In what ways

does your

media product

use, develop or

challenge

forms and

Radio

Drama

We used ‘Clare in the Community’ as our

main example of a radio drama based

around a woman, trying to work in

social care. This was a much more

middle class drama than what we

were aiming for, so just used some of

the traits and common characteristics

that we found when listening to this.

Clare in the Community however, was

performed in front of a large

audience, so they were able to use the

laughter of the audience as a way of

using a transition between the scenes.

We however, had to use a fade to show

the transitions.

Delilah Does Dating was a quite similar format, however centred around the idea that this

was a woman, unlucky in love, who each week, found herself in a different, comedic scenario

as a way to try and find a man.

We chose to do a series, as thereare mainly series dramas on BBC Radio 4, which is where

our Radio drama would be played. A series also enables the audience to establish a

relationship with the character, and listening to the show becomes a form of ritual and

part of an everyday routine for listeners.

It challenges the conventions, in the way that it is a lot younger, in the idea as a whole, to

what is normally played on BBC Radio 4. However, many of the males that we included in

the speed dating, and Delilah herself conform to many of society’s stereotypes – a lonely

woman, a nerd obsessed with Star Wars, a ‚camp‛ male who loves shopping etc.

Double

Page

Spread

The only real example of Double Page Spreads are

those on BBC Radio Times Magazine.

Although lots of the examples that we looked at

were for tv shows, it is the magazine that our

article would most likely be in so we took many of

the characteristics of these magazines.

The whole layout of the

double page spread is

based upon the ideas that

we saw in the examples.

The main characteristic

that we have used is the

use of a picture as the main

focus of the double page

spread,

Many of the

articles used a

header on the main

photograph of the

article, we also

mimicked this style

in our own work.

Newspaper

Article

How effective is

the combination

of your main

product and

ancillary

texts?

What have you

learned from

your audience

feedback?

Facebook

Feedback

We uploaded the original versions of both of the ancillary pieces to Facebook. This is

because the majority of each of our Facebook friends are members of our target

audience, therefore the advice they provided would be highly valued. We changed some

things following the criticisms we received.

Teacher

FeedbackWe asked our teacher for feedback following our first draft.

Following his criticisms we made a lot of changes accordingly.

First Draft Finished copy

‚It looks messy and unorganised,

although the pictures used are

effective and I like the timer idea,

maybe one picture would be more

useful? Or look at more recent

TV listings and see how these

look, I think it looks

unprofessional.‛

‚This is a real improvement on the

previous one. It is eye – catching

and all fits around your theme.

The picture has provided an

effective foreground and allowed

the text to come second, which is

the same in Radio Times. The fonts

you have used are effective and I

love the tick box idea! Well Done!‛

How did you use

media

technologies in

the

construction

and research,

During the construction stage of the process, we spent a lot of

time in the recording studio. We re-recorded several scenes

following feedback and what we thought sounded better after

re-listening to pieces of dialogue that we had recorded. We

believe it was enjoyable although very time consuming. The

construction process was longer than the editing process which

was something we were unaware of before we began.

New Media

Technologies:

Equipment

The microphone was

used in the

construction stage

and allowed us to

record the

relevant dialogue

for our radio

drama. The

‘popper’/ cover for

the microphone

made our voices

sound clearer and

removed slight

noises that may

have been made

during general

speech.

The sound deck was

also used in the

construction stage

and allowed us to

control the power

an volume of the

speech. For

example, we could

control when

certain characters

should sound

louder, or when

people needed to

seem closer or

further away than

others.

The handheld

recorder allowed

us to record small

pieces of dialogue

that we wished to

edit into our show

at a later stage. It

was convenient and

let us easily edit

our work without

having to book

studio time just to

record a small

piece of dialogue.

New Media

Technologies:

Software

1 2

3

4

5

1) Adobe Premier Pro: This programme was easy to adapt to as it had been

used by members of the group during AS coursework. The software

allowed us to control the volume, overlap and layer sound effects and

dialogue and add effects such as fading to our recordings. The continuity

proved quite difficult at times yet the software allowed us to pinpoint

specific stages of the dialogue and iron out any problems.

2)Microsoft PowerPoint: We decided to use this software for our

evaluation as it was the programme we were most familiar with and we

felt it would be the quickest and most convenient to move around our

text and images within the allocated time.

3. Audacity : This software was the initial programme that our mp3 files

went to after recording. We could immediately trim any dialogue that

we knew we wouldn’t be using. It was very easy to use and the controls

(play, record, stop etc.) were very recognisable.

4. Blogger: As we had all used this programme previously, this year we

found this programme easy to work with. We were able to present our

work in an attractive way, as well as successfully keep track of

whereabouts we were up to in the process so we could quickly continue

at the start of each lesson.

5. Adobe Photoshop: This programme was used to edit images and create

the newspaper advert and double page spread. As we had used it

before, we were familiar with the tools etc. We believed this was the

most appropriate software for what we had in mind as it’s simple to

move things around, and the most accessible software in college.