Friday, 17 December 2010
evaluation for the tea and toast show
Evaluation:
Tea and toast:
The tea and toast radio show presented by Amy Ford and Sam Steel was aimed at the student age. 16-24. the show was well presented particularly by Sam, as he was generally upbeat, and his voice was clear and easy to listen to.
I didn’t participate as much as I would have hoped to, but I did help to create the original logo which was later changed. Georgie being the producer I think gave the group a fire to work as a group and make the show as good as it could have possibly been, I think this is because she works well with others and tries her best to let everyone be heard, even if some of us did not get the opportunity.
By the time we were ready to broadcast I had become a little despondent with the show and the group as I was made to feel like I could not help in the ways I could have. My strengths were not needed, so I had decided to detach myself from the show.
I felt like the I-dents and sound beds were unoriginal, and some it sounded as though they had used them before, however the script written by Amy must have been increasingly difficult, especially when remembering the timings for the playlist.
The Music used for the playlist had been taken from the charts of the naughties... e.g. Basement Jaxx and Gwen Stefani, Which I believe could have been slightly more recent as a lot of these artist have not released tracks for a number of years, although the majority f the public would know these song and would happily sing along to them. There were present songs used also, such as Bruno Mars and Eliza Doolittle which I think brought a fresher spark to the show; like the Chris Moyle’s show.
From what I am aware they tried to base the show on Radio 1’s daily morning show by Chris Moyle’s. I don’t think that they show has the professional touch that the radio 1 team have, but then again, the group did well with what they had to offer. The banter was sufficient and the easy to listen to and was occasionally very funny.
The features were thorough, but I felt a little irrelevant to the show and did not incorporate the cause for the assignment ‘children in need’ enough. But in spite of this Millie fit well with the ‘know your lyrics’ feature well, as she was funny and easy to listen to. The prank call feature I felt was ‘supposed’ to be hilarious, but wasn’t, this was disappointing, because I was looking forward to listening to something with a bit more funny substance.
Sometimes I felt like the mixing desk operator was struggling to get the I-dents onto the playing track at the right time before the dialogue of the presenters, sometimes it was off time. This although did not affect the feel of the show, and the upbeat and fast pace of the show shined through the problems that they were faced with.
Because the show was aimed at the target audience it was, I believe the presenters felt like they could be themselves, making their banter and chat about subjects that the audience would relate to. I think overall both shows came to a successful conclusion, even if there were things I would have done differently.
Tea and toast:
The tea and toast radio show presented by Amy Ford and Sam Steel was aimed at the student age. 16-24. the show was well presented particularly by Sam, as he was generally upbeat, and his voice was clear and easy to listen to.
I didn’t participate as much as I would have hoped to, but I did help to create the original logo which was later changed. Georgie being the producer I think gave the group a fire to work as a group and make the show as good as it could have possibly been, I think this is because she works well with others and tries her best to let everyone be heard, even if some of us did not get the opportunity.
By the time we were ready to broadcast I had become a little despondent with the show and the group as I was made to feel like I could not help in the ways I could have. My strengths were not needed, so I had decided to detach myself from the show.
I felt like the I-dents and sound beds were unoriginal, and some it sounded as though they had used them before, however the script written by Amy must have been increasingly difficult, especially when remembering the timings for the playlist.
The Music used for the playlist had been taken from the charts of the naughties... e.g. Basement Jaxx and Gwen Stefani, Which I believe could have been slightly more recent as a lot of these artist have not released tracks for a number of years, although the majority f the public would know these song and would happily sing along to them. There were present songs used also, such as Bruno Mars and Eliza Doolittle which I think brought a fresher spark to the show; like the Chris Moyle’s show.
From what I am aware they tried to base the show on Radio 1’s daily morning show by Chris Moyle’s. I don’t think that they show has the professional touch that the radio 1 team have, but then again, the group did well with what they had to offer. The banter was sufficient and the easy to listen to and was occasionally very funny.
The features were thorough, but I felt a little irrelevant to the show and did not incorporate the cause for the assignment ‘children in need’ enough. But in spite of this Millie fit well with the ‘know your lyrics’ feature well, as she was funny and easy to listen to. The prank call feature I felt was ‘supposed’ to be hilarious, but wasn’t, this was disappointing, because I was looking forward to listening to something with a bit more funny substance.
Sometimes I felt like the mixing desk operator was struggling to get the I-dents onto the playing track at the right time before the dialogue of the presenters, sometimes it was off time. This although did not affect the feel of the show, and the upbeat and fast pace of the show shined through the problems that they were faced with.
Because the show was aimed at the target audience it was, I believe the presenters felt like they could be themselves, making their banter and chat about subjects that the audience would relate to. I think overall both shows came to a successful conclusion, even if there were things I would have done differently.
Thursday, 16 December 2010
evaluation for the encore show
Evaluation
The encore show:
Our peers and I had decided after a long brain storm to attempt at producing an hour long afternoon radio broadcast aimed at an audience of ‘mostly’ females between the ages of 18 and 50.
I wasn’t given a particular role for the encore show. But for the pre-production I was given the news writer role. So I had the opportunity to find some research on the current musical shows on the west end in particular. I found that most of the research came from the cast and the feedback that came from the audiences of the shows.
This wasn’t a difficult task as we had discovered the west end musical community to be larger and a lot more varied than expected. The audience research we collected was positive toward the show and musicals in general. Most of the subjects in which I had collected data from said that they enjoyed musicals and specified which musicals they liked best. A common favourite was Billy Elliott.
I had also created a musical show review to be played though-out the show for blood brothers which was also unused. Many of the features were simple but I think that they would have been inapt due to the minimalist approach to the show in general. Unfortunately neither of my features were used, and I was dropped as news reader from the show also. I felt this counted me out of the production itself, as I would have liked to have been included.
The group had come to the conclusion that it was best not to use sound-beds during the show, as the listener would find what they were listening to ‘too busy’. I personally didn’t agree with this decision, as I feel when listening to the radio, no sound-beds can often make the dialogue feel too intense, and sometimes boring.
The only thing I felt that was wrong with the data collecting process that we had put forward was I believe that the research wasn’t detailed enough, but eventually we had come to the conclusion that the research that we had was enough to form the basis of the show from.
Esme was a good presenter using the others in the workshop to create a relaxed projection. Using slow pace and short pauses between subjects helped her mode of address to become easier to listen to.
I think the incorporation with the children in need show was well thought out though. This is because the target audience needed to be for all ages, and I think the show was definitely a family show, with an easy listening play list and light hearted entertainment. The show was very unlike the other shows that the rest of the tutor had broadcast, particularly different from subcity.
Elaine Page’s Radio 2 show was the main professional show that as a group we had analysed. We were able to compare our own show with hers to change the sections of the show that weren’t relevant or up to the standard that we wanted them. Through Page’s show we were also able to help base our music playlist style.
Many of the people that were involved in the making of the encore show felt that the show needed to be strictly based around musicals and the west end, I think that the show could have been a lot more varied in its content, perhaps including more trivial content such as the history behind musical and theatre (Shakespeare and Dickens).
The encore show:
Our peers and I had decided after a long brain storm to attempt at producing an hour long afternoon radio broadcast aimed at an audience of ‘mostly’ females between the ages of 18 and 50.
I wasn’t given a particular role for the encore show. But for the pre-production I was given the news writer role. So I had the opportunity to find some research on the current musical shows on the west end in particular. I found that most of the research came from the cast and the feedback that came from the audiences of the shows.
This wasn’t a difficult task as we had discovered the west end musical community to be larger and a lot more varied than expected. The audience research we collected was positive toward the show and musicals in general. Most of the subjects in which I had collected data from said that they enjoyed musicals and specified which musicals they liked best. A common favourite was Billy Elliott.
I had also created a musical show review to be played though-out the show for blood brothers which was also unused. Many of the features were simple but I think that they would have been inapt due to the minimalist approach to the show in general. Unfortunately neither of my features were used, and I was dropped as news reader from the show also. I felt this counted me out of the production itself, as I would have liked to have been included.
The group had come to the conclusion that it was best not to use sound-beds during the show, as the listener would find what they were listening to ‘too busy’. I personally didn’t agree with this decision, as I feel when listening to the radio, no sound-beds can often make the dialogue feel too intense, and sometimes boring.
The only thing I felt that was wrong with the data collecting process that we had put forward was I believe that the research wasn’t detailed enough, but eventually we had come to the conclusion that the research that we had was enough to form the basis of the show from.
Esme was a good presenter using the others in the workshop to create a relaxed projection. Using slow pace and short pauses between subjects helped her mode of address to become easier to listen to.
I think the incorporation with the children in need show was well thought out though. This is because the target audience needed to be for all ages, and I think the show was definitely a family show, with an easy listening play list and light hearted entertainment. The show was very unlike the other shows that the rest of the tutor had broadcast, particularly different from subcity.
Elaine Page’s Radio 2 show was the main professional show that as a group we had analysed. We were able to compare our own show with hers to change the sections of the show that weren’t relevant or up to the standard that we wanted them. Through Page’s show we were also able to help base our music playlist style.
Many of the people that were involved in the making of the encore show felt that the show needed to be strictly based around musicals and the west end, I think that the show could have been a lot more varied in its content, perhaps including more trivial content such as the history behind musical and theatre (Shakespeare and Dickens).
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