{"id":4911,"date":"2018-04-23T14:41:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T14:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westminsterradio.net\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2018-04-23T14:41:57","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T14:41:57","slug":"gabriel-talk-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/gabriel-talk-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Lucas-Green \u2013 Talk Radio \u2013 Weeks 1-4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our initial meeting, our roles were decided, and I put myself forward as Script Writer and Package Reporter. Script writing was something I wanted to try more, as I like writing for speech. I also enjoy audio editing and voiceover work, so thought I would enjoy producing packages.<\/p>\n

As a group, we decided on the name of the station: Beeline.<\/p>\n

I immediately started work brainstorming ideas for packages, which I thought may be appropriate for our 30-55 age group with a slight male bias. I also wanted the packages to be topical for our air date of 12th<\/sup> April.<\/p>\n

I found that The Grand National was the weekend of our air date, so decided to do a package based on that. I thought the topic of horse racing may appeal to a slightly more male audience.<\/p>\n

It was my responsibility to source guests for the discussion, so I began research online.<\/p>\n

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Week 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the second week I began assisting with writing scripts for the stories. I worked with our presenter, Joe Hockley, to ensure the scripts were written in a way which felt natural to him.<\/p>\n

I fleshed-out the concept for the horseracing package, and decided for the angle to be the blurred lines between tradition and animal cruelty. I contacted a number of potential interviewees for the package, and eventually secured Sportswriter David Owen, world-renowned racehorse trainer Kim Bailey, and animal rights advocate Pat Quayle. I managed to find these contacts on Twitter and LinkedIn.<\/p>\n

I posted a message on my social media platforms asking for two volunteers, for and against horseracing.<\/p>\n

The Studio Producer, Pulama, created a draft version of the show imaging for me to improve upon in the next week.<\/p>\n

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Week 3 \u2013 pilot week: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the pilot programme, we met a number of times to do production work.<\/p>\n

I created the final imaging for the programme, which was designed to have a traditional news sound but also be appropriate for a magazine-style show.<\/p>\n

I wrote and recorded the voice pieces for my package and recorded the interviews. I was pleased that one interview was in studio quality as the interviewee works at a community radio station in Cornwall, and the other two were over the phone.<\/p>\n

I received responses from my social media posts for the horseracing discussion \u2013 one of the willing volunteers owned an ex-racehorse. I briefed the two volunteers.<\/p>\n

The presenter and I once again worked through the alterations which had been made to the script to ensure they suited his style.<\/p>\n

It was decided by the Editor that a \u201cpresenter friend\u201d may make the programme more conversational, so I was asked to step in for the pilot. After this pilot it was decided that the chemistry wasn\u2019t quite right, and that Joe would present alone.<\/p>\n

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Week 4 \u2013 final show:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On the week of the final show I edited the content of my racehorse piece into a final package. I was happy with how this sounded. Sal commented that it sounded \u201cwell put together and balanced.\u201d<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2018\/04\/Grand-National-Package-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

I also assisted with importing audio elements into the system, and once again tidied up loose ends on the script.<\/p>\n

We had a second pilot the day before the final show, and I kept note of anything to improve during the run-through.<\/p>\n

Whilst the final programme was underway, I managed the in-studio guests for the discussion, making sure they entered and exited the studio at the right time.<\/p>\n

I was very happy with the final show and my contributions to it. We worked well as a team, and kept calm during the programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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