FEED-BACK TO THE BASICS

After a few weeks of anticipation, the day we have been waiting for is only just around the corner. Presenting this coming Monday – the nerves and excitement can be felt by everyone in the group. It is for this reason that receiving feedback from both Sam and Bruce, pertaining to the DEMO, the weekend before our show proves to be vital.

 

After reading the comments they had both left on the DEMO, the group felt slightly more comfortable that we would be able to pull off a relatively smooth program that is both interesting and technically sound.

 

It did, however, give us a few extra things to think about. We noticed that a lot of the feedback centred around the interplay between both Bek and myself. Knowing that we need a greater connection and chemistry to keep the listener informed on what is happening, whilst also sounding less jarred resulted in a rework of the script and the necessity of booking in more time on Monday before the live to air.

 

 

ANZAC DAY

As mentioned in previous posts: the beginning of the year brings with it an enjoyably, yet annoyingly high number of public holidays. Having fortuitously (insert rolling of the eyes) been allocated Mondays for our R.W.A.V classes, this meant we had to forgo another weeks worth of studio time and tutorials.

 

Knowing that our live to air was only a week away, the group thought it best to head into the 3RRR studios to get some more practice with the console, presenting and running of the show.

 

This proved to be a brilliant initiative, as we were able to work out some kinks with the script and allow our panel operator a greater chance of getting familiar with the operation of the desk.

 

We orchestrated a mock interview with our Media Producer and that also enabled us to scope our questions so that they pertained to poignant subject matter which would keep the listener engaged.

Interview Ideas

14-4-16

 

All Systems Go.

 

After receiving conformation from Elizabeth in regards to the interview ideas for our live to air, the whole group quickly sent out confirmation emails and started generating scripts, introduction and outro’s.

 

The first interview pertains to Grandparents becoming a carer for their grandchildren while the parents go out to work. We chose this topic because there has been a societal shift requiring Grandparents to take a more active role in the early life of their grandchild – this is due to a number of factors including economic and financial pressure on the parents stemming from the increase in living expenses. We made contact with Lyn Clemments – Volunteer Coordinator at The Conniston Street Childcare Centre, in regards to her coming in for an interview.

 

The second live interview centres around a relatively unknown // under documented disease – Lupus. This topic was chosen because international Lupus awareness day would coincide with the week we are presenting our live to air as well as the fact that the disease effects a wide variety of individuals and often goes undiagnosed for years. The aim of the interview is to both raise awareness of the disease as well as offering the Lupus foundation a wide audience to help debunk some of the myths associated to Lupus. We have made contact with the Lupus foundation and are currently awaiting a response as to whom will actually come in to the studio on the day.

 

The third interview we are going to use will be a pre-recorded interview fro our DEMO. Having received positive feedback from Sam & Bruce in regards to the interview, we will employ it in our live to air. Adhering to the advice of Bruce, we will make sure to trim the interview with Helping Hoops down to a more engaging 7 minutes.

 

Watch This Space.

Whats On In The Blurbs

After receiving relatively positive feedback from both Bruce and Sam regarding theĀ “whats on in the burbs” segment of or DEMO, we have unfortunately found out that Elizabeth will not be allowing us to present this piece for our live to air segment. This cut is due to the fact that apparently a number of different programs at 3RRR already cover similar content.

 

This comes as quite a blow as this segment was the time where Bek and myself were able to engage with each other in greater detail and develop not only a report with ourselves as presenters, but the listener too.

 

I feel as though this setback, being an annoyance in the beginning, will ultimately work out for the best as it will give us a greater amount of time to interview another interviewee as a part of our live to air.

 

Hopefully.

DEMO

After Heading into the 3RRR studios to record our DEMO, the task was then to bounce the audio off the computers in the studio and upload it onto a site that could be accessed by everyone involved, as well as our assessors.

 

Having recorded the session in high quality .wav format, the process of uploading it onto a site became a long and tedious one; taking upwards of 5 attempts to get the piece onto soundcloud.

 

After this harrowing ordeal, we did manage to get the piece uploaded for everyones (including yours) audible pleasure: