Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Radio Jingles Evaluation
I have not got my radio jingle on my blog because Im having problems uploading it.
For this assignment, I used a computer program called 'Adobe Soundbooth', to allow myself to produce 3 different radio jingles for 'SNC Live' radio. I also used another program called 'Garage Band', to produce the "cheesy" music. The 3 different jingles were, a News jingle, a Show Promo and a Station Ident jingle.
Unfortunately I was unable to finish producing the News, and Station Ident jingles, due to being absent from illness. I also did not record my voice for any of the jingles, which was the biggest problem, as I didn't feel confident enough to speak out in front of the class in complete silence. I would of completed this part of the jingle if we were in a separate room, and this would allow me to concentrate better.
Overall, I thought the sound effects and music of the Show Promo were very appealing and appropriate. To start off, I chose a bleeping sound effect, which sounded like a countdown, to suggest that something exciting was launching on SNC Live. If this was used in any jingle, it would immediately grab the audience’s attention. The alarm clock sound effect in the Show Promo jingle, was used to represent the show would be "on air" in the morning. This was quite effective; as already I have informed what time the show would be on, without using speech. The music I also chose to use was very sensible in the jingle, as it related to the genre of music, which would be played on the radio show. Also making the jingle sound more interesting, I mixed the clips of the songs together, to make it sound like a play list of music. Lastly, to assure my Show Promo would be a success, I added in other jingle music from Garage Band, to prevent any blank sound. I chose upbeat music to use to make it more appealing and also, I talked over the music to allow more time for extra, useful information to the audience.
For the News jingle, I used the ‘Garage Band’ program to create a techno beat sound for the jingle music. I chose this type of music, as it produced a serious vibe to the jingle. I really liked the music I produced because, simply it sounded like News music, which was ideal! Again I chose to use the bleeping countdown sound effect, which would of been very effective. This highlighted the News jingle very well, because it sounded very similar to the 'BBC News' music.
Due to absence from college, I was unable to even start the Station Ident jingle.
In conclusion with all the work I was able to produce, I thought the jingles music and the sound effects presented the information of the radio show very successfully. This was very effective and interesting in a radio jingle as normally, information of a radio show is informed through speech.
For this assignment, I used a computer program called 'Adobe Soundbooth', to allow myself to produce 3 different radio jingles for 'SNC Live' radio. I also used another program called 'Garage Band', to produce the "cheesy" music. The 3 different jingles were, a News jingle, a Show Promo and a Station Ident jingle.
Unfortunately I was unable to finish producing the News, and Station Ident jingles, due to being absent from illness. I also did not record my voice for any of the jingles, which was the biggest problem, as I didn't feel confident enough to speak out in front of the class in complete silence. I would of completed this part of the jingle if we were in a separate room, and this would allow me to concentrate better.
Overall, I thought the sound effects and music of the Show Promo were very appealing and appropriate. To start off, I chose a bleeping sound effect, which sounded like a countdown, to suggest that something exciting was launching on SNC Live. If this was used in any jingle, it would immediately grab the audience’s attention. The alarm clock sound effect in the Show Promo jingle, was used to represent the show would be "on air" in the morning. This was quite effective; as already I have informed what time the show would be on, without using speech. The music I also chose to use was very sensible in the jingle, as it related to the genre of music, which would be played on the radio show. Also making the jingle sound more interesting, I mixed the clips of the songs together, to make it sound like a play list of music. Lastly, to assure my Show Promo would be a success, I added in other jingle music from Garage Band, to prevent any blank sound. I chose upbeat music to use to make it more appealing and also, I talked over the music to allow more time for extra, useful information to the audience.
For the News jingle, I used the ‘Garage Band’ program to create a techno beat sound for the jingle music. I chose this type of music, as it produced a serious vibe to the jingle. I really liked the music I produced because, simply it sounded like News music, which was ideal! Again I chose to use the bleeping countdown sound effect, which would of been very effective. This highlighted the News jingle very well, because it sounded very similar to the 'BBC News' music.
Due to absence from college, I was unable to even start the Station Ident jingle.
In conclusion with all the work I was able to produce, I thought the jingles music and the sound effects presented the information of the radio show very successfully. This was very effective and interesting in a radio jingle as normally, information of a radio show is informed through speech.
Show Promo Radio Jingle Script
(Play jingle music)
"This is SNC Live, with Abby, weekdays from 9-11am, bringing the best music to you."
(Play mix of music)
(Play alarm clock sound effect)
"Wake up with Abby on Suffolk New College Live!" (Play jingle music, while speaking)
"Tune into SNC Live on, 98.4 and 96.1, for your future entertainment."
(Fade out jingle music)
"This is SNC Live, with Abby, weekdays from 9-11am, bringing the best music to you."
(Play mix of music)
(Play alarm clock sound effect)
"Wake up with Abby on Suffolk New College Live!" (Play jingle music, while speaking)
"Tune into SNC Live on, 98.4 and 96.1, for your future entertainment."
(Fade out jingle music)
Codes and Conventions for Radio Jingles
For a radio jingle to be clear and successful, it needs to follow the appropriate codes and conventions. Radio jingles are mostly created for advertising. This could be for a radio show/station, products, events, or even for helplines.
In a radio jingle, it must include useful, factual information such as, who is presenting, what type of show or music would be played, when the show is, and lastly the station name and frequency number.
To put in perspective, the music must be appropriate for the type of show/radio station jingle; an example would be Classic FM, so the music must match the genre of orchestral, instrumental or Opera.
Before planning and producing a radio jingle, firstly you need to think about your target audience. Therefore this could differ on the type of language you use in the jingle; either formal or informal language. For example, BBC Radio 2 is aimed at the older audience, so they use very formal language, as this appeals more to elderly people.
Following these simple codes and conventions, allows you to create a well produced jingle.
In a radio jingle, it must include useful, factual information such as, who is presenting, what type of show or music would be played, when the show is, and lastly the station name and frequency number.
To put in perspective, the music must be appropriate for the type of show/radio station jingle; an example would be Classic FM, so the music must match the genre of orchestral, instrumental or Opera.
Before planning and producing a radio jingle, firstly you need to think about your target audience. Therefore this could differ on the type of language you use in the jingle; either formal or informal language. For example, BBC Radio 2 is aimed at the older audience, so they use very formal language, as this appeals more to elderly people.
Following these simple codes and conventions, allows you to create a well produced jingle.
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
8 Shot Journey Evaluation
For our first Video Production assignment, we had to produce a video, producing 8 shots to demonstrate a journey, from one destination to another.
As part of the Pre-Production, we made a storyboard of the shots, in which we were willing to produce. In this we included not only the drawings of the shots, but also the shot sizes and stage directions. Although before making the storyboard, I walked around the college building to gather some ideas of locations, which I wanted to film in the journey. I thought the locations I chose for the video were both easy and difficult to shoot. Although, in conclusion I think the locations I filmed were quite interesting.
Overall, I think the quality of the editing and filming was very good, because I varied the types of shots I used, to make the video more complex. I also included a couple of fading out transitions to produce a softer approach from one shot, to another. Although I did make mistakes in shots 2 and 4, as I was filming in front of a mirror in the lifts, so the audience can see me filming!
As part of the Pre-Production, we made a storyboard of the shots, in which we were willing to produce. In this we included not only the drawings of the shots, but also the shot sizes and stage directions. Although before making the storyboard, I walked around the college building to gather some ideas of locations, which I wanted to film in the journey. I thought the locations I chose for the video were both easy and difficult to shoot. Although, in conclusion I think the locations I filmed were quite interesting.
Overall, I think the quality of the editing and filming was very good, because I varied the types of shots I used, to make the video more complex. I also included a couple of fading out transitions to produce a softer approach from one shot, to another. Although I did make mistakes in shots 2 and 4, as I was filming in front of a mirror in the lifts, so the audience can see me filming!
8 Shot Journey Video/Storyboard/Log Sheet
8 Shot Journey Video
Camera Logging Sheet
This is my logging sheet for my 8 Shot Journey. The logging sheet is to note down all your shots/takes and the time on the tape, which you recorded the take. It is also for organising which takes you want to use in a video.
Storyboard
This is my storyboard for my 8 Shot journey. Storyboards are used to plan your production and to design the type of shot you want.
Friday, 9 October 2009
Pinhole Camera Images - Evaluation
For our first photography project, we went out to different locations inside and outside around the college, to be able to produce photographs using pinhole cameras.
These are the pinhole camera negatives, which I developed.
This first image is of the college balcony looking down into the Atrium. The exposure time for this photograph was 2 minutes. I was pleased with this photo the most, because I managed to expose the light for the right amount of time, which produced the shape and detail of the room very effectively. I think the various tones of grey highlights the detail very well. Although, I do not like the black dots in the image, as it makes the photo look untidy. If I was to produce this image again, I would definitely make sure I sat the camera on the floor instead of holding it. The black dots were mostly caused by slightly moving the camera.
I thought this edit was the most interesting out of all of them because, swapping the tones around visualises the trees more clearer. In the negative, the trees are not very clear at all. Although by swapping the tonal colours around, this made most of the photo look like its been over exposed.
These are the pinhole camera negatives, which I developed.
This first image is of the college balcony looking down into the Atrium. The exposure time for this photograph was 2 minutes. I was pleased with this photo the most, because I managed to expose the light for the right amount of time, which produced the shape and detail of the room very effectively. I think the various tones of grey highlights the detail very well. Although, I do not like the black dots in the image, as it makes the photo look untidy. If I was to produce this image again, I would definitely make sure I sat the camera on the floor instead of holding it. The black dots were mostly caused by slightly moving the camera.
In this second image, a row of trees and part of the college was meant to be shown. This photo was the one I was most disappointed with, because there is a lot of white space shown and a big blotch of black floating in the middle of the image. The exposure time for this one was 10 seconds, but I think I needed to expose the light a little bit longer to prevent so much white space. I also managed to get my fingerprint on the photo paper too, which didn't make it look any better. Overall, I think this image is very messy. To make this image come out better, I would need to expose the light a little bit longer and again place the camera on the ground, to prevent camera shake.
This image is of some bikes outside the college building. I really like this photo as again I managed to outline the shape and detail of the scene very well, by exposing the light for the right amount of time. The exposure time for this pinhole image was 12 seconds. Although there is a few bright white spaces, but I think it makes the image look more interesting because it adds vibrancy to the photo, which does not make the image just seem grey and boring. To outline the bike even better, I would point the camera closer to the bike.
This last image was the very first photo I produced with the pinhole camera. It is fair to say that this image was a disaster, as it is obvious that the whole image is just black. I exposed the light from outside for 30 seconds, which was too long. That is why the image is covered in black. All I needed to do to produce this image correctly, was to expose the light for a shorter amount of time.
These are the images after I edited them on Adobe Photoshop.
I really like this edit of the first image because I swapped the colours around, so there is more black than white. This also made the image look as if it was taken in the evening, so not only the colours changed, but gave the image a whole different time phrase. Swapping the black and white colour over, has also produced the black dots, white. Although I didn't like the black dots in the original photo, I really like the white dots in this edit, as it looks like light is being reflected off the windows.
I thought this edit was the most interesting out of all of them because, swapping the tones around visualises the trees more clearer. In the negative, the trees are not very clear at all. Although by swapping the tonal colours around, this made most of the photo look like its been over exposed.
This was my favourite edited image, because changing round the tones made the whole picture seem more understandable and clearer. It neither changes the time of day or look under or over exposed.
In conclusion, I thought the pinhole photos I developed were both good and bad because, some of them had an understanding of what was portrayed in the image, whereas some did not from under or over exposing the light.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Pinhole Cameras
A camera is a device that records images either as a still photograph or as moving images known as videos or movies. The term comes from the camera obscurer, an early mechanism of projecting images where an entire room functioned as a real time imaging system; the modern camera evolved from the camera obscurer.
A pinhole camera is a very simple camera with no lens and consists of either a strong cardboard box or a tin.
To make a pinhole camera, the whole inside of the tin or box needs to be painted black, so there is no light reflected inside. This is because light sensitive photo paper is used to process the image. Light can only be let in when you take the picture. To create an image using a pinhole camera, you need a hole cut in the box or tin; this can be anywhere you want. Tin foil also needs to cover the hole and then make a cardboard flap, to create the shutter. Allowing the light to come through, a small pin hole is pressed through the tin foil, to create a pinhole image. Once you’ve decided what image to take, lift the shutter up and hold it up for the correct amount of time. Then when developing it in a dark room, your image should start to appear.
A pinhole camera is a very simple camera with no lens and consists of either a strong cardboard box or a tin.
To make a pinhole camera, the whole inside of the tin or box needs to be painted black, so there is no light reflected inside. This is because light sensitive photo paper is used to process the image. Light can only be let in when you take the picture. To create an image using a pinhole camera, you need a hole cut in the box or tin; this can be anywhere you want. Tin foil also needs to cover the hole and then make a cardboard flap, to create the shutter. Allowing the light to come through, a small pin hole is pressed through the tin foil, to create a pinhole image. Once you’ve decided what image to take, lift the shutter up and hold it up for the correct amount of time. Then when developing it in a dark room, your image should start to appear.
Welcome! :D
Hi my names Abby Card, I'm a media college student and welcome to my blog! Included in this blog page will be all my college media work such as, pinhole camera images, an 8 Shot journey video, radio jingles, and any other audio, photography and video production work. Have fun!
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