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).