| Overview of the whole Project (summarise what you have been asked to do across all the tasks): My task was to create two radio shows for students and staff members, it had to have a ratio of 70% music - 30% speech. |
| Skills, knowledge and experience required to complete the project (you may wish to deal with all tasks in one block or seperate out the tasks) : I will need to be able to find the right songs for the playlists without going out of the demographic and to also be able to use audition to put edit the songs together into a mix. I will also need to be able to use the voice recorders to make my vox pop. |
| Facilities - what production equipment / facilities will you need? (you may wish to deal with all tasks in one block or separate out the tasks) : I will need Adobe Audition and YouTube Converter. |
| Materials Required - what other things might you need to complete the tasks i.e. music, vox pops etc. All i need is the music for the mixes. |
| Contributors (who do you need to contribute to the project? eg. specialists, experts, talent , public etc): |
| Locations: In what places will you complete the assignment? |
| Codes of Practice / Regulation (Discuss here the implications of the MCPS-PRS, Copyright, Ethics, OFCOM, Legal Considerations. TO BE COVERED IN LESSON MON 10 DECEMBER 2012 |
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Monday, 26 November 2012
Music Formats
Top 40 Format:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0oNqeRyXE1IWUhyY0FxSzVaQ2M/edit?usp=sharing
Adult Format:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0oNqeRyXE1IQTBheHdYVmtrRW8/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0oNqeRyXE1IWUhyY0FxSzVaQ2M/edit?usp=sharing
Adult Format:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0oNqeRyXE1IQTBheHdYVmtrRW8/edit?usp=sharing
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
10 Minute Questions
1. What is Music Programming? - Music programming is the deliberate
planning of songs to play for a specific audience on the radio.
2. What is a station Format? - Station Format is the genre of the music the station plays.
3. Please give an example of 2 Radio stations. the format and an example of 2 tracks - Heart Hot Adult Contempory; Adele Someone like you & Phil Collins In the air tonight, Gold Classic Hits; Beach boys Wouldn't it be nice & Small faces Itchycoo park
4. An ABC playlist? - An ABC playlist is a Primary playlist and two back up playlists created in order of popularity; A would be the primary with the most popular songs, B would be a back up with less popular songs and C would have the least popular songs/artists on it.
5. Explain how the choice of music would affect profits of a commercial radio station? - If a commercial radio decided to play something that wasn't popular with their audience it could lose them a lot of listeners and would cause them to lose profit.
6. Explain some techniques in music - Producers use many techniques to keep their listeners interested; One of them is called 'Hammocking' this just they put a solid hit either side of a new song , they do this to make sure the new song is heard and their listeners won't get bored and turn off the station. Another technique is called 'Segue', this is when tracks are played back-to-back with no interruptions.
2. What is a station Format? - Station Format is the genre of the music the station plays.
3. Please give an example of 2 Radio stations. the format and an example of 2 tracks - Heart Hot Adult Contempory; Adele Someone like you & Phil Collins In the air tonight, Gold Classic Hits; Beach boys Wouldn't it be nice & Small faces Itchycoo park
4. An ABC playlist? - An ABC playlist is a Primary playlist and two back up playlists created in order of popularity; A would be the primary with the most popular songs, B would be a back up with less popular songs and C would have the least popular songs/artists on it.
5. Explain how the choice of music would affect profits of a commercial radio station? - If a commercial radio decided to play something that wasn't popular with their audience it could lose them a lot of listeners and would cause them to lose profit.
6. Explain some techniques in music - Producers use many techniques to keep their listeners interested; One of them is called 'Hammocking' this just they put a solid hit either side of a new song , they do this to make sure the new song is heard and their listeners won't get bored and turn off the station. Another technique is called 'Segue', this is when tracks are played back-to-back with no interruptions.
Radio Station Analysis (Homework)
1. BBC
Radio 1Xtra
2. Music and Talk Format
3. The target audience for Radio 1Xtra is ages 15-25, mainly men interested in music and sports.
4. They play Hip-Hip/UKG/RnB/Dubstep/DnB/Dancehall
5. Programmes: Breakfast Show with Twin B, Hip-Hip and Heavy beats with Charlie Sloth, Dancehall with Robbo Ranx and many more.
6. The features I heard within these programmes were Interviews.
2. Music and Talk Format
3. The target audience for Radio 1Xtra is ages 15-25, mainly men interested in music and sports.
4. They play Hip-Hip/UKG/RnB/Dubstep/DnB/Dancehall
5. Programmes: Breakfast Show with Twin B, Hip-Hip and Heavy beats with Charlie Sloth, Dancehall with Robbo Ranx and many more.
6. The features I heard within these programmes were Interviews.
Music Radio Formats Poster
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| Top 40 Contemporary |
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| Urban/Hip Hop/R&B |
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| Rock/Metal |
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| Hot Adult Contemporary |
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| Second Poster |
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| Classic Hits and Indie/Alternative |
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| Classic Rock and Adult Contemporary |
I learned about the different music formatting in this lesson, I learnt what radio producers have to think about when adding music to their playlists, they have to think about their playlists carefully because it has to attract people to keep listening to the station but it also has to follow the rules of offcom; they cannot add any music that is not apart of their format because they are registered to offcom under that format.
Radio Job Poster
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| Previous Experience Required |
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| Interpersonal Skills |
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