LO1: task 3: Audio Media Products Report

LO1: task 2: Audio media Products Analysis

Here are my analysis of 5 different audio media products. All media products were analyses based on sub-headings. here are the sub-headings as follows:

• Purpose
• Form & Style
• Content
• Meaning
• Genre
• Target Audience
• Frequency
• Production Process

BigJohn@Breakfast

Mc Donalds Jingle

The Ricky Gervais Show Podcast

Sloth Pod

Urban Expression

LO1: Task 1: Understanding existing audio media products and how they are created

Definition of Audio media Product

A product that is purely in audio format broadcasted or uploaded into the media as a audio format.

What is the definition of community radio?, how does it differ from commercial radio?

Radio that is limited to an area, city or community, run by the community. The show should reflect the community. This differs from commercial radio because of commercials "adverts" as the intentions of the show is to make a profit, specifically playing popular chart music where as community radio would play niche "specific music to the community"

Community radio

• not for profit
• public
• operated for the good of the community
• social gain

Commercial radio

• to make profit
• delivering audiences to advertises
• advertise products to a station

Analogue to digital "Key words"

Analogue technologies,  vinyl records  8- track tapes, disc jockey DJ, Pre-recorded packages, Idents "identity" (brand), trailers, Adverts, analogue tape, Spliced, Splicing, compact Discs "CD's", Mini-disk, Digital audio tapes DAT, Play servers, Digital mixing desk, WAV, FLAC, Non-lenear editing packages, pro-tools, adobe audition, Sound booth, Cubase, 

• Time consuming
• Cost more/expensive
• DJ "disc jockey"
• "Spliced" time consuming, music, sound effects
• CD's replaced vinyl records and tapes
• play servers are different for different types of radio stations and shows e.g. community to commercial as commercial are more likely to have a updated server because of the constant new chart music etc and community radio would probably have a set list to relate to the specific audience.
• "Output" Volume, songs, adverts, conversation, jingles, effects, sound. 

Radio video
Play server

monitors, control volume between 5 and 6 so its not distorted

cart wall, area where adverts and jingles are stored in order


Production Process (H)

Pre-production: 
Planning meetings, Running order, DJ, Guidelines and Regulations

Production:
Software and Hardware (Audition, Cubase, Pre-recorded/ Live, Sound Booth, Cart walls, Desk and Play servers)

Post-production:
Software and Hardware used (Audition, Cubase, Pre-recorded, Sound booth, Cart walls)

Lesson Outlooks

17/09/2014
Today i have finished my first analysis in detail and i have decided to complete my work digitally, so that requires me to write up my all ready finished work on Microsoft word.

08/10/2014
Today in lesson, LO1 i have finished my introduction and i need to finish off, 1 more podcast analysis and i need to do a analysis of ether a audio book or a audio drama then i need to finish off my review following the guidelines on the white board.

15/10/2014
Today I have continued to finish both my genre section and my content and meaning section. After this I need to finish the target audience, frequency and production process.

12/11/2014
I need to finish off my summary document (Contents, target audience and demographics and audience profile), edit my LO1 report.

19/11/2014
Today i have started my radio programming proposal, i need to finish off the rest of the section and then continue to finish off the other sections by monday 24/11/2014.

24/11/2014
based on my feedback, I need to both finish off both section 2 and section 3 of my treatment and i need to add the finished wort to my blog along with my other work. 

26/11/2014
My positive feedback.

26/11/2014
What I need to work on to get a pass grade for my report.

26/11/2014
As of today I need to finish my section 3 of my treatment, edit my report and upload my 5 reviews to blogger.

01/12/2014
Today I will figure out my budget for the total cost of all the kit and items for my podcast.

01/12/2014
Today I have found specific prices for certain software that i need for my show to run and be successful.

03/12/2014
Today, me and Jake will continue to work on the budget for our podcast. Will will also complete additional information based on mine and jakes production. And our most important task is to go through our list of 20 films, narrow it down to 10 so we can figure out the age to specific target our podcast to.

08/12/2014
By the end of next lesson (10/12/2014) I will have finished by four bullet points for additional infomation to compete this section of work.

10/12/2014
Today i have added to my additional information and not i have very little to finish off.

05/01/2015
Today I have finished the Production plan and am going on to work on the script, concept and rationale.

07/01/2015
Today based on the email sent and based upon the production plan, I need to start and finish the content and rationale for " The Steel Reel podcast" as well as start structuring the power point and pitch in time for next week.

19/01/2015
Today i have had a look at the time schedule of Sheffield Lives radio shows and fit our podcast between two shows. I have also helped jake condense our prezie to make it look and sound more professional.