Equipment
Lenovo H500 Desktop PC- £229.99
We need this to store tracks on the playserver and for editing and putting together our show
Rode NT1 Studio Condenser Microphone Package £159.99
We'll need microphones to record the show, and good ones to do it effectively
Pro Tools 11- £154.80
Pro tools is a jingle creator and mixer which we will need for the show, it will also be used to edit interviews and the actual show
Soundcraft EPM8 Channel Mixer £171.99
We need the mixing desk to edit and make sound changes to the tracks and jingles on our show.
Blue Office Swivel Chair- £14.99
Sennheiser HD335 Headphones x3 £120
Need for cues and mixing songs so it can be done efficiently
DAC Cartwall £35+£75
Used to store all the jingles and sound effects that are needed on the show
PRS License £727
The license will allow us to broadcast music on the radio with no issues to do with copyright.
Total- £1687
Some of these will already be subsidised by Sheffield Live! from their donations and what they have purchased themselves. ie. the PRS license
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
LO5: Copyright and PRS. Legal and Ethical Issues
Copyright is a legal right created by the lawmakers of a country which grants the creator of the original work exclusive rights to the distribution of it. A PRS License will cost £300 which is needed for the Punk is Dead show. It will allow us to play all the copyrighted music that we would need to play on the show. This is vital as we will be playing music from signed record labels, like The Clash and The Seeds, as well we will use jingles that use music from signed and popular artists so we will need the PRS license and possibly permission from the label. For unsigned bands we will need permission from the artist, and we would need to check if they are signed up to PRS for the money that the band would earn from the content we play. This would be obtained from the advertisements on the show. However Sheffield Live! will have a PRS license.
We will abide by OFCOM regulations by not being offensive, this includes no racism, sexism and discriminate content. We also would not promote inappropriate material and/or activity. We will not use explicit language, even though our show is not targeted at younger people, due to the time we will air the show, it means children may be listening, so it would be incredibly irresponsible to use inappropriate language.
Our Phone-ins, quizzes and interviews will be recorded before the show. If any language that will break OFCOM rules is used then we will either edit it out, or if it is too drastic we will not use that voice clip in the show so that we receive no repercussions from OFCOM. All legal and ethical issues will be addressed at production meetings that will happen before the show, so that we are very clear on the content we will be putting out to the public.
We will abide by OFCOM regulations by not being offensive, this includes no racism, sexism and discriminate content. We also would not promote inappropriate material and/or activity. We will not use explicit language, even though our show is not targeted at younger people, due to the time we will air the show, it means children may be listening, so it would be incredibly irresponsible to use inappropriate language.
Our Phone-ins, quizzes and interviews will be recorded before the show. If any language that will break OFCOM rules is used then we will either edit it out, or if it is too drastic we will not use that voice clip in the show so that we receive no repercussions from OFCOM. All legal and ethical issues will be addressed at production meetings that will happen before the show, so that we are very clear on the content we will be putting out to the public.
LO5 Contingency Plans
Equipment:
If for whatever reason we were unable to use Sheffield Live's equipment, we would first approach our college and ask them if we could use any of their equipment for the broadcast of our radio show. If this is not possible, we would have to wait until the equipment in Sheffield Live studios is available for use then rearrange a date. However, if the equipment still cannot be used by us we may even have to purchase our own equipment from our written equipment list, which will be very costly due to the large budget.
Presenters:
If one of the presenters of our show were to drop out of a broadcasting date, due to them being ill or somehow unable to make it to the studios, we would have to try and broadcast with only one of the presenters, and try and make the show as entertaining as possible using the same tracks and content as planned. If an interviewee we needed for the show were to drop out, we may need to quickly find new content to broadcast for that particular show to fill that segment. If one of the presenters permanently dropped out of the show for good, we would need to find a temporary replacement for that presenter until further notice.
Broadcasting Times:
If for any reason our broadcasting times becoming unavailable, we will have to try and reschedule a later or earlier time to do the show. However if the time is rescheduled to be before the watershed hours we will have to make sure any offensive language is censored to follow the regulations of OfCom.
If for whatever reason we were unable to use Sheffield Live's equipment, we would first approach our college and ask them if we could use any of their equipment for the broadcast of our radio show. If this is not possible, we would have to wait until the equipment in Sheffield Live studios is available for use then rearrange a date. However, if the equipment still cannot be used by us we may even have to purchase our own equipment from our written equipment list, which will be very costly due to the large budget.
Presenters:
If one of the presenters of our show were to drop out of a broadcasting date, due to them being ill or somehow unable to make it to the studios, we would have to try and broadcast with only one of the presenters, and try and make the show as entertaining as possible using the same tracks and content as planned. If an interviewee we needed for the show were to drop out, we may need to quickly find new content to broadcast for that particular show to fill that segment. If one of the presenters permanently dropped out of the show for good, we would need to find a temporary replacement for that presenter until further notice.
Broadcasting Times:
If for any reason our broadcasting times becoming unavailable, we will have to try and reschedule a later or earlier time to do the show. However if the time is rescheduled to be before the watershed hours we will have to make sure any offensive language is censored to follow the regulations of OfCom.
Monday, 9 February 2015
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
LO5 Evaluation
The pitch for both ideas was well recieved by Stevlar, who liked our knowledge on the contents of the music of the shows. He also saw that we had a good knowledge of the market gap and felt our shows fitted that gap. He was impressed at how we extended the punk era for the real punk fans and liked how we would incorporate all the subgenres. He thought it would be difficult to get living jazz artists to be interviewed as most of the greats are now dead, but he did like the concept of the show and thought it would attract a big audience. He was happy with jazz idea thinking that the niche genre will provide a gap in the market and help attract older audiences to the station.
Stevlar wanted us to have lots of subgenres available for a maximum listenership, some of these are stated below, along with a band from that sub genre:
Classic Punk- Sex Pistols
American Punk- The Ramones
Post Punk- Joy Division
Hardcore Punk- The Dead Kennedys
Art Punk- Black Flag
Post Hardcore- Fugazi
Ska Punk- Pezz
Proto Punk- Iggy and the Stooges
Early Punk- The Seeds
Skate Punk- The Offspring
Pop Punk- Blink 182
We Decided to do the Punk is Dead idea as Stevlar thought it would do better in the modern market, due to Sheffield Live! already covering some Jazz. He liked our quiz idea, and here are some of the questions we will ask:
In what year was Dookie released in England?
What is the name of the Billy Talent lead singer?
What 2 bands did Blink 182 form after their break up?
a Unit: 19
Stevlar wanted us to have lots of subgenres available for a maximum listenership, some of these are stated below, along with a band from that sub genre:
Classic Punk- Sex Pistols
American Punk- The Ramones
Post Punk- Joy Division
Hardcore Punk- The Dead Kennedys
Art Punk- Black Flag
Post Hardcore- Fugazi
Ska Punk- Pezz
Proto Punk- Iggy and the Stooges
Early Punk- The Seeds
Skate Punk- The Offspring
Pop Punk- Blink 182
We Decided to do the Punk is Dead idea as Stevlar thought it would do better in the modern market, due to Sheffield Live! already covering some Jazz. He liked our quiz idea, and here are some of the questions we will ask:
In what year was Dookie released in England?
What is the name of the Billy Talent lead singer?
What 2 bands did Blink 182 form after their break up?
a Unit: 19
Student
Name: Alex Raynes Class: 13Y Minimum Target Grade for task: Pass Personal Target Grade for task: Merit
Assignment: Producing a pitch for an audio
product to be pitched to Sheffield Live! Radio
LO3: Be
able to use feedback gained to inform the development and planning of an
original audio media product.
Feed Forward Self-Assessment Coversheet
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Areas of strengths based
on presenting to Sheffield Live!
Stevlar was
very impressed with our presentation skills and broad knowledge base when
answering the questions about our pitches. He was impressed with how
expansive our genre knowledge was for both ideas. He thought both ideas would
be successful and had a good market gap, giving him trouble with which idea
to pick. He also liked the content of the music, having it ranging from the
origins of punk right through to the modern day scene, which he thought would
allow for a large audience. He felt the Jazz show had a good market gap as there
aren’t many shows about it and it would attract a loyal audience. He thought
that getting punk artists on the show would be fairly easy as the punk scene
is still big in Sheffield.
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Areas for improvement based
on Sheffield Live! Feedback
Stevlar made
the point that getting the most famous Jazz artists on the show would be
difficult as most of the influencial ones are dead as it started more than half
a century ago. Stevlar brought up freestyle jazz and asked how we will cover all jazz genres on the show.
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How are you going to
address the above issues/ improvements?
For the Jazz
show, if we were to make it, we would get local and modern artists on as
guests. We will do different genres of jazz each show, and put the smaller subgenres in shows together to cover all areas of Jazz.
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What do
you still think you need to work on/improve to achieve these for your Audio
media product?
For
the Jazz one, expand our knowledge on Jazz music, and for the Punk show we
would have to do a little more research into founders and sub genres as well
as write out quiz questions.
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Tuesday, 3 February 2015
LO5 Production Schedule
This must be complete by May 1st as that is the first broadcast of the show.
On the 20th We need to get the mixing desks, PC's, and pro tools ready as we need them to make the show and we will need to make sure they work.
On the 23rd We will need the script finish for us to be able to read them out on our first broadcast on the 1st May
On the 24th we must get the PRS licenses for the show as we will be using the following songs:
Holidays in the Sun-Sex Pistols
When I Come Around- Green Day
Debaser- The Pixies
Lies- Billy Talent
Concubine- Converge
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