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<\/p>\nBlog post 1: 10\/10\/17<\/p>\n
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For my Audio piece I have decided to produce an audio walk for the charity Dogs Trust, I looked into the charity and whether they had produced any media or audio and they hadn’t. I thought about doing a promotion\/awareness audio piece but I wanted it to be heart-warming and happy. So I thought of the idea of doing an audio walk to accompany the potential dog adopters on their way around the centre to make there adopting process a more colourful and enjoyable experience.<\/p>\n
The audio piece will include 2-3 episodes, the first will be an introduction and what to expect from the upcoming episodes. I will be present in the audio as a guide and to give the piece direction. The on going episodes will include background and stories on the dogs as you walk around the centre for example.<\/p>\n
I will get actors or voice over artists to voice the dogs and they will tell their stories, Interests or something that they have achieved. E.g<\/p>\n
“Hi, I’m rex and I’m an ex-police dog, I love playing fetch and playing with my friends. I’ve been here for 6 months now and I meet loads of new friends. But what I would love most of all is to make a new best friend. A best friend that I would wake up with and go to bed with. A best friend that I could play with and go on adventures with. Wouldn’t that be great?”<\/p>\n
I would like the episodes to bring an insight into the dog’s life and give them a bit more information in a light-hearted and warm way. I want to have a mixture of emotion from the dog stories bringing humour and happiness but then also make the listener realise what the dogs have been through, but learning this through an easy listening platform.<\/p>\n
Next, I will reach out to the charity and get the idea of the layout of the centre so I can decide how I am going to structure the path of getting around the centre to make sure it flows and will accompany the path you will take.<\/p>\n
I will then decide how I will approach the introduction and who will voice and what I will include in it.<\/p>\n
Blog post 2 – 24\/10\/17<\/p>\n
This week I have been watching and listening adverts and interviews with dog\u2019s trust, RSPCA, Battersea cats and dogs shelter and other animal charities and shelters to get a better idea of how they are structured and produced a few of the main adverts that I liked was when the animals had voices and could show how they were feeling, for example.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8dkRxXcKAok https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dsnOxmp7zbM<\/p>\n
These advert\/ promotion videos give the animals a voice and therefore a character to play rather than just another animal. I want to give the animals back stories, personalities and a description to who and what they are and all this information will come to you whilst you are looking at them when touring the centre.<\/p>\n
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This week I visited the dogs trust centre to get an idea of what the layout of the centre was like, through this I learnt that I couldn\u2019t use the dogs trust as the company to do it for as I am unable to get a commission through them. So I decided to pitch my idea to a 7Digital (A Production house) they commissioned the idea and are going to get into contact with the dog\u2019s trust as they have previously worked with them so we can still use their name and can still be used by them.<\/p>\n
Whilst at the dog\u2019s trust centre I got more ideas from the information displayed on the cages of the dogs and in the reception.<\/p>\n
I have decided to do a three-part podcast; two episodes will be two audio dramas. The first one a kid\u2019s audio-book on explaining the importance of adopting animals and welcoming people and not judging a book by its cover. The second an adult audio drama to explain the life that abandoned,lost and unfortunate dogs live.<\/p>\n
21\/11\/17<\/p>\n
This week I have created the kids audio drama script and contacting drama schools and the drama society to voice it.<\/p>\n
EPISODE 2<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t judge a book by its cover.<\/p>\n
SFX: Dogs playing, Sunny noise.<\/p>\n
Narrator: One sunny afternoon down at the dog park, Milly, snoop and dasher were all playing hide and seek.<\/p>\n
Dasher counting down quietly behind them.<\/p>\n
Snoop: Dasher will never find me here.<\/p>\n
Milly: Oh Biscuits, where can I hide?<\/p>\n
Dasher: Ready or not here I come.<\/p>\n
Milly\/Snoop: Giggles<\/p>\n
Narrator: Dasher spots a tail waggling behind the tree.<\/p>\n
Dasher: Easy! GOTCHA!<\/p>\n
Duke: Hey, Who said that?<\/p>\n
Dasher: You\u2019re not Milly!<\/p>\n
Duke: No I\u2019m Duke, who are you?<\/p>\n
Dasher: I\u2019m Dasher the king of the park! I\u2019ve never seen you before! Are you a stray?! You\u2019re not allowed here! You must leave! I\u2019m telling!<\/p>\n
Dog Barks to signal over the owners<\/p>\n
Duke: No! I sit here everyday since my owner got me! I sit here so she can still see me.<\/p>\n
Dasher: Why don\u2019t you play with us? This is a play park! You\u2019re mean!<\/p>\n
Dasher runs away<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke was adopted from the RSPCA last month by his owner Karen, Duke is very scared to make friends with other dogs.<\/p>\n
Milly: Snoop! Where\u2019s dasher? He\u2019s been gone for ages!<\/p>\n
Snoop: YESSSS! We\u2019re too good at the game! He can\u2019t find us! Be quiet you\u2019re giving us away.<\/p>\n
Dasher: Guys! Guys!<\/p>\n
Snoop: No he\u2019s found us! Milly you\u2019ve got to learn to be quiet. Did you hear us? She gave us away didn\u2019t she!<\/p>\n
Dasher: No I seen you ages ago! But listen, There\u2019s a new dog over there! And he\u2019s really mean!<\/p>\n
Milly: Why dasher what has he done?<\/p>\n
Snoop: Did he hurt you?<\/p>\n
Dasher: No No, He thinks he\u2019s too good to play with us! He just sits behind that tree and watches us.<\/p>\n
Snoop: No, I\u2019ve heard about him that\u2019s duke! He\u2019s weird! He was adopted from the RSPCA. No one likes him! We don\u2019t want to play with him!<\/p>\n
Milly: That\u2019s mean Snoop! He can still be nice!<\/p>\n
Snoop: No Milly! You know what they say about adopted dogs! They\u2019re dirty! You don\u2019t want to get dirty and have to get a bath do you\u2026<\/p>\n
Milly: No! I hate baths! You\u2019re right let\u2019s stay away from him!<\/p>\n
Dasher: Yeah he\u2019s mean!… Milly it\u2019s your turn to find us now!<\/p>\n
Milly Counts down<\/p>\n
Snoop: Run quick, She\u2019ll never find us! (Laugh)<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke watches the other dogs play hide and seek and starts to feel sad and lonely.<\/p>\n
Duke: Sigh, I wish I could play with them! But I\u2019m too scared to ask! They wont want to play with me!<\/p>\n
Milly: Oh no!! wait guys I\u2019ve lost my new collar! My owner just bought it yesterday! She\u2019s going to be so mad.<\/p>\n
Dasher: It\u2019s ok Milly, we\u2019ll help you find it<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke looks over to the dogs and wonders what is wrong.<\/p>\n
Mumbled Chatter form the other dogs,<\/p>\n
Milly: Oh I\u2019m never going to find it!<\/p>\n
Dasher: We will Milly, just you wait and see.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke sits and thinks about going to help, Duke used to be a sniffer dog for the police and is very good at finding missing things.<\/p>\n
Duke: I should go and help them, But I\u2019m Scared they will tell me to go away.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke Sits up and peaks around the corner to see where they are. He starts to walk towards them.<\/p>\n
Duke: Ohhhh I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Dasher, Milly and snoop notice duke coming towards them.<\/p>\n
Snoop: Oh what does he want? I can smell him already! Haha<\/p>\n
Milly: Oh snoop stop it! Maybe he\u2019s coming to help?<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke arrives.<\/p>\n
Duke: Hi guys, I notice that you\u2019ve lost something?<\/p>\n
Snoop: We don\u2019t need your help!<\/p>\n
Dasher: Why would you want to help us? You don\u2019t even want to play with us!<\/p>\n
Milly: Leave him alone! That\u2019s very nice of you duke. Yes, I\u2019ve lost my new collar and my owner only bought it for me yesterday. (Sad)<\/p>\n
Duke: Well yes, I can help if you want. What does it look like?<\/p>\n
Milly: Its pink and sparkly, Its so nice. I miss it, I really really miss it.<\/p>\n
Duke: Well I used to be a sniffer dog with my friends at the police and we would always have to go and look for things that people had lost, it\u2019s really fun.<\/p>\n
Milly: WOW, That\u2019s amazing, that will help loads!<\/p>\n
Duke: if you don\u2019t mind I\u2019ll just take a biiiiig sniff of you, because your smell will be on the collar.<\/p>\n
Milly: Hahah, ok whatever you need to do.<\/p>\n
Big Sniff<\/p>\n
Continued sniffs whilst walking<\/p>\n
Duke: It\u2019s taking me to the forest, have you been in the forest today?<\/p>\n
Milly: Errrrmmm I don\u2019t know, I can\u2019t remember.<\/p>\n
Dasher: Yes, we did we were playing tig in there earlier.<\/p>\n
Snoop: Yeah, it could have came off in there.<\/p>\n
Duke: Ok, in we go.<\/p>\n
Sniffs whist walking.<\/p>\n
Duke: The smell is getting stronger! We must be close, there it is!<\/p>\n
Milly: Yay! Thank you, Thank you! I\u2019m so happy!<\/p>\n
Dasher: Yay, that\u2019s amazing wow!<\/p>\n
Snoop: That\u2019s so cool!<\/p>\n
Milly: Thank you so much Duke, You\u2019re the best!<\/p>\n
Duke: Oh don\u2019t be silly, It\u2019s nothing I\u2019m happy to help. Ill see you later.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke starts to walk back over to the tree that he sits by.<\/p>\n
Milly: Guys we should ask him if he wants to play with us!<\/p>\n
Snoop: Yeah he did help us find your collar.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Dasher runs towards duke and stops him.
\nDasher: Duke Wait! Do you want to play with us?<\/p>\n
Narrator: Duke turns around with a big smile on his face.<\/p>\n
Duke: If I\u2019m not a bother.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Snoop and Milly run over.<\/p>\n
Milly: Of course come and play! Its your turn to count!<\/p>\n
Duke: Ok, 10, 9, 8 \u2026 becomes mumbled.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Now everyday when duke comes to the park he plays with Dasher, Milly and snoop. They are now the best of friends. It just shows that you shouldn\u2019t judge a book by its cover. So when you meet someone new be nice and make them feel welcome because they could be lovely and could be your new best friend.<\/p>\n
I have started editing together, and now am working on the next scripts.<\/p>\n
28\/11\/17<\/p>\n
This last week I finalised the next scripts.<\/p>\n
EPISODE 3<\/p>\n
Scene 1<\/p>\n
SFX: Crashing plates, things falling over and dog panting.<\/p>\n
Door unlocks<\/p>\n
Dog: Yes, They\u2019re home, they\u2019re home! Hello hello Hello. Please don\u2019t leave me again. Don\u2019t ever leave again. Ahhhh (Happy and excited)<\/p>\n
Narrator: Max is a 4-year-old Golden retriever, his owners got him when he was just 8 weeks old. They thought he was so cute. Until he started growing and getting in the way.<\/p>\n
Door opens<\/p>\n
Man: Nooooo! Max you Stupid dog. You need to go! Come here, you useless animal! (Angry)<\/p>\n
Dog: Cries, Wimpers<\/p>\n
Woman: No, leave him it\u2019s not his fault.<\/p>\n
Man: No, this is everyday now! Get it out! Max get out<\/p>\n
Dog: Oh no not again it\u2019s cold out here. Please Please please. (Dog cries)<\/p>\n
Narrator: Max gets dragged out into the rain<\/p>\n
Back round noise gets quieter narrator becomes more prominent.<\/p>\n
SFX: Door slams, rain noise and dog cries.<\/p>\n
Mumbled arguing<\/p>\n
Narrator. Max runs towards the corner of the cold, wet garden. Where there is a tatty drenched old blue blanket crunched up in the corner. Max\u2019s corner. He sits down with his back pushed right back to the wall. He bows his head down in shame. His eyes sneak up to watch the argument unfolding in front of him. Like every night when his owners get home, after being left alone all day. His body slowly declines towards the muddy wet ground. Just like his hope to be accepted back into the family.<\/p>\n
Scene 2<\/p>\n
SFX: Door Closing, Chatter.<\/p>\n
Kid: Mum, mum, mum. Why is that dog there?<\/p>\n
Mum: Eurgh, No, Lucy don\u2019t touch it. It\u2019s dirty.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Lola starts to shake and flinches as their voices get louder.<\/p>\n
Kid: But mum its hurt look<\/p>\n
SFX: Dog cries, Child runs towards.<\/p>\n
Mum: No Lucy come here. It\u2019s dirty leave it. (SFX Dog cries)<\/p>\n
Kid: But mum<\/p>\n
Narrator: Lola is a 9 year old brown Dachshund with a black 5spot that covers her left eye.<\/p>\n
Mum: No Lucy that\u2019s a horrible dog! If you want a dog, we\u2019ll talk about getting you a new puppy. Now come on.<\/p>\n
Conversation then becomes mumbled.<\/p>\n
SFX: Footsteps away.<\/p>\n
Narrator: That\u2019s the 7th person that\u2019s walked past Lola today and not thought of helping her, Lola was abandoned after her owner died and no one knew she was there. She now lives in a soggy cardboard box down the side of her old home. The new owners chase her away every time they see her.<\/p>\n
Scene 3<\/p>\n
SFX: Door opening<\/p>\n
Dog: Cries<\/p>\n
SFX: Stomping towards. Dog cries.<\/p>\n
Man: Patch where are you! Come here!<\/p>\n
Narrator: Patch, is a three-year-old Dalmatian that lives with his owner Ian, patch\u2019s favourite seat is behind the couch where Ian can\u2019t see him. Every night Ian comes back from the pub patch is greeted with his forceful hand and thrown outside. Patch isn\u2019t wanted by Ian and isn\u2019t fed or loved by him.<\/p>\n
Dog: Cries<\/p>\n
Scene 4<\/p>\n
SFX: Car pulls up to to shop.<\/p>\n
Owner: Stay there Sam I\u2019ll be back soon<\/p>\n
SFX: She leaves the car.<\/p>\n
Narrator: Sam is a Pomeranian puppy that has just recently been brought into the family. 2 hours pass on a hot sunny day and Sam\u2019s owner Linda is no where to be seen. Meanwhile Sam is dehydrated and getting hotter by the second. Linda approaches the car and goes to open the door when she notices her friend. Linda looks into the car and says<\/p>\n
Linda: Oh she\u2019ll be fine; I\u2019ve only been gone half an hour.<\/p>\n
Sfx: Whilst she\u2019s walking away, Hi Shannon you ok?<\/p>\n
Narrator: That was 3 hours for Sam in the car, Clare got to the car 15 minutes later Sam close to death and in dyer need of a drink. Whilst Linda loves her dog she walks her, she feeds her and she plays with. Linda doesn\u2019t understand the seriousness of leaving dogs in cars.<\/p>\n
End a montage of them shouting at the dogs<\/p>\n
4- Oh she\u2019ll be fine, She\u2019s not been there for that long<\/p>\n
1-Stupid dog! Why did we get a dog?<\/p>\n
2-Get away from that rotten dog!<\/p>\n
3- Patch where are you! Get here!<\/p>\n
SFX: Dog cries.<\/p>\n
News Montage: Dogs trust have saved blah blah blah\u2026.<\/p>\n
EPISODE 1<\/p>\n
News Montage<\/p>\n
Intro: Dog\u2019s depend on humans for their everyday needs \u2013 food, water, shelter, veterinary care, love and more. Yet thousands of animals across the UK have no guardian to care for them, let alone a warm, comfortable place to curl up in at night.<\/p>\n
[Clips]<\/p>\n
E.G-
\n\u201cDogs need love and affection\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDogs are part of a family and how you could just abandon a part of the family is beyond me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t have time for a dog, you shouldn\u2019t have one\u201d<\/p>\n
Over 47,000\u00a0owners have abandoned their dogs in the past twelve months according to Dogs Trust, the UK\u2019s largest dog welfare charity. Dogs trust work towards getting forever homes for every Stray, Abandoned and Lost dog.<\/p>\n
Interview with Dogs trust<\/p>\n
Q-<\/p>\n
\u201cHow many dogs do you get in a year, is it improving?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are the actions you take to better it?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat laws are in place to better dog welfare What laws do you think should be in place?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are illegal activities that people use dogs for?\u201d<\/p>\n
Our 20 centres around Britain thrive towards getting dogs off of streets, out of violent homes and away from illegal activity. From Canterbury to Glasgow our main priority dog\u2019s welfare and to minimize the indecent acts carried out by irresponsible owners.<\/p>\n
To make it easier for families to understand the importance of dog\u2019s welfare and the urgency of adopting older, abandoned or lost dogs and bringing them into loving homes two dramas have been created to portray the life of a dog and its well-being. The first is an insightful audio book for kids about the importance of accepting new friends and not judging a book by its cover. The second is a look into the life of dogs that live in a life of danger, it reveals the horrible conditions that these dogs are in.<\/p>\n
5\/12\/17<\/p>\n
I am now finishing editing all of the episodes and adding music and sound effects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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