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FINAL SESSION - Handing in your 3-minute extract and reflecting on what you've made.





Ok, you've analysed a station and a show, then conceived, planned and produced your radio show The final touch is to hand it in, and evidence what you've done. Do this in the following way.

1. Open up a new blogpost. Call it 'My Talk & Music Radio Reflection'.

2. Answer, in a few paragraphs the following questions.Actually paste the bolded questions into your post and then add a paragraph answer to each.

a) How happy am I with my finished show? Have you achieved what you set out to achieve? What are you particularly proud of in your final product? Do you think it will appeal to the target audience you've identified?

b) What could be improved with my finished show? What would you change or improve about your finished product? How could those improvements be made? Is it a question of having more time, or practicing more with the software you used? If you could make the show again what would you do differently? How could you EXPAND on your show or maintain it - would you like to get other people working on any aspects of your show, or extend the show to several episodes?

c) How did my show come together? Give me a description of what you did to achieve your final show. List what did you do in the planning stages? List what you did during production - how did you record your show and where ? What did you do during post-production (in the editing stage) - what effects/edits or tricks did you use to get your show completed? Paste in any screenshot evidence you have of what you did using Audition/Audacity

3. Once you've completed the above, have a look at the image at the top of this post. GO THROUGH THE LIST OF THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE and make sure your radio blog contains all the elements. Then tag ALL your radio work (this includes your analyses of a station + a half-hour of a show on that station as well as all your planning posts for your show) with the label 'Talk & Music Radio Production' & send the address of your radio blog to n.kulkarni@coventrycollege.ac.uk 

 ALSO ATTACH THE MP3/WAV FILE OF YOUR SHOW OR YOUR 3-MINUTE EXTRACT - obviously you can't achieve any grade for the unit without me being able to hear this. 

MAKE SURE YOUR 3 MINUTE EXTRACT CONTAINS BOTH LINKS + MUSIC - REMEMBER THE EXAMINER DOESN'T WANT TO JUST LISTEN TO SONGS - THEY WANT TO HEAR YOU AND HOW YOU'VE MIXED YOUR VOICE AND MUSIC. 

 Make sure the email has a subject line and is a link to your blog, not a link to you editing a blogpost or anything like that. Your link should end . . . blogspot.co.uk

Full and frank feedback will be coming your way after Easter to let you know any fixes/finetuning that needs doing.

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