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Attached is my final radio show completed! 

Evaluation - Preliminary Task to Final Task

When looking at how my research and planning skills have improved from when creating my Preliminary Task to my Final Radio Production, it is evident that my skills have advanced and I now have a wider understanding of the technology and software used. 

My Preliminary Task was a very brief radio show that was completed without much research and planning whereas when I created my Final Task i ensured to do much more research and more planning inorder for the task to be as best as possible. It occurred to me that it was extremely important to find the best vocal range so that the Radio sounds as authentic as possible. 

When doing my preliminary task, i used a small amount of technology. This gave me  slight experience and an idea of what I will be doing for my Final Radio show and it definitely prepared me for when I started to edit and then completed my final radio task, however not in so much detail. When finished recording for my Final Task, i was introduced to different forms of editing on the Adobe Software.  I was able to mix different sound effects together to create the perfect sounds needed on the clips. 

After all learning all of this, and understanding how to do work with the software, It gave me more enthusiasm to make harder adverts and challenge myself to complete them. I included Voxpops, outside broadcasts, music and different sound effects which made everything more authentic and realistic. 

Below is a clip from my Preliminary Task 




Below are two different clips from the same advert. I used the technology to record everyone individually and then combine each clip together



After completing my Preliminary Task, I knew that i had several things that had to be done in order to improve the sound of the Radio Project. I wrote a list of different things that I knew I had to improve

• Picking better voices to make the radio sound more authentic 
• While writing my script I will use the language that suits each character more 
• Use more voices to make the radio sound more authentic 
• Get better music to attract my target audience 
• Edit the voices so that there are no stutters

Evaluation - Technology

When I completed my Preliminary Task I was not so familiar with the technology and the use of the software. It was all very new to me, and very confusing. I learnt about the uses of all different technologies used to create both my Final Task and Preliminary task. I used a SURE SM58 when recording both tasks, all sound effects used was taken from the BBC Sound Effects Library. Adobe 1.5 was the software I used to create the Radio Show. The adobe software allows me to take clips recorded and edit them but shortening them or inserting clips in between. I was also able to create my own background noises during voxpops and interviews to ensure that it sounds as realistic as possible. 

When using the Adobe Multitrack, it allowed me to overlap many different files to create one large final file. I was able to make it sound like there was street sounds in a voxpop without going outside. 

The Microphone was also one of the main uses in recording. It has an anti pop guard to prevent any hissing and unnecessary sounds. When the sounds where not as clear as needed, i was able to remove them with Adobe Audition. It allowed me to combine the tracks using the multitrack option. The software also allowed me to adjust the volume and quality of each sound. This meant that i was able to fade voices in and out - this became useful for my News Stories.