The Putting together of my Radio Jingle on Adobe Audition

24/02/2009( THE WORK IN PROCESS) - 27/03/2009 ( COMPLETED)

As I had recorded the parts I utmostly needed. I went on a computer and started a long process of choosing the Correct recording as some of them had many mistakes. I had chosen my recordings and started to compile and add them to the progam were I can cut certain bits out, pan the recordings as well as adding the right sound effects.

I had to add right sound effects so it is perfect for the time of day aswell as sharing the link with my intended audience. As I have mentioned in my Past Entries.

Through out the two months I had done many recordings with my group in which we edited differently afterwards.We had to write out the scripts to have as less mistakes as possible whilst in the recording studio even though we could cut out the little mistakes with Adobe Audition.

When I had recorded my my 5 minute radio jingle I had to construct it in such a way that it flows and sounds as professional as possible. I had visited a website were you could get free sound samples which I had used effectively as possible. I had used conventions of an radio broadcast such as Theme Tunes, Voxpop, a Serious Story as well as an Humorous story.

I had took so long to complete my radio jingle due to customising my Radio Jingle and tweaking it as much as I could from advice and criticisms from my peers. I had re- recorded certain parts of recordings due to it sounding unclear so it was near clear quality.

When I had deconstructed radio broadcasts I had picked out the conventions I wanted to use and I had picked up on how the tone and speed of it was and what stories were being broadcasted. I had added sounds in between stories so listeners can differentiate and so It flows quickly and efficiently.

When I had finished my editing I was satisfied I had realised that whilst listening to it wearing headphones the sound differentiated from how it sounded from my speakers so I left it as it will take alot of time on a tight schedule to redo alot of parts

How I added the Convention of Voxpops in My 5 minute Jingle

For My first story which was about a fatal stabbing in Neasden on a 182 bus. I had to other local residents idea's on the incident itself and how is it being delt with properly
With my group we had interviewed a couple of locals on Wembley High street where we recorded their opinions on what had happend and the rise of knife crime also. There was 2 views on this case one that seems to think Londons crime rate isn't alarming and the one's who think it should be dealt with properly

My Script For the 5 minute Radio Jingle

First of All before recording I had to write a script this is shown below. This is my script of the Radio Jingle. As a group we had different section of the script this is mine shown below.

Hello it’s Hitesh Varsani and your listening to W.A.V.Y Fm today we have 3 different stories which are:
Local boy stabbed in Wembley
The increase in A Level results In Brent
And a ridiculous day when the sky went black and many people thought it was a scene from the film apocalypse.

First the tragic story of a youth getting stabbed whilst on the 182.
We are going to Nathan Wauchope for the latest developments on this case.
(Nathan Wauchope Should have his script)

The knife crime epidemic in London has sadly gained another victim this week.

A teenager is fighting for his life after he was stabbed on a 182 bus in Wembley.

The Police were called at 1.30pm, to Wembley Park Underground Station where they found the injured 17-year-old in a critical condition.

He was taken to an east London hospital by air ambulance and is still fighting for his life.

A weapon has not been recovered and there have been no arrests.

Our thoughts are now with the family of the teen.

With this incident the total number of fatal stabbings has increased to a shocking 7 this year alone, despite a crackdown by the government on knife crime.

Our 2nd story is on the Rising AS Levels in Brent

1.Hitesh: Now we have Zeinab Yamout, one of the Local Education Officer
2.Zeinab: Hello, nice to meet you!

1. What do you think of the cause of the rising A-Level results in Brent?
2. I think that the children of today now see that A-Levels are actually quite important in the future and are trying to work hard on getting the grades they know they can achieve.

1. Do you think the rise of A-Level results will see an increase in university applicant from this Area?
2. I think so, yes, now that they have achieved their grades at A-Level, they can go on and achieve a higher level at University and could even get a degree.

1. A-Level in Brent is still considerable lower than the rest of the UK. What do you think the Government can do to change it?
2. I think that the Government can go inspect the teachers while they are teaching A-Level student and maybe talk to the student individually and see they feel about the learning environment in their College or 6th Form.

H1 - Saving the best till last. A group of locals scared for their lives thought the sky went black instead it was a flock of pigeons. Now we go to Hadiya Abdi; a resident of the area and an avid birdwatcher. Why don’t you tell us about what happened earlier today?

H2 – several residents this morning woke up to find that the sky was pitch-black and without any other logical explanation many people began to think it was the end of the world

H1 – so what really did happen?

H2 – the large black cloud turned out to be a large flock of pigeons, which was indeed very unusual as pigeons rarely travel in such large groups

H1 – so we can’t really blame them for thinking the apocalypse had arrived?

H2 – (Laugh) I guess not

How I maximised the use of the program (ADOBE AUDITION)

Today at the CLC I was getting a grip on how to use Adobe Audition. I learnt the basic features of this program which i may use in my Editing and sound mixing of the 5 minute radio jingle. Aswell as adding the basic feautures to my disposal i also learnt the much complicated features of the software aswell. I had learnt how to pan, fade in and out properly. Today was a kick start for my 5 minute radio jingle

How I got my sound effects

To get my sound effects I had to find websites which use sounds that weren't copy writed. So after a few tries on Google I had finally found a site which helped me achieve and add proffessionalism to my broadcast. The sounds I had found were from a free source so it was freely acessable to the whole group

http://www.soundsnap.com

Preparation of my Script

For the preparation of my script I had to work in a group so I can understand my role fully and how to act it fully, aswell as deconstructing jingles. We all helped eachother with questions to be asked and how they could be answered. To write my script I had many drafts so I can perfect it and make sound as professional as possible. I had also wrote out and rephrased some questions to ask questions to my guests.

Starting and preparation of my 5 minute Radio Jingle

Before actually starting my 5 minute radio jingle, I had to deconstruct many radio broadcasts so I can pick out the normal conventions of them. I had to see the tone's of the DJ, the pace of the broadcasts, how many stories they were in 5 minutes and how quick each one was read.
This is what i based my own 5 minute jingle on. I also had to choose the stories that I was going to present in my broadcast.
As a group of 4 we both divided the roles as the Presesnter(Inside the Studio), Outside Broadcaster( Person outside reporting a serious story), Education Minister( She is visiting in the Studio), and a funny story(which someone had rang in).
Above are some of the conventions of a short Radio Broadcast