Evaluation

Evaluation

            To achieve in this assignment we had to produce two cross media platform radio shows. Firstly I will asses how the show I produced with Mike,  Matt and Rob went and then evaluate the other show, which although I did contribute to, it was more the project of Weeze, Ella, Olivia and Jack.

            The Morning Glory show (our show) I believe first of all has the correct kind of name which sets the style we were trying to achieve, it’s light hearted  and a bit of a joke, obviously it is also in the morning. The graphics and astons which accompanied the show utilized bright colours, appropriate to try and wake people up, which was the goal of the show. If we were given the task again I think that producing some moving graphics would be a good idea, to add another dimension to a fairly mundane aspect of our show.

            With regard to the vocal proximities we employed in our show, I think we did quite well given the equipment we had. Ideally we would have had another microphone so that every presenter could be the same distance from the microphone, to give the listener more perspective of the room; that it’s essentially like 4 friends sat round in a circle, this would help make the listener feel more connected to the presenters and ultimately more comfortable. I think the tone of our voices was good, particularly when Mike was making small talk, for example, ‘what did you get up to at the weekend?’, everyone replied with correct inflexions in their voice, most importantly, it wasn’t monotonous, this would’ve come across very boring to our target audience. I think possibly with more rehearsals we could have tightened up the small talk and made it a bit more seamless and flowing, this would help keep the pace of the show up.

            Content within our show, I thought, was appropriate however we possibly could have had one or two more features. Firstly, ‘WoodChuck Chilli’, this is an entertaining, rather immature game thus it did appeal to our target audience, from the sample of people I have spoken to after the show, they found it funny and engaging. This feature would also be sustainable within a regular show so it is quite practical, you can have any number of people taking part.  I think Mike’s role within it was key, the pace of his voice kept the game moving and people listening, he also had the correct tone which gave him a position of power over the two contestants which was vital as on the radio, it’s a single sense medium. With regard to the contestants, myself and Matt Bird I think we should have taken the single sense medium into account more, and described more about what we were experiencing, however the first chilli was so painful, I could think of little more than wanting to drink a lot of yogurt. This was edited in Soundtrack Pro, the boring middle pieces taken out and  ‘the best bits’ left in, this was vital and the reason we did it as a pre recorded feature because with a game like this, there is logistical complexities which would become boring to the listener if it was recorded live.