Morning Show on 5th November 2010
Immediately it is noticeable that we were under prepared. Even though we had lots of practices, and everybody had their specific job, on the morning of the show complications were risen which added extra pressure. Problems such as changing the play list and the presenter not wanting to present, this caused friction between the group before broadcasting. However once on air we didn’t follow the codes and conventions of radio programs as the mixer forgot to play sound beds when talking, which created an immediate unprofessional feel along with cutting songs off midway.
The introduction created to open Jon’s show wasn’t played therefore the audience wouldn’t know who the presenters were, however he decided to play a three minute song before introducing himself and his guests, doing this immediately put us off schedule.
Jon being the presenter should have worn his headphones so he could hear exactly what was being broadcasted but didn’t, this could have solved the smaller problems if he had been more focused.
During most morning shows there is large percentage of talking compared to music, and I feel the topics we chose to talk about were up to date and the facts of the topic were given before the opinions on the subject, however with four guests and a big character as presenter it meant that they were talking over each other and getting louder, which would confuse the audience and not been appropriate for the morning time.
Also there was a few times were a pause would happen for longer than 3 seconds which is the biggest mistake you can make in radio as the audience instantly feel there is a problem and could lose interest, however this was caused by a faulty wire but could have been prevented by putting all the songs onto Myriad.
When the music resumes there is still technical difficulties which cause the song to be broadcasted at midway through, this is very unprofessional.
The features were played at their scheduled time and were very helpful as the pre recorded 9 minute quiz gave us a chance to get on our feet and hopefully give a more professional feel, also the 15minute dedicated to Children in Need was a success as most of it was features with a short input from the presenters.
We had decided that we would have two types of news a short one at quarter past and quarter to and then a longer more detailed one at half past. The program does contain a short and long news however they aren’t played at the specific time they should have been, this is one of my jobs however I didn’t fill the duty as we were all very under prepared. Before Nathan would read the news on each occasion we had developed a introduction for him which would allow the audience to know that the news was next, besides this the presenter decided not to play it and instead introduce him.
We had decided to make the presenter as more of a character, even though this would create a distance between the audience and the presenter it could be seen as more fun, so we thought putting a character on would be exciting quite similar to Westwood, who’s character is exaggerated and has a strong personality aswell as beliefs, however our character Boris came off as quite rude, thinking he was better than others. Some things that he would say such as “Next song is catch the train with Soul Sister” this is incorrect information as it is just Train by Soul Sister however he felt the need to add which I felt unnecessary and that our target audience wouldn’t appreciate.
I felt our radio program was not a success, as the level of professionalism was minimal and that if we worked as a team better then we could have has a successful show, I do feel the features were well received as a lot of work went into them especially with changing the levels on volume as some were originally too quiet.
Wednesday, 24 November 2010
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Audience Research
Questionnaire
1) What is your age range?
2) What Gender are you?
3) How often do you listen to the radio?
4) Where do you listen to the radio?
5) What time of day do you usually listen to it?
6. A) In the Morning what type of music would you want to hear?
b) In the morning would you want travel and news updates every minutes?
7) in the afternoon would you prefer to have a mixture of all genres?
8) Where you would prefer to have more features played?
9) What sort of music do you like listening to on the radio?
10) Do you like to hear regular news and travel updates?
11) Would you like to participate in games on the radio?
12) How do you usually participate in Children In Need?
13) What sort of content would you like to hear from the radio to raise money for Children In Need?
From this questionnaire we hope to learn what our audience wants from our radio shows and why, we feel these questions cover all of the topics and will provide the information needed to create a successful show.
Results
1. This isnt helpful information because the informationw e recieved was from the small sample of people we asked who majority were at college.To make this information more useful we could have asked a larger wider range of people and then separated the questionnaires into what age felt what, to help us understand our target audiences.
Understanding where our audiences listen to radio enables us to understand our audiences better as this shows how much they are most likely concentrating. Also its helpful for us to know what type of news and if travel updates are appropriate for our target audience, as this graph could have shown that most dont use a car.
1) What is your age range?
2) What Gender are you?
3) How often do you listen to the radio?
4) Where do you listen to the radio?
5) What time of day do you usually listen to it?
6. A) In the Morning what type of music would you want to hear?
b) In the morning would you want travel and news updates every minutes?
7) in the afternoon would you prefer to have a mixture of all genres?
8) Where you would prefer to have more features played?
9) What sort of music do you like listening to on the radio?
10) Do you like to hear regular news and travel updates?
11) Would you like to participate in games on the radio?
12) How do you usually participate in Children In Need?
13) What sort of content would you like to hear from the radio to raise money for Children In Need?
From this questionnaire we hope to learn what our audience wants from our radio shows and why, we feel these questions cover all of the topics and will provide the information needed to create a successful show.
Results
1. This isnt helpful information because the informationw e recieved was from the small sample of people we asked who majority were at college.To make this information more useful we could have asked a larger wider range of people and then separated the questionnaires into what age felt what, to help us understand our target audiences.
Understanding where our audiences listen to radio enables us to understand our audiences better as this shows how much they are most likely concentrating. Also its helpful for us to know what type of news and if travel updates are appropriate for our target audience, as this graph could have shown that most dont use a car.
This information is vital for learning about your target audience, I think we could have got more relaible results by seperating our information into what ages liked what as then we could have broken down our target audiecne so we knew exactly what they wanted, however the information we got still is useful. especially the music types because we had already deciding to do a mix style of genres for the afternoon show but not knowing which particular genres to include, from this questionnaire we know.Focus Group
We held a focus group on the 1st October with a handful of our target audiences, with mixed music styles and showed them a program similar to ours we chose Radio 1's Morning Show with Chris Moyles, we chose this program because our morning show is aimed at the same audience and we felt that this would provide the best base to compare what we hope our morning show can be. Also we let them listen to clips from rehearsals of morning show and afternoon, we explained that we hope to use their information and feedback to make our radio show more professional, along with individually letting them listen to our features, with this we had one on one so we could note down their reactions to the features. Finally we asked for their opinions on our draft playlist and set order.
Radio 1 feedback - "interesting topics", "fun games", "too much talk" these are a few quotes from the feedback we got, this information was helpful because it allowed us to create our radio show for what they wanted and most agreed there was too much talking we may decide to get a few topics but play more songs. From this we also learnt that our target audience enjoyed Radio 1's variety of music.
Our Shows feedback -"technically flawed" We expected a comment like this because are first shows are only rehearsals where we are getting used to the equipment however this reinforces the point that planning and rehearsals are neccessary. "enjoyed the range of music", "I understand the angle they are coming from" comments such as these help boosted our confidence and also helped us see that our target audience understand our radio show. Also during the clip of our morning show Jon has developed the idea of a creating a character called Boris, as a group we felt it was too much character in the morning but as the idea was unusual we would let our audience decide- “Jon talks like he is a lot older, his language is a mega contrast to Kris who seems quite chavy” and “presenter seemed different and he should be more original.” I think the person was just trying to put it politely but wanted to bring it to our attention that its quite unnecessary for the morning. Also during the focus group it was mentioned that it was hard to relate the shows as one company and therefore we needed to do something to let audiences know so we could make two features that tie in with each other.
Features feedback - whilst noting down their reactions to our features I noticed that most participated in the Quick Fire Game “I felt the quickfire round ended too soon but I joined in and had a laugh”, we can easily solve this by adding another round in, we felt it was more important that the game didnt go on for too long. Also comments such as “the quick fire I will introduce to my mates, it would be well funny.”is very satisfying as it shows we know our audience and what they might like.
Playlists- “they seem appropriate for time of day but the morning only has 6 songs in a hour!” after listening to other hour long shows we realised there was more talking than songs so we decided to follow this convention but through this focus group we learnt that they prefer more music.
"I like the idea of the news being every 15minutes as long as its not really long news cos that’s boring” we decided that at quarter to and quarter past we would have short news with quickly sums up and then at the half hour we would have the deatiled news because its a code and convention of morning shows to update news and travel every 15minutes, but that our target audience only want the basic.
“I really love the variety of bands in the afternoon show, I could sit with my friends who have different tastes and all enjoy it.” This was the point of our afternoon show, and its nice to know that from our focus group we learnt that trying to aim at a varity of genres is atainable.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Why Jon & Kris?
Why Jon in the morning?
Jon has created a personality which he plays in the morning called Boris.
Originally he wanted to create a large over exaggerating character who was obsessed with buses, however this character we felt would be too over powering and most likely annoy listeners. However we have suited the character to the genre of music and time of day, such as his mode of address and the use of voice. He has quite a melodic voice and speaks with a calm steady space which is appropriate for morning, also Jon is a quick thinker and able to react on impulse this is helpful when a problem might occur and we need to cover it up.
However I do feel Jon’s sense of humour isn’t always appropriate and therefore we will draft script him so that he knows what to say but can also add his own personal input to a conversation.
Jon is able to play with the pitch of his voice, however he tends to keep a clear monotone voice for most of it, but especially when talking to guests he shows his over excitement by speeding up the pace he talks and raising his voice to a near shout. He tends to use upward inflexion to provoke our guests into thinking for them selfs. We chose to give him guests because his voice can sometimes become dull, but the excitement shines through his voice very well and this makes it more interesting to listen to.
Why Kris in the afternoon?
Kris is simply being himself, his normal personality is chatty and he talks very fast with a common accent, he can experiment with his voice to make it interesting however he does it to add in comical effect. Kris is a presenter that we feel can relate to the audience we hope to attract in the afternoon. However there is a contrast between him and the music, because we wanted to a range of genres and contrast hip hop with indie but Kris’ style is drum n base mixed with hip hop. So we have taken a risk using him as the main presenter.
But I do feel it will be a success because of his personality being so diverse and his ability to rap and talk very fast mixed in with his style of presenting and variety of music hopefully should create a lively show.
The pitch of Kris's voice is quite deep, however he speeds the pace of it up very fast and is really playful with the projection of his voice, I think this is an amzing quality to be able to do. The correct space we are supposed to present on the radio is 3 words a second however I feel Kris talks quicker than this but because of our target audience being teenagers, I feel whatever speed Kris feels natural our audience will understand and therefore be intrigued to continue to listen.
I feel both presenters are well suited to their show, and will individualy have a succesful show.
Jon has created a personality which he plays in the morning called Boris.
Originally he wanted to create a large over exaggerating character who was obsessed with buses, however this character we felt would be too over powering and most likely annoy listeners. However we have suited the character to the genre of music and time of day, such as his mode of address and the use of voice. He has quite a melodic voice and speaks with a calm steady space which is appropriate for morning, also Jon is a quick thinker and able to react on impulse this is helpful when a problem might occur and we need to cover it up.
However I do feel Jon’s sense of humour isn’t always appropriate and therefore we will draft script him so that he knows what to say but can also add his own personal input to a conversation.
Jon is able to play with the pitch of his voice, however he tends to keep a clear monotone voice for most of it, but especially when talking to guests he shows his over excitement by speeding up the pace he talks and raising his voice to a near shout. He tends to use upward inflexion to provoke our guests into thinking for them selfs. We chose to give him guests because his voice can sometimes become dull, but the excitement shines through his voice very well and this makes it more interesting to listen to.
Why Kris in the afternoon?
Kris is simply being himself, his normal personality is chatty and he talks very fast with a common accent, he can experiment with his voice to make it interesting however he does it to add in comical effect. Kris is a presenter that we feel can relate to the audience we hope to attract in the afternoon. However there is a contrast between him and the music, because we wanted to a range of genres and contrast hip hop with indie but Kris’ style is drum n base mixed with hip hop. So we have taken a risk using him as the main presenter.
But I do feel it will be a success because of his personality being so diverse and his ability to rap and talk very fast mixed in with his style of presenting and variety of music hopefully should create a lively show.
The pitch of Kris's voice is quite deep, however he speeds the pace of it up very fast and is really playful with the projection of his voice, I think this is an amzing quality to be able to do. The correct space we are supposed to present on the radio is 3 words a second however I feel Kris talks quicker than this but because of our target audience being teenagers, I feel whatever speed Kris feels natural our audience will understand and therefore be intrigued to continue to listen.
I feel both presenters are well suited to their show, and will individualy have a succesful show.
Monday, 1 November 2010
draft scripts
Morning Show
Intro- Jon- "Hello and Good Morning to Phresh FM, I am Jon..."
Brett- " And Im Brett, to get this show started we have Mambo Number 5"
Jon- "hope you enjoyed that, now I would like to introduce you to my 3 guests.. Jamie, Kris and Craig, yes Kris and Craig do have their own show but this morning theyve decided to come in."
They all start to talk and say hello - General banter 20secs
Jon- "So theres a new film out called paranormal activity anyone of my guests going to see it this weekend?"
Continue conversation about 2minutes.
Brett- "Up now Akon with Beautiful"
Jon- "Thanks for the update Nathan, now we have all been watching x factor or hearing people talk about so here we go, the latest news is that Wagner is unhappy at being Booed on last weeks show, Brett what do you think?"
Continue Conversation.
Jon- "Well heres Train with Soul Sister."
Brett- "Hope you enjoyed that, so now its time for our Phresh Quiz, with Me Kris and Gemma"
Jon - "Well done to Kris for winning that one. We actually recorded that this morning before the show started so sorry about it not being live, hope you all joined in."
Brett- "and yes did you realise that Gemma didnt spell that word correctly thats hardly fair I want a rematch"
Jon- "tough becuase its time for Micheal Buble - Just Havent Met You Yet then the news with Nathan"
Brett- "So we are all here to raise awareness of Children in Need, we arent here to preach at you to donate but to simply get involved so here we have dedicated 15minutes from our show to the cause. Coming up we have a a message from a little girl and then something lighthearted and hopefully a sing along for most 0f you. So heres Ellie"
Jon- "that is quite upsetting but I do have faith that since Children in Need began we have raised over 500million. This year Stratford College have taken on the challenge for a second year to do their own attempt at the BBC's Children in Need program but more about that later, First we have the top songs from Children in Need history all mashed up together and here for you."
Jon- "that was Andy Tyres with all the information you need about Stratford College Does Children in Need now the news followed by Tinie Tempah with Written in the Stars."
Brett adds his own piece of random news from the world and the guests all talk.
"Heres Cheryl Cole with her number one hit The Promise."
Jon- "So thats all we have for you today, I want to say thank you from me and the rest of the Phresh FM team, tune into Kris' Afternoon show and Log onto Phresh Fm on facebook, to play us out we have HardFi- Living for the Weekend"
Afternoon Show
Intro- "Hi Im Kris. Today we have lots of fresh tunes for you. Along with games, features and the latest news, including xfactor and ...................(whatever is a topic for the show).
Also we have 15 minutes dedicated to Children In Need, raising awareness and money for the children who are in need, also we have an interview with Andy Tyres who is head of the media department at Stratford College where they are recreating the BBC's Children in Need show, but thats later on. Up now we have Bruno Mars with Just The Way You Are."
first topic- "So everyone is talking about .........." (give the general facts of the topic & his opinion)
"Craig what do you feel?"
Game starts and in the minute soundbed we attached to the introduction of the game Craig uses this time to explain the rules.
- " its a word association game, the quiz master will say a word and the two guests playing face to face must compete to see who can continue the game on and on without repeating a word or stumbling. The person who can think the quickest wins the game."
Kris - "Well done to the winner! Up next we have Eight Legs with Vicious."
Kris - "That was my holiday song, sat on a beach listening to Edward Mayer - Stereo Love, and before that was Eight Legs. Next we have a quick little game called Wheres Jon, if you dont know who Jon is well then youre not missing out, he is our morning presenter and seems to have got a little lost on his time off. He'll describe where he is, what it looks like, what it smells like and our guests will help you try to figure out where he is, when you think you know get on our Facebook page and leave a comment and we shall read it out on the show. Also while youre there check out our videos and our Children in Need section to see how you can raise money. So heres Wheres Jon?"
CIN- Kris and Craig -
Kris - " Everybody knows about Children In Need, its a live program where lots of celebrities and the public join together to raise money and awareness of these children who are in need, and its been going since 1980 and so far its raised £500million."
Craig - "Wow thats alot of money, the very first Children in Need was on the radio in 1927 where a short 5minute broadcast was viewed to the world on Christmas Day."
Kris - "well thats enough from us heres a message from a little girl called Ellie followed by the top songs from past Children in Need."
Craig - "Next we have an interview with Andy Tyres followed by Taio Cruz with Break Your Heart."
Kris - Talks about his random fact of the week involves guests.
"and up next a fav song of mine Tinie Tempah- written in the stars."
Kris- "Ive one song left and then I'm off, hope you guys have enjoyed the show, dont forget to watch Children in Need tomorrow on Stratcast, Heres Glee - Dont Stop Believing. See ya"
Intro- Jon- "Hello and Good Morning to Phresh FM, I am Jon..."
Brett- " And Im Brett, to get this show started we have Mambo Number 5"
Jon- "hope you enjoyed that, now I would like to introduce you to my 3 guests.. Jamie, Kris and Craig, yes Kris and Craig do have their own show but this morning theyve decided to come in."
They all start to talk and say hello - General banter 20secs
Jon- "So theres a new film out called paranormal activity anyone of my guests going to see it this weekend?"
Continue conversation about 2minutes.
Brett- "Up now Akon with Beautiful"
Jon- "Thanks for the update Nathan, now we have all been watching x factor or hearing people talk about so here we go, the latest news is that Wagner is unhappy at being Booed on last weeks show, Brett what do you think?"
Continue Conversation.
Jon- "Well heres Train with Soul Sister."
Brett- "Hope you enjoyed that, so now its time for our Phresh Quiz, with Me Kris and Gemma"
Jon - "Well done to Kris for winning that one. We actually recorded that this morning before the show started so sorry about it not being live, hope you all joined in."
Brett- "and yes did you realise that Gemma didnt spell that word correctly thats hardly fair I want a rematch"
Jon- "tough becuase its time for Micheal Buble - Just Havent Met You Yet then the news with Nathan"
Brett- "So we are all here to raise awareness of Children in Need, we arent here to preach at you to donate but to simply get involved so here we have dedicated 15minutes from our show to the cause. Coming up we have a a message from a little girl and then something lighthearted and hopefully a sing along for most 0f you. So heres Ellie"
Jon- "that is quite upsetting but I do have faith that since Children in Need began we have raised over 500million. This year Stratford College have taken on the challenge for a second year to do their own attempt at the BBC's Children in Need program but more about that later, First we have the top songs from Children in Need history all mashed up together and here for you."
Jon- "that was Andy Tyres with all the information you need about Stratford College Does Children in Need now the news followed by Tinie Tempah with Written in the Stars."
Brett adds his own piece of random news from the world and the guests all talk.
"Heres Cheryl Cole with her number one hit The Promise."
Jon- "So thats all we have for you today, I want to say thank you from me and the rest of the Phresh FM team, tune into Kris' Afternoon show and Log onto Phresh Fm on facebook, to play us out we have HardFi- Living for the Weekend"
Afternoon Show
Intro- "Hi Im Kris. Today we have lots of fresh tunes for you. Along with games, features and the latest news, including xfactor and ...................(whatever is a topic for the show).
Also we have 15 minutes dedicated to Children In Need, raising awareness and money for the children who are in need, also we have an interview with Andy Tyres who is head of the media department at Stratford College where they are recreating the BBC's Children in Need show, but thats later on. Up now we have Bruno Mars with Just The Way You Are."
first topic- "So everyone is talking about .........." (give the general facts of the topic & his opinion)
"Craig what do you feel?"
Game starts and in the minute soundbed we attached to the introduction of the game Craig uses this time to explain the rules.
- " its a word association game, the quiz master will say a word and the two guests playing face to face must compete to see who can continue the game on and on without repeating a word or stumbling. The person who can think the quickest wins the game."
Kris - "Well done to the winner! Up next we have Eight Legs with Vicious."
Kris - "That was my holiday song, sat on a beach listening to Edward Mayer - Stereo Love, and before that was Eight Legs. Next we have a quick little game called Wheres Jon, if you dont know who Jon is well then youre not missing out, he is our morning presenter and seems to have got a little lost on his time off. He'll describe where he is, what it looks like, what it smells like and our guests will help you try to figure out where he is, when you think you know get on our Facebook page and leave a comment and we shall read it out on the show. Also while youre there check out our videos and our Children in Need section to see how you can raise money. So heres Wheres Jon?"
CIN- Kris and Craig -
Kris - " Everybody knows about Children In Need, its a live program where lots of celebrities and the public join together to raise money and awareness of these children who are in need, and its been going since 1980 and so far its raised £500million."
Craig - "Wow thats alot of money, the very first Children in Need was on the radio in 1927 where a short 5minute broadcast was viewed to the world on Christmas Day."
Kris - "well thats enough from us heres a message from a little girl called Ellie followed by the top songs from past Children in Need."
Craig - "Next we have an interview with Andy Tyres followed by Taio Cruz with Break Your Heart."
Kris - Talks about his random fact of the week involves guests.
"and up next a fav song of mine Tinie Tempah- written in the stars."
Kris- "Ive one song left and then I'm off, hope you guys have enjoyed the show, dont forget to watch Children in Need tomorrow on Stratcast, Heres Glee - Dont Stop Believing. See ya"
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