377986467237121012010-02-22T01:01:00.002+00:002010-02-22T01:25:45.586+00:00Media 22/02/10<span style="color:#ff6600;">I am now currently in the editing process of my film trailer project, which is going smoothly. I have all required video filmed and loaded onto the computer.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">My Trailer is based on a horror film called 'College Road'. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#ff6600;">Casts</span></u></strong><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></u></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">David Knowles : Investigator </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Paul Green : Enemy</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Jack Blackmore : Enemy</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#ff6600;">Plot</span></u></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">David Knowles, the lead story investigator for the Hereford Chronicle is convinced that strange things are happening to members of staff at the local blind college in Hereford, UK. His attempts at interviewing the principle about this had failed, and the outcome was that the members of staff concerned had either left or are on leave. However, David is convinced they have been murdered by pultagists and heads off to the college at night to investigate. Armed with only his torch and a voice recorder, David will need more than that to get out of the college alive.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><strong><u><span style="color:#ff6600;">More Information</span></u></strong><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I started out by choosing a genre, action being my initial choice but decided horror was better suited as doing an action trailer was very limited in terms of props. I watched a few horror trailers on the video sharing site You Tube which gave me some ideas on what to base my trailer on. It was then i started looking around the college for suited locations around the college campus in which to video each clip. After deciding on locations it was then a matter of choosing some actors, Being David Knowles, Jack Blackmore and Paul Green. Dave playing the part of the investigator while Paul and Jack play the role of ghostly dead things that roam around the campus at night. I shot different clips of Dave roaming around the college which will be put in nearer the begining of the trailer. As the trailer comes closer to the end, it builds up more of a climax to Dave being chased and being left on a cliff hanger.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Each clip that has been filmed has been cut to a matter of seconds, half a minute maximum. This is so that the trailer shows only the gripping and important parts of the film. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">My next step is to finish off editing of the film and hopefully find a suitable backing track for the trailer. I hope to have all this done by the end of the last media session this week.</span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-27068500020028535692009-11-04T09:29:00.001+00:002009-11-04T09:31:53.673+00:00Media 04/11/09<span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Media Text Assignment</u></strong><br /><br />For this assignment I will be analysing a movie called ‘The Transporter 3’.<br />Firstly, the genre of the film is action/thriller as 70% - 80% of the film is fast moving.<br />The film uses a lot of camera angles that interpret the person or vehicle that is being filmed. For example, the camera may be placed at a close angle to make a person or vehicle look bigger because they are the main part of that particular scene, where as if a group of people, or more than one vehicle are filmed then the camera will be placed further away but may also be put close up for particular fight or chase scenes that will interest the viewer. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The music within the film is varied, if a scene is fast, such as the car chase, then club music will be played in the background. If a fight scene is taking place, then the music will be slow but very beaty. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The Colour of the film looks like its really high quality, I think they may have tweaked the contrast slightly and so there for, gives off a good effect. The film is good to view when there is this much colour in it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Editing on the other hand is important, if your doing a fast paced film then in my opinion its important to get the editing perfect. I think they’ve pulled it off as the editing is really good, I like the way it flashes from one side of a room, to the other, keeping all voice and music sounds intact.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Computer graphics isn’t something that is used a lot in this film, its all mainly stunt work, but when graphics are used they are really realistic. For instance, a villain sticks his hand out the window of a car at the precise moment another vehicles window is inline with his, he gets his hand knocked off by the other vehicle. Another good example is when a fight scene is taking place in a garage and the villain falls underneath a raised car, when the transporter pushes the red button to lower the car it quickly crushes the villain. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The films movement is fast, most of the time. This is because the ratio of chasing to talking is 3:1. I think this is good to have as it kept me interested and I’m sure if anyone else watched it then it would keep them interested as well. The movement of the character in general has quite a lot af marshal arts involved, particularly in the fight scenes. This is good as it would suite both tastes, by this I mean it would suite people with interests in car chases and it would suite people who like marshal arts.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The Layout of the film is based on France and the surrounding countries. The transporter is raced and chased through different countries to get to the required destination. This I find is very interesting to watch and I’d watch other films like this which has the same sort of layout.</span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-10884917114826624102009-11-04T09:19:00.004+00:002009-11-04T09:29:20.113+00:00Media 04/11/09<strong><u><span style="color:#ff6600;">Media Project Proposal.</span></u></strong><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The story that I am trying to tell in the film is a recently abandoned college just out of town (RNC), that’s had mysterious paranormal activity. A few kids in their late teens early 20’s are drawn to the area when they find out about the strange disappearances of the night staff who have vanished and never been seen or found again, which is why the college shut down four months ago. In the hope of finding the answer to the disappearances, the group enter the abandoned property and spend a few hours roaming around; but it becomes clear that they may have a one way ticket to hell, quite literally. Will they survive or will they just be victims of another disappearance, only time will tell.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">If I was making the actual film, the group would find out about the closure of the college and the strange disappearances in the local paper. 4 months on and the group decide to enter the property, in hope of finding the people that have vanished. They find a way in through an open metal gate and approach the front entrance to the building, they find a way in and explore the vast corridors, twists and turns. Dark is approaching, and the group decide to split up and each take on a different wing and floor of the property, so that they can cover more of the building at once, little do they know it will be the last sunset they see. It gets to about 12am and one member of the group who is sitting in the corridor of the top floor, starts to hear strange noises. He sees shadows at the end of the corridor and hears the lift starting up, that hasn’t worked for the past 4 months.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><br />The special attraction of the idea is that its very local to get to, in terms of place, seeing as I live here. I also think that with the colleges old main building it would make the perfect setting for a horror film. Another place of interest which is possible to include, with good camera angles, is my house (54 Venns Lane). The house, like the main building; also has old characteristics which would be good to add to the film. In my opion, it has its spooky sides when the sun goes down for the night. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I want to do it because I like the idea, its not too over the top with ideas. Where as an action film would be quite hard to do in terms of content. There for the Genre that I will be working in is ‘Horror’.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">In terms of technical resources, I would need a camera, a computer and a tripod. I think that by using a tripod you can get a lot more steady footage where as if you were holding it by hand. The technical skills that I would need to develop are, fast camera movements and some more editing skills on the computer.</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The production resources that I need are the main building, two or three people as actors and generally the campus of the college as my props are already there. I’m talking mainly about the old stair cases, long corridors and the old fashioned lift near the old gym, the building has lots of twists and turns which is good if the actor is acting lost or trying to escape something. The big glass windows would make a very good short camera clip as it would add to the atmosphere of the building. My house could also act as a prop within its self, with its huge old fireplace, wooden front door and a creaky staircase. The exterior of the property being filmed at night would make a good film clip. My Project may be distributed as a Horror film which is advertised on a website.<br />In my opinion, the potential audience could range from late teens to late forties, which would be my initial age bracket. I could promote and publicise it by building a website to go with it and doing a radio advert as well. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-89261293356351596302009-11-04T09:16:00.001+00:002009-11-04T09:19:20.694+00:00A2 Media, Film Trailer ProjectLukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-22177859430182302092009-04-28T13:42:00.002+01:002009-05-01T14:50:19.957+01:00Media 28/04/09<div align="justify"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Media Evaluation<br />By Luke Mitchell</u></strong><br /><br /><br /><strong>• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?</strong><br />My media product uses a jingle which you could say sounds a bit like something the BBC would broadcast. I used a news broadcast backing track from garage band and put in a voice – over. For my presenting, I used studio 6, which is formally the RNC Radio studio. Whilst I was in the studio, I used one CD deck, the desk (with all the faders), the computer (to record) and a microphone (for speech). I was able to put my jingle and news stories onto disk so I could simply go to the next track when I wanted it to play out the news piece I wanted, the idea was to make life simpler whilst recording and it did. However, one thing that is different to real media productions is that my news stories are fake.<br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><br />• How does your media product represent particular social groups?</strong> </span></div><span style="color:#ff6600;">In terms of social groups, I would say that my media product doesn’t represent social groups as such; however it does represent the value of the listeners. It’s based on a local radio station in my area, so it tells the listeners the stories and the information that they want to hear, to keep them up to date and informed about what’s happening near by. My main story represents a stressed and worried victim of a train crash giving his details of the crash that happened when he was on the train; he is also worried about the other passengers so this represents a shock to him that it has happened on this remote area of Wiltshire.<br /><br /><strong>• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?</strong> The media institution which I feel might distribute my media product might be the BBC (The British Broadcasting cooperation) because I feel that my product in ways is a bit like something that the BBC would do, such as the jingle and the seriousness of the news stories in them. I cant see any other institution distributing my media product because they deal with the charts and their ratio of music to news I find is probably 3:1.<br /><br /><strong>• Who would be the audience for your media product?</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The audience of my media product would be workers or students that are perhaps on their lunch breaks. ‘News at Noon’ would target those sorts of audiences and any Old Aged Pensioners that stay at home most days who perhaps listen to the radio at lunchtime. Other than that, I can’t think of any other types of audiences who would listen to the radio at that sort of time. My News piece attracts the local audience because the local news comes first.<br /><br /><strong>• How did you attract/address your audience?</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I don’t think I attracted the audience as such, I think the stories themselves play that role; the importance of the stories would keep the listeners listening to see what happened and where it happened. Because this was all planned in the first place, I think my sound effects took a small part in attracting the audience as well as the stories. However if the sound effects were a real scene, then they would still play a role of attracting the audience. From listening to the comments about my news piece, a few people thought it would be believable and it kept them interested, so I think that sound effects are good to use all in all. I addressed my audience be giving a calm and clear voice rather than a worried and frantic voice.<br /><br /><strong>• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Whilst making this product, I have learnt a lot more about garage band. I now know how to fade and raise the volume of the piece that I am editing, I know how to insert sound effects into voice clips (which wasn’t done in the production of this product) it was a tester to see what it was like, and I now know how to send the finished product to itune’s and burn it onto a blank disk. I also learnt that garage band accepts aiff & MP3 files which I learnt myself when I tried to import a WAV file, it imported ok but it had trouble playing sound, in fact there was no sound at all. The positive side about digital media as apposes to tape which I have learnt, is that with music on the computer, if you make a mistake you can erase it and redo it if necessary; where as with tapes you would have to start again from the beginning.<br /><br /><strong>• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?</strong> </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">From the preliminary task to the full product, I feel I have learnt a lot, including the stuff I have mentioned in my previous paragraph. I have learnt how to set up studio 6; from turning on the main electricity supply, turning on the decks, turning on the desk to starting and running ‘Sound Forge’. Believe it or not, I have learnt a lot more about the Apple Computers, I’m starting to get to grips as to where thing are in the menus and files and how to connect to the NDrive. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-5626971579294872252009-03-24T15:55:00.000+00:002009-03-24T16:05:18.023+00:00Media 24/03/09<span style="color:#ff6600;">I have been into studio 6 today to record my voice (the presenter) and i recorded two takes of the script which were both successfull to my suprise. I burnt a CD with my Jingle and outdoor recordings on it, this was done to minimize complications so that i could play them one after the other when i needed to.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">After listening to them both, i chose the second take as it sounded better, so the first got deleted. I put it on the Ndrive and edited it using Audacity to cut out the blanks and the stutters, i also tried to put in a backing track for the headlines using Garageband but it didnt quite fit in with the seriousness with the news that was being read out. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I have saved a copy of the whole news project onto disk, so as i understand, i have only my evaluation to complete.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Overall, i can say that i am very pleased with it.</span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-54016218579263304082009-03-17T13:41:00.000+00:002009-03-17T13:50:44.919+00:00Media 17/03/09<span style="color:#ff6600;">As it stands, i am currently up to date with my recording. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I have recorded two of the three stories i have made up, 'Train Crash' and 'Car Crash', both of which i have managed to put in realistic sound effects to make them sound as if my chosen people are live reporters and policemen on the scene interviewing witnesses and giving out statements.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">i still have to record my last story which is about the drought in Frome and i still have to record me, in the studio, introducing my stories as if i were on the radio, other than that i am on track.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">My next and upcoming task will be to combine all these scenes together to make a news update.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">As far as assignments go i have an upcoming evaluation on my projects this year, which will be completed before the easter halfterm. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-6540221596940147762009-03-09T08:11:00.000+00:002009-03-09T08:15:53.964+00:00Media 09/05/09<span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>News Script</strong><br /><br />Good afternoon, this is news at noon with me Luke Mitchell.<br /><br /><strong>Today’s Headlines<br /></strong><br />BREAKING NEWS – Westbury’s Train station has been shut due to a collision between an EWS Freight Train and a stationary London Bound passenger train on Platform 3.<br /><br />Couple die in car crash after overtaking a tractor on the A36, the car slightly clipped an on coming Mercedes which then caused the car to veer off into a tree.<br /><br />Doctor’s erg the public to drink more water. That’s what consultants say at Frome’s General Hospital after a sharp rise in temperature has caused the number of stroke incidents to rise to it’s highest level in over a decade. Doctors are particularly worried about the teens and elderly as it is likely it will affect them the most. More Details in a few minutes.<br /><br /><strong>Stories in detail.<br /><br />Train Accident<br /></strong><br />Westbury Train station has now been closed down for a number of weeks, if not months while investigations take place after an EWS freight train collided into the back of a London Paddington bound train on platform 3. The driver of the EWS train was taken to hospital in a serious but stable condition and seven people who were on the London Bound train were treated on the scene for whiplash. It is not yet clear how the collision happened. Live at the scene we have our reporter with a witness of the accident. We now go live to the scene.<br /><br /> “Hi yes I am here at Westbury’s Railway Station and I have here a witness who has just seen the accident. So what did you see whilst you were on the platform?”<br />“Well the London train had just come in and people started to open doors and exit the train. I was stood at the rear of the train waiting to get on when I heard a loud horn being blown, the horn was being blown repeatedly and it started getting louder, I then heard the trains breaks. I looked round and saw the freight train crash into the back of my train which got shunted a few meters. Passengers standing up got thrown forward from the impact. After the crash, we got everyone off and out the station”.<br />“ok well thank you for that and we will keep you updated on whats happening throughout the week”<br /><br /><strong>Car Crash</strong><br /><br />Other news now and a couple have died in a car accident on the A36 near Frome’s ASDA at approximately 5:30am this morning. It is believed that the 19 year old male and a 21 year old female tried to overtake a tractor in their Renault Cleo. The Police have issued this statement.<br /><br />“At approximately 5:30am this morning, a couple have died on the A36 near Frome’s ASDA. We believe that the accident happened after they tried to overtake a tractor in their Renault Cleo on a blind bend, they then came face to face with an oncoming Mercedes and had tried to swerve only to clip the car, they then veered off into a tree. They were found dead at the scene and we are asking for any witnesses to come forward and contact us”.<br /><br /><strong>Frome’s Drought</strong><br /><br /> Frome’s long term drought has caused the number of stroke patients to rise to its highest level in over a decade. Doctors are urging the public to drink plenty of water or risk getting sun stroke, especially the elderly, teens and the young. According to the met office we are due another week of hot weather of temperatures reaching 42’c. After that it is estimated that the drought will cause a mega thunderstorm and from then on the temperature should get back to its normal levels but doctors say carry on drinking until then.<br /><br /><br /><br /> </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-39925254082548351642009-02-27T14:00:00.000+00:002009-02-27T14:06:40.010+00:00Media 27/02/09<span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Proposals for Main Project.<br />News</u></strong><br /><br /><strong><u>Station ID:</u></strong> My Station ID will be Frome and West Wiltshire 107.5 3TR FM.<br /><br /><strong><u>Jingle:</u></strong> My Jingle will comprise a mix of both jingle and voices to identify the station. This will be created in Garage Band.<br /><br /><strong><u>News and Sound effects:</u></strong> My news will be based on local news which will be fake and there will be one true piece of national news.<br /><br />As far as sound effects go, I will put in sound effects that relate to the story in the middle or at the end of a piece of speech. This will be good to do.<br /><br /><strong><u>Editing:</u></strong> Once the jingle and recording is done, I will then edit the recordings down to a total of maybe 5 – 10 minutes, this will then be my whole project done. I will use Audacity to edit my recordings as this is the editing software I am most familiar with.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Fake News Stories – Local<br /></u></strong><br />“Now for the News at Noon on Frome and West Wiltshire’s 107.5 3TR FM”.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Local - Fake<br /></u></strong>News Just In - EWS train transporting 30 tanks of diesel collides into back of London bound train at Westbury train station at 12:45pm on Sunday, causing the freight to derail, Police evacuated the area due to fears of explosions. No one was hurt or killed, other than the driver for EWS who was taken into hospital in a serious but stable condition, and 7 people at the rear of the passenger train were treated on the scene for whiplash. Police say the station will be shut for a number of weeks while the crash scene is made safe and so that investigations can take place. The public are advised to revise their travel plans by logging onto the national rail website. Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.<br /><br />Drought raises the number of stroke victims in A & E at Frome’s General Hospital. Locals are advised to drink plenty of water over the next few days as there are fears of temperatures rising above 42’c.<br /><br />Couple die in car crash at 5:30am, Monday on the A36 near Frome’s ASDA. The couple believed to be a 19 year old male and 21 year old female clipped a Mercedes Benz in their Renault Cleo whilst over taking a tractor causing the couples car to veer off into a tree. The Mercedes driver was unharmed and his car suffered only minor dents before spinning out, amazingly avoiding other traffic and obstacles, after pulling onto the hard shoulder the driver was able to call the emergency services. The Renault was a total write–off. Police are appealing for witnesses to contact them.<br /><br /><strong><u>National News - Half Real, Half Fake.</u></strong><br /><br />Credit crunch effecting businesses all over the UK. Woolworths, Zavvi and Jane Norman have all been shut down due to the credit crunch. WHSmiths close down locally and in the southwest.<br /> </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-61966400435746273692008-12-05T14:28:00.000+00:002008-12-12T13:57:24.217+00:00Media 05/12/08<span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>Digital Radio Assignment</u></strong><br /><br />I will be answering the following question on Digital Radio.<br /><br /><strong>With reference to specific stations, how has digital radio changed the audience experience, for listeners to both public service and commercial radio in the UK?</strong><br /><br />DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting Systems) I think, has changed the experience for audiences rapidly. Since DAB was invented, it has had a huge impact on how we listen to radio. It has clearer signal than the FM or AM signals which were originally off putting and had rather poor signal, unless of course you are in a town or city but with DAB, you can listen to clear radio where ever you are, or nearly.<br /><br />Britain, at present has DAB broadcasting right now to around 80% - 90% of the country. Even now, radio stations are working together to get that percentage higher by installing more transmitters and building new websites.<br /><br />By having DAB, listeners are able to listen to more music, shows, comedy and more news, sport and weather updates. However it’s not just adults they want to attract, its kids as well. They want to introduce more Children’s shows, which in my opinion will get kids listening to the radio more often than watching the telly.<br /><br />It’s not just stand alone radios that have DAB now, you can have portable radio or music players which can receive DAB transmission which makes it accessible for all audiences who maybe don’t have DAB on their radio. If you can’t receive DAB, you can buy DAB adaptors which plug into your music player or iPod giving yet again more accessibility to more people around the country. By looking at this, I think that the UK’s audience has been taken seriously to make sure that DAB is accessible to as many listeners as possible.<br /><br />Radio 1 and 2 for example has DAB transmitting throughout the country. These two stations are the most listened to in the UK, and by having DAB, people can listen without having to listen to crackling all the time, especially for people who are driving to and from work in their cars, newer cars are starting to have DAB, which I forgot to mention earlier. However the only disadvantage with DAB is, if by any chance you do lose signal, which is rare, then you lose signal completely maybe for a few seconds or minutes, where as with FM you only partially lose signal, which results in a bit of crackling but it least you can just still make out what they are saying.<br /><br />I don’t think that there are any stations now that don’t transmit DAB, from what I’ve seen anyway. On my DAB radio, I can pick up radio 1, 1 extra, 2, 3, 4, 5 live, 6 music, 7, world service, Asian. Others I can pick up are, Planet Rock, Classic FM, Virgin, used to be able to pick up Jazz, birdsong (not worth listening to) and more. When I’m at college I can pick up Wyvern FM, BBC Hereford and Worcester as well as all the stations I have mentioned so far. When I’m at home I can pick up all my local stations as well as all the stations I have mentioned so far apart from BBC Hereford and Worcester and Wyvern FM.<br /><br />All in all, I think that radio has gone up a level for the UK and for many other countries that are developing their own stations to transmit DAB. I think that now DAB is here, more and more people will listen to DAB now that radio has improved, quite a lot. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-91253309302435693452008-12-02T16:29:00.000+00:002008-12-02T16:49:10.861+00:00Media 02/12/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">Christmas is coming soon, and so are exams. I have an AS Media exam mid Januarary and i am almost certain that it will go well, i hope. For my exam i will have a radio play played to me, but only the first five minutes or so. I will not be able to take notes the first time round but it will be played again and it is only then that i will be able to take notes. I will then have to answer the question which relates to that play which could be about anything. It could be about how sound and speech is used or anything like that. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The situation as it stands is i am up to date on all of my assignments which you will find on my previous posts and i am running smoothly on my radio project although i will need to get the main part of the recording done very soon, which is the interview with my guest speaker. Other than that, i seem to be on task. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">My only outstanding assignment is the one i am still working on, but it should be on between now and Friday 5th of December at the latest, which is the deadline.</span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-46648709782703047592008-11-28T14:07:00.000+00:002008-12-02T16:16:02.766+00:00Media 28/11/08<p><span style="color:#ff6600;">This assignment is purely based on a radio show called ‘The Broadcaster’. I have to write an analysis of the show with a minimum of 500 words.<br /><br />My analysis has to explain:<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>The use of speech.<br />The use of music.<br />The use of sound.<br />The use of editing.<br />The realism of the play, in other words, how realistic is it?<br /></strong><br /><strong><u>The Broadcaster.</u></strong><br /><br /><strong><u>Speech</u></strong><br />The Language of the play is relatively easy to understand, it’s English and the actors are well spoken so that you can understand what they are saying. The storyline in my opinion is quite awkward to get to grips with but I guess it’s like that with any play for the first few minutes. It is also a very strange storyline. It’s about a presenter who works in a normal radio station. He becomes very isolated in the studio by himself and he suddenly realises he gets smaller and smaller until he can climb up his own clothes towards the end of the play. I still don’t fully understand what the play is actually trying to say, even after listening to it lots of times. To be honest, I don’t really like it because I can’t understand it well enough to take interest in it. The accents of the actors sound North American, the narrator as well. The narrator in the play explains what is happening quite well, I found it easy to understand what was going on but I think that the narrating needed more explanations towards the beginning as to what the story is about.<br /><br /><strong><u>Music</u></strong><br />Some of the music in this I thought was quite catchy. The first track that is played in the studio was quite good and it kept me listening. Although there isn’t a lot of music that is played throughout the play. The majority of the play is speech talking about the presenter and the presenter talking about himself. I like the choice of music that was put into the play, some how it fits in quite nicely.<br /><br /><u><strong>Sound</strong></u><br />The sound that is used in the play in my opinion sets the scene. It is used to suggest movement, it suggests activity and it suggests that there is space. For example:<br /><br />Movement – People walking down a corridor.<br />Activity – The presenter playing with the Decks<br />Space – People who talk from one on of the room to another, or down the phone.<br /><br />These three could have been distorted or filtered to give the desired sound effect. Talking down the phone is a good example of filtering. It works really effectively and is easily believable. I think that all of the sound effects in this play are very good for the time it was made. Fade and silence can be used as an effect to some degree. A fade may be used to signify the start or the end of a play, where as silence can be used to signify a change of scene. In some cases, silence can be used for suspense but for this play, suspense isn't interpreted.</span></p><p><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><u><strong>Editing</strong></u><br />Editing is an important part of creating a play, if you have a time slot of say, 30 minutes, then it is good to delete or add scenes. For this play, it could have been much longer, maybe up to 50 – 60 minutes which isn’t any good if you want it to last for 30 minutes, which is what the running time for this play is. So it is good to edit the play and get rid of the material that you think wouldn't be any good.<br /><br />For this play, it was impossible to tell whether there was any editing which is a good thing if you are the producer, you want a play to run smoothly without any glitches a ¼ ½ or ¾ of the way through the play. So I think that the use of editing has been used to its full advantage.<br /><br /><u><strong>Realism</strong></u><br />In my opinion, the play is half realistic and half non-realistic. The first half of the play is realistic but the second half begins to become a fantasy play when the presenter starts to shrink physically and then he becomes so small, the other presenters are able to put him inside the wall of his studio.</span> </p>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-35765439470708574112008-11-17T08:49:00.000+00:002008-11-17T08:54:56.861+00:00Media 17/11/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">For this assignment, I have to make a list of drama slots that have been on previously. I then have to listen to one play and comment on it. The main radio stations I will be focusing on will be BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 7. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong><u>BBC drama slots.</u></strong><br /><br /><strong>BBC Radio 3.</strong><br /><br />Plays that are played weekly on BBC Radio Three.<br /><br />14/09/2008 : Blue Wonder.<br />21/09/2008 : A Disappearing Number.<br />28/09/2008 : Season of Migration to the North.<br />05/10/2008 : Tulips in Winter.<br />12/10/2008 : The Duchess of Malfi.<br />19/10/2008 : Black Watch.<br />26/10/2008 : Caligari.<br />02/11/2008 : Free Thinking.<br />09/11/2008 : All Quiet on the Western Front.<br />16/11/2008 : Tamburlaine, Shadow of God.<br /><br /><strong>BBC Radio 4.</strong><br /><br />The Afternoon Play (Daily).<br /><br />10/11/2008 : Brief Lives.<br />11/11/2008 : The Singer.<br />12/11/2008 : Keep your Pantheon.<br />13/11/2008 : Quartet.<br />14/11/2008 :Operation Charlie.<br /><br /><strong>BBC Radio 7.</strong><br /><br />BBC Radio 7’s play, ‘The world as we know it’. Episodes are as follows.<br /><br />05/11/2008 : The End.<br />06/11/2008 : The End.<br />12/11/2008 : The Election.<br />13/11/2008 : The Election.<br /><br /><strong><u>The Play.</u></strong><br /><br />The play that I have chosen to listen to is ‘The Singer’ on BBC Radio 4.<br /><br />I found this play very hard to follow at first and had started to lose interest very quickly. In my opinion it took quite a while for it to get going. The scenes were too close together so you couldn’t tell the first from the next scene. Although as it went on, it began getting easier to understand. I think that the sound effects where very convincing. I liked the fact that in every scene they have used some sort of background effects rather than just have silence. For example: the scene is set in a living room of a house or flat of some sort and rather than just having silence, they have the BBC News on in the background which I’m presuming is on the telly. I thought that was quite clever.<br /><br />I thought the acting was good but not brilliant. I’m not an actor but it sounds to me as if they were trying too hard and when you try too hard at something it doesn’t always turn out as you expect it to. The arguments, for example: They didn’t sound that realistic. Normally, with arguments, you would get shouting in most cases certainly with relationships and affairs which was partly what this play was about. If I could put the arguments into one word, I would say they were blunt, only because in my opinion the voices didn’t have enough power, they just got to a certain level and stopped at that level, almost as if they couldn’t get any louder or any stronger. In terms of accents I thought that was really good. The accents fit in with the storyline which is set in Manchester, so most of the actors have northern accents, whether that was acting or real I don’t know but it is good how they have taken that into consideration.<br /><br />Over all, I thought the play was good. I don’t normally listen to radio plays that much mainly because I lose interest and then switch over to another station but this was interesting, once it got into it. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-87877654119668104212008-11-11T08:14:00.000+00:002008-11-17T08:55:59.911+00:00Media 11/11/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">For the time being, we have left our radio projects until further notice as we have had a rather important assignment to complete. This assignment is based on radio industry with my main case study as BBC Hereford and Worcester, Please read on.</span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>BBC Hereford and Worcester<br />Case Study</strong><br /><br />For this case study, I will be listening to BBC Hereford and Worcester to see how they produce their weekly show and their programmes. I will be answering the following questions.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">Summarise the weekly programme schedule – who are the main presenters? What are the dominant genres of programming? Give </span><span style="color:#339999;">Examples.</span></strong><span style="color:#339999;"><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#336666;">Monday</span><br /></strong><br />For BBC Hereford and Worcester, the weekly programme schedule start’s at 5am on Monday morning with Toni McDonald who plays some music and talks. Toni’s show is only on for an hour and so at 6am until 9am, Howard Bentham takes over with his show which is called ‘The best start to the day, with news, sport, travel and laughter. Then from 9am until 12pm we have Tony Fisher, with his show called, ‘Your Show, Your Life!’ Following that we have Andrew Easton for three hours with his news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This show consists of music as well, the news sport and weather is only broadcasted every 20 minutes. Then at 3pm we have Keith Gooden with the news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This is the same, this show also consists of music with news, sport and weather updates and the latest travel information every 20 minutes. This show also lasts for three hours. At 6pm until 9pm we have Mike George’s music including 80’s hour which plays music from the 80’s. Finally we have Rob underwood from 9pm until 12am on Tuesday morning with Rob with the late show. From 12am onwards BBC Hereford and Worcester join forces with BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>Tuesday </strong><br /></span><br />Tuesday starts at 5am with Toni McDonald who plays some music and talks. Toni’s show is only on for an hour and so at 6am until 9am, Howard Bentham takes over with his show which is called ‘The best start to the day, with news, sport, travel and laughter. Then from 9am until 12pm we have Tony Fisher, with his show called, ‘Your Show, Your Life!’ Following that we have Andrew Easton for three hours with his news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This show consists of music as well, the news sport and weather is only broadcasted every 20 minutes. Then at 3pm we have Keith Gooden with the news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This is the same, this show also consists of music with news, sport and weather updates and the latest travel information every 20 minutes. This show also lasts for three hours. At 6pm until 10pm we have Mike George’s music including 80’s hour which plays music from the 80’s. Finally we have Rob underwood from 9pm until 12am on Tuesday morning with Rob with the late show. From 12am onwards BBC Hereford and Worcester join forces with BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>Wednesday<br /></strong></span><br />Wednesday starts at 5am with Toni McDonald who plays some music and talks. Toni’s show is only on for an hour and so at 6am until 9am, Howard Bentham takes over with his show which is called ‘The best start to the day, with news, sport, travel and laughter. Then from 9am until 12pm we have Tony Fisher, with his show called, ‘Your Show, Your Life!’ Following that we have Andrew Easton for three hours with his news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This show consists of music as well, the news sport and weather is only broadcasted every 20 minutes. Then at 3pm we have Keith Gooden with the news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This is the same, this show also consists of music with news, sport and weather updates and the latest travel information every 20 minutes. This show also lasts for three hours. At 6pm until 9pm we have Mike George’s music including Soul Hour. Finally we have Rob Underwood from 9pm until 12am on Tuesday morning with Rob with the late show. From 12am onwards BBC Hereford and Worcester join forces with BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#336666;">Thursday</span><br /></strong><br />Thursday starts at 5am with Toni McDonald who plays some music and talks. Toni’s show is only on for an hour and so at 6am until 9am, Howard Bentham takes over with his show which is called ‘The best start to the day, with news, sport, travel and laughter. Then from 9am until 12pm we have Tony Fisher, with his show called, ‘Your Show, Your Life!’ Following that we have Andrew Easton for three hours with his news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This show consists of music as well, the news sport and weather is only broadcasted every 20 minutes. Then at 3pm we have Keith Gooden with the news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This is the same, this show also consists of music with news, sport and weather updates and the latest travel information every 20 minutes. This show also lasts for three hours. At 6pm until 9pm we have Mike George’s music including Cool Jazz Hour. Finally we have Rob Underwood from 9pm until 12am on Tuesday morning with Rob with the late show. From 12am onwards BBC Hereford and Worcester join forces with BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#336666;">Friday</span><br /></strong><br />Friday starts at 5am with Toni McDonald who plays some music and talks. Toni’s show is only on for an hour and so at 6am until 9am, Howard Bentham takes over with his show which is called ‘The best start to the day, with news, sport, travel and laughter. Then from 9am until 12pm we have Tony Fisher, with his show called, ‘Your Show, Your Life!’ Following that we have Andrew Easton for three hours with his news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This show consists of music as well, the news sport and weather is only broadcasted every 20 minutes. Then at 3pm we have Keith Gooden with the news, sport and weather updates along with the latest travel information. This is the same, this show also consists of music with news, sport and weather updates and the latest travel information every 20 minutes. This show also lasts for three hours. At 7pm until 9pm we have Andrew Marston with The Friday Session introducing 100 percent local music. Finally we have Rob Underwood from 9pm until 12am on Tuesday morning with Rob with the late show. From 12am onwards BBC Hereford and Worcester join forces with BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>Saturday<br /></strong></span><br />The weekend schedule runs much more differently. On Saturday, BBC Hereford and Worcester starts broadcasting at 6am with Jason Harold with Saturday Breakfast which lasts until 9am. At 9am we move on to The Saturday Gardening Show, with Mike George and Reg Moule, the running time for this is 2 hours. From 11am until 2pm we have Ellie Targett with Targett’s Top Tens where Ellie looks back at the music and stories of Yesteryear. From 2pm until 6pm we have Trevor Owens with all the local and national sport including reports on Hereford United, Worcester City and Redditch United’s games. From 6pm until 8pm we have Mary Fox with her Youth Club Classics. Following that we have John Helling with his show Big Bands, following the bands and singers from the 1940’s until this present day with live music listings, this show runs from 8pm until 10pm where we join Keith Middleton with music to take you into the early hours until 1am Sunday morning where BBC Hereford and Worcester join BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;"><strong>Sunday<br /></strong></span><br />From 6am until 9am we have Andrew Easton with a lively look at the issues of faith, religion and ethics. His show also includes the Sunday service which runs from 7:05am until 7:30am. From 9am until 12pm we have Malcolm Boyden with fun and music for a Sunday morning. From 12pm until 3pm we have Toni McDonald with music and chat. We have Mike Wyer from 3pm until 6pm with music and entertainment. From 6pm until 8pm we have Jim Hawkins with Sunday night rock. Following that we have Genevieve Tudor with the finest selection of folk music from around the midlands and beyond, this show lasts from 8pm until 10pm where we join Keith Middleton to take you through to midnight with his selection of Music. Then from midnight onwards BBC Hereford and Worcester join BBC Radio 5 Live.<br /><br />I would say that the main presenter is Mike George. I think this because judging by his work hours he is the only presenter that has more hours than any of the other presenters.<br /><br />The dominant genres of programming I would say are mainly the talk shows, such as: Howard Bentham with ‘news, sport, travel and laughter’ and Tony Fisher with ‘Your show, Your life’.<br /><br /><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Summarise the music policy – what are the dominant genres of music? Give examples.<br /></strong></span><br />I don’t think there is any particular genre of music to be honest. I think that BBC Hereford and Worcester is like any other radio station which plays all types of music ranging from old to new and from classical to modern.<br /><br /><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>What is the balance of speech to music?</strong><br /></span><br />The balance of speech to music is a difficult one, on the basis of the whole week, I would say that speech is more commonly used than music but is still very close to call in terms of balance.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">What is the balance of live to pre-recorded material?</span><br /></strong><br />The balance of live to pre-recorded material is that in my opinion, live broadcasting is used more often than pre-recorded material. I think that pre-recorded material is only used for the news, sport and weather if no news or weather has come in by the time they come to broadcasting the slot of the news, sport and weather.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">How does the station promote it’s self?</span><br /></strong><br />The station promotes it’s self by giving out a jingle every so often, maybe after the news and weather updates. It also promotes it’s self via the web. You can listen to BBC Hereford and Worcester online on BBC’s website which gives you links to guide you through to listen to the radio station. BBC Hereford and Worcester also provide information on the BBC website as to what sort of shows they do, what presenters are on and all the types of genres they play over their weekly schedule.<br /><br /><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>On the basis of what you have heard, what sort of audience is listening?<br /></strong></span><br />The sort of audience which I think were listening were people either at work or college in the weekdays. On the weekend I think that the older generation 60+ were listening due to the fact that there is a religion show, a gardening show and even a Sunday service for 25 minutes which I think would of attracted the more older people rather than the young people.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#339999;">How does the station serve the BBC’s “Public Service” mission – refer to website as well as programmes.</span><br /></strong><br />In my opinion the station serve’s the BBC’s ‘Public Service’ mission by providing complete and up to date information of what’s going on in the county such is news and sport as well as the weather.<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Analyse balance and coverage of news via listening and website – what is the ratio of local to national news?</strong></span></div><span style="color:#ff6600;"><div align="center"><br />The ratio of local to national news is maybe 2:1. I’m not that excellent on ratios but that’s what I believe the ratio stands as of today. The reason is because people who listen to BBC Hereford and Worcester would like to hear what’s going on in their local community which I think is top priority before national news if it’s a local radio station.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Compare BBC Hereford and Worcester with Wyvern FM.</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">In comparison With Wyvern FM, i don't think the two stations are much different from each other. I have heard Wyvern FM on various occassions and to me it just sounds the same as BBC Hereford and Worcester.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Compare BBC Hereford and Worcester to Radio Two and to Radio Four.</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#339999;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#339999;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;">This is a big comparison between the two stations. To begin with, BBC Radio Two and Four both play lots more music. They do alot of talk shows and do the national news and the national weather rather than local news and the local weather, mainly because it is for the whole country to hear. Where as BBC Hereford and Worcester is just for Hereford and Worcester and anyh surrounding towns and villages within the county.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Compile list of questions for reporter’s visit on November 11.</strong></span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color:#339999;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;">What is it like being a reporter?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;">How hard is it being a reporter?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Do you encounter any problems whilst doing your job?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;">Have you had any major stories which have interested you in the past?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span></div>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-72608177612724971682008-10-21T18:00:00.000+01:002008-11-07T13:49:23.925+00:00Media 21/10/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">As i discussed in the previous post, my aim was to finish editing and add the edited audio clip to my Jingle. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I am pleased to say that i did that with not much difficulty, in fact hardly any difficulty. Firstly, i had to finish editing my final voice clip which i had to do today because i tried to do it over the weekend and it didn't come up with the software via the terminal. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I began by finishing my editing and moved on to pick one which i liked the most, i did this by listening through them a couple of times, it turned out to be the first one i had done. I split it into two part's: one part says "You are now tuned into....." and the other part says "You are now tuned into.....BASE FM". Just for writing purposes i will name the first part i mentioned part 1 and the other part 2. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Part 1 (You are now tuned into.....").</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Part 2 (You are now tuned unto.....BASE FM").</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Once these were split, i was then able to save them to the N drive on Windows XP. I them moved over to the Apple Mac and connected to the N drive from that computer. I placed the two parts onto the desktop of the Apple Mac, this saved alot of time and it was easy to find. I opened up Garage Band which is a podcast creator, along with my Jingle and played it through once, just so i was familiar with it again, although i made slight changes to it. I made it shorter by deleting a few themes which would have just taken more time. Also i think if you do too much then it ruins it and thats the feeling i got. Anyway, i opened Garage Band and placed both parts 1 and 2 into it. I placed part 1 just before thr rewinding starts and i placed part 2 where the rewinding ends. I thought the outcome was ok, but Pauls first word was "extrodanary". For those who don't know Paul, he is my lecturer for A-level Media. Once listening through my finished Jingle he advised me on a small thing which he thought needed changing, so i took that into consideration. He said that the edited voice clips weren't that understandable and they needed to be a bit clearer, and i think it was because i had too much base on my voice. So i went back to the Windows XP computer and started editing again, but this time, my new one doesn't have loads of echo and deepness in it, it is still deep at the end but it's not so deep that you can't understand it. I then saved it in My Documents and transferred it via memory stick. The reason why is because the Apple Mac wasn't showing the N drive even though it said it was 'Mounted', this means it's connected. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">So it was back to the Mac for the second time, and again, i put the new audio clips onto the desktop. I deleted the old ones from my Jingle and inserted the new ones as before. Part 1 before the rewinding effect starts and part 2 after the rewinding effect ends. If i'm being honest, then i would say that the outcome was unexpected but in a good way. Some how the volume matched the volume of my jingle which it didnt before and also it is easier and clearer to understand. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I now have a good jingle and in my opinion, i think i am ready for the next stage which is scripting my presenting, as long as i have the all clear from Paul.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">If so then i would say my aim by the end of my next lecture would be to have my script done, or if not then at least started but as i say, this is as long as Paul is happy with what i have done and as long as there isn't anything else that needs doing first.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Just to let you know my next Blog will be in November as half term is coming up next week and also because November is when i have my first Media lecture after half term. I would have Media this Friday but Friday is a travel day for us here at college. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">See you next month.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-3506982846351749802008-10-17T21:38:00.000+01:002008-10-17T22:30:41.207+01:00Media 17/10/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">Today's media lecture was a great run through and to be honest, the time went quickly.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I achieved my goal for today which was to record the voice for my jingle, needless to say that it went better than expected. I used the recording studio, (Studio 6) at college to record my voice, which is also used for the radio. I had quite a few attempts at this by using a programme called Sound Forge, which is owned by Sony. I spoke through a microphone quite a few times and by the end, i must have had seven attempts to play around with. I tried recording sitting down and standing up, and i felt that standing up gave me a better tone of voice.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Paul (my lecturer for A-level Media) put them on the N-Drive for me to access in the music tech room (T14). I then listened through them and picked one and opened it in Sound Forge. Using Sound Forge, i was able to edit it in many different ways and the outcomes were very interesting. The software allows you to record your voice through a microphone and edit it. You can change the pitch to high and to low which makes your voice sound like a chipmunk or a voice box thats far too broken and deep. You can change the echo so it sounds like your in a cave and you can change the tempo to fast or slow although i think this mostly depends on how high or low you set the pitch. There are many other effects which i could explain to you but there are some which have complex names. However, one of which is the 'Bender', this is the name of the effect. It puts your voice waves onto a chart with a zig zag line going from left to right and if you drag the line in different places, then you have a voice which could go from high to low, to high and then back to low. This was an effect which i was considering to use but it didn't sound professional for my liking, so i stuck with the tempo, pitch and the echo. Another Effect which is on Sound Forge is the fader, i didn't find this very useful as it fades the voice at what ever end you want it to. For example, it starts off quiet and then gradually gets louder, or alternatively, it starts loud and gets quieter. I personally didn't think this would be any use at all so i didn't use it. I think that it is important to make your voice clear, especially for the Jingle so that the listener can identify the ID for the radio station. There was an amplitude effect which wasn't very effective, if you turn it up only slightly, it starts to crackle a bit.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Anyway, i was experimenting with these recordings and came up with four possabilities, number 5 i am still working on at this moment in time but i should have it done by Tuesday, or maybe even by the end of the weekend if i can edit it over the college terminal. I am hoping that by the time the next lecture ends on Tuesday, i should have had all the editing done and hopefully have it placed over my Jingle which would be great! It would mean i would be able to go onto the next stage. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I think that everything is going brilliantly and i am also enjoying it alot. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-60995774903428672992008-10-14T16:55:00.000+01:002008-10-14T19:20:48.314+01:00Media 14/10/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">Today, i am going to write about my media Proposals for my first project on the course.<br /><br />For my project, i have to create a jingle along with a conversation with a guest speaker and some music. At the end of this, i should have created an opening sequence for a radio station of my choice, or it could be a fantasy radio station. This will run for approximatly 30 - 40 minutes. This show will be aimed at the younger generation, 16+ and as a result of this the show will be in an evening slot as most teens will be at school in the day time.<br /><br />The theme for my radio station will be based on Drum'n'Base and my radio station will be called BASE FM, which, as far as i know, doesn't exsist so it is a fantasy radio station.<br /><br />My Jingle will consist of music (Drum and Base) and speech which will give out the identity of the radio station to the Listeners. The Jingle will be set in a scenario where someone starts up a truck and tunes in the radio to BASE FM. The truck noise will then fade away as soon as the radio is in tune, leaving you with clear audio of my opening Jingle. It will then play a Drum and Base tune for roughly 5 or maybe 10 seconds and over the top of this there will be speech saying "You are tuned into...." and then there will be a rewind noise. Following that, there will be more speech saying, "You are tuned into.....BASE FM" with no music in the background.<br /><br />This will be the point where the jingle ends and the presenting begins. I will present the show and introduce myself and of course the radio station. I will then give out hints as to who the guest will be, who will appear on the show. Following that i will explain what will be happening on the show and who my guest speaker is. At this point i will introduce the guest speaker and will just ask general questions on his past gigs, how he/she got into drum and base and how drum and base is actually played.<br /><br />At this point i will play one or two examples of her/his music. This will then bring us to the end of the 30 - 40 minute show. i will close the show off by giving my thanks to the guest speaker and playing one final piece of music before the show actually ends.<br /><br />I will construct this making the different pieces in order of sequence. So for example, the jingle scenario will be first, so i will make that first. Then i will record the opening speech that will go over the top of the Jingle that will give out the identity of the show. After that is finished i will move on to record the main part of the show and my conversions with my guest speaker, and finally. i will put in some examples of his music and finally, say my goodbyes and play the closing track for the station.<br /><br />As far as my progress goes, i have already made the jingle and i am now ready to record the opening speech on friday that will go over the jingle.<br /><br />All is going better than expected at this stage and i hope it carry's on that way. </span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675276862553224839.post-51248691346050870902008-10-10T14:09:00.000+01:002008-10-14T19:23:44.287+01:00Media 10/10/08<span style="color:#ff6600;">Hi,<br /><br />My name is Luke Mitchell. This is my first blog on Blogger.com and i would just like to take this opportunity to explain what my blogs will be all about.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Before i get started i am just going to explain a bit about myself. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">I am a full time Student in the West Midlands of the UK. I am studying A-level Media, A-Level Art, ECDL Advance in ICT, GCSE English Retakes and Level 2 mathematics. In my spare time i like to play on my Nintendo DS Lite, my laptop (worms world party, The Sims 2, both of which are class games), my playstation 2 (Grand Theft Auto San Andreas, World Snooker Championship 05, Test Drive Unlimited). I also like to see friends, hang out with my girlfriend, travel to a few places, go bowling and go for a pint up my local pub. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">The reason why i have set up this Blog site is so i can keep records of my progress of my media coursework throughout the accademic year. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Anyway, time for me to go and will blog back soon.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Bye for now. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">Luke<br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span>Lukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11700135878434526504noreply@blogger.com0