P6: Learners follow their planned audio script in the production of their podcast.

Talking about the audio 

Below is a snapshot of my edited audio with layers of music and sound effects underneath it from Adobe Audition. The top layer is my recording and as you can see I had to cut a huge amount of pauses out of the original. The layer underneath in a brown colour is the sound effect of a car engine that comes in quickly. There was no editing done to that layer. The third blue audio is music that I got off a no copyright site. I used it as my intro music for the interview. The last layer which is in light green is a repeated atmospheric audio clip of traffic that was recored outside the college grounds. I had to cut the clip so short as there was some disturbance near the beginning and I had no time to go record more, so I had to repeat the same clip over so that it sounded like a long clip of traffic going past.

Edit decision list on the interview

P5: You need to record sound elements for use in a podcast

Setting up appropriate equipment  

Above is a image that I took before starting the interview. It contains visually how I recorded the interview, a laptop with my script on so I can run by it and base most questions off of it and my phone which was used to record the whole thing. I kept it in place so there was no disturbance to the final audio, for example little bumps or static. 

We were both sat on a sofa where there was space between us and the phone and laptop so we didn't interact and ruin the audio. The environment was set in my mum's bedroom as that happens to have no outside noise breaking through. 

Following the audio script  

The script that I stuck to is present throughout all my work on this blog. When interviewing my mum, the questions that were on the script stayed the same when spoken verbally. However maybe once or twice, I reworded the question as it didn't sound right once off paper. Other then that the script stayed the same.




Describe what sounds i've used and why i've done that

The image above shows the first audio effect that I put into my editing of the radio podcast. It's timing is short and quick but it's still effective. It's used in the opening of my production as a theme which matches with the storyline of the podcast. The actual audio is of a car engine revving up. I thought it would give a hit to what my production is about if i put it into the opening with one music on top of it. 

This second image connects to the first image as it's the music that overlaps the car engine for the opening music. It's not copyrighted and is off of a free music website that does short music for videos. It doesn't have an emotion or a set speed as it's just a melo tune.  

This third and final audio effect is a atmospheric sound of traffic that I recorded outside of the college along the main road. It was a short recording as I had interruptions throughout the original audio, so i had to cut it and then just repeat the audio over and over so there was some background noise to underlay the podcast. 

Feed back on my interview 

Constructive 

- Atmosphere is a bit repetitive.

- Some of the questions could be reasoned - let the subject speak. 

- Could be a minute shorter at heart!

- 2 minutes-5:48 should be followed by some of the early answers after rage. 

- Make transitions smoother.

- Sounds like it needs to carry on.

Compliments
- The most interesting section is the US/UK comparison.
- Good story/content but audio was a bit quite at times.

- Like the casual style of the interview.

- Nice communication between the interview.
- Funny and good content.
- Funny parts near the end.