Month: April 2016

Week 8: ANZAC day practice session

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Today, myself and my group held a practice session for the show next week. I am fairly confident for our show next week thanks to the feedback that we gained back from our demo, but I think that it is not helpful to be over-confident before going to air.

 

I did have some issues in the relaxed environment. It meant that I lost attention to when the song finishes, means that there were several moments of silence throughout the practice recording of it. I am hoping that this means that I will make sure that I will not do this when we are live to air. I am very glad that we held the practice session, as I had some trouble remembering to play from the user input. We have decided that the easiest thing for our group is to play the songs from an iPhone. It means that we have more selection in selecting the songs and less trouble finding the songs that we want to play. The only difficult part from my view as the panel operator is making sure that I turn off the device before the song goes on to the next track in the playlist. I am hoping that this will mean that I concentrate on every detail necessary.

Week 7: Room With a View

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Over the weekend, I received confirmation of an interview with Lupus Foundation for our radio show in Week 9. There is an international Lupus day that falls a week from our show, so I feel that it would be appropriate for our show ever since we received the confirmation from Elizabeth. I am keen to start drafting questions relatively soon, although I will not be presenting.
The voice exercises that we did in class were interesting… they reminded me of childhood drama classes. I have always had an issue with how my voice sounds, so hopefully if I present in the second show, I could use it to hopefully make a difference.
I think this week my group will want a rehearsal for the radio program. I am hoping to improve my panelling skills. We are missing another Monday class next week due to ANZAC day, so I think that it is the ideal time to run a practice session. I think that Bek and Pat need to work on presenting with one another, and I am really keen to practice the skill in paneling. Although I feel confident with how everything is placed, it is more of an automatic skill that I want to gain. I want to be able to press buttons without thinking about it, and I understand that it is a big ask in a short amount of time with a new skill, I just want to make sure that I am as knowledgeable as possible for when we go to air on Week 9.

Week 6: Room With a View

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This week’s focus was on defamation laws in radio. To be honest, it seems a little more complex than I initially thought it to be. But at the same time, if our group is careful and word the questions correctly to warrant no attacking responses, I think that we will be fine.
As for feature ideas, I like the idea of doing a piece on what it would be like on the Autism spectrum in regards to sensitivity senses. I think that this would create a very interesting and informative sound piece, as we could record exemplified sounds to show people what it might be like to live with these highly sensitive senses, and behaviour in response to this.
I also offered the idea of the Lupus Foundation for a possible interview subject for the show. I think that the Hitchcock interview subject is unavailable, so we need to find some new topic areas and subjects to send to Elizabeth for approval.

Week 5: Room With a View

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This week we gained feedback from our demo made the previous week. I was responsible for the panelling, and was told that it is nearly broadcast quality. This is a huge surprise to me, as I was self-conscious about the levels and the amount of dead air. I feel that with a little more practice, that our group should be successful when we first go to air. At this stage, we all feel to keep on the roles as we did last time.

Although, I would love to host and be responsible for social media at some stage. At this stage, though, I am aiming to send Elizabeth some more ideas regarding interviews. It is difficult to find a strong idea that Triple R has not done before or one that would be appropriate for Room With a View. My initial idea was to interview someone who runs the Alfred Hitchcock appreciation club, but I am concerned whether the tutor who runs this would be comfortable with being interviewed. I also had the idea of pre-recording an interview for local animal rights groups or perhaps a farmers market.