Planning for Main Project continued

Now that I have completed the audio script it is important that I show how plan to structure my audio project, this is exactly how I plan to do so:

• Pre production- As already explained I will write a script which will highlight exactly what will take place as it happens. It will include all of the individual characters and news reporters in my audio news podcast.
• Creating the opening jingle- Very much like the first task, in my main task I will create the opening jingle using a program known as GarageBand, I will do so because I am now very familiar with the program and feel confident enough to create a decent opening jingle, also I will look to create the side jingle which will be played whenever the main headlines are being shown.
• Recording- When recording ym main project I will most likely use the Mac's inbuilt recorder so if possible I will use the radio recording equipment that we have available to us. The recording needs to be extremely clear for the viewers, it is all about the quality.
• Outside Recording- I will do all of my outside recording using one of the media departments portable recorders, this will allow the listenings to understand that the recording has taken place outside, ie the recorder will pick up the wind, blustery weather etc.
• Post Production- Then I will edit it all together and hope it has all fallen into place correctly.

My Plan/ Script for the main audio task

The following is my main task plan, it will indicate the layout in which I will look to perform my five minute news bulletin.

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Opening Jingle- serious sounding tune that will kick the news show off.

News Presenter- the news presenter will sound very serious and will inform all listeners about the latest news around the world and/or locally.

Sports specialist- after the main news presenter has introduced him; he will inform the audience of all the latest sporting news, including results and local sporting news.

Back to the news presenter- BREAKING NEWS! He will talk about the breaking news then, say something allow the lines of ‘we can now cross live down to St. Helier where our head news correspondent Dixon Cox has more on this breaking news’.

The main news correspondent will explain more on the breaking news.

Vox Box- main news correspondent will ask questions to normal people on the streets of St. Helier about their reaction to the news.

Back to news presenter- he will sum up the news and then end the show with the jingle at the beginning.

I will aim to keep to this plan as the structure of it would quite easily last five minutes (which ic the exact time limit we have on the news show). The following is a script for my show which will include all of the presenters.

Main Presenter- Hello this is News24 Jersey, with me your host Barney Orr. Our main news headlines are……………. That is all of our main news headlines, here is our sports specialist Jason Brown with all of the latest on goings throughout the sporting world.

Sports Presenter- The latest football news is that Jersey beat Guernsey in a thrilling 4-3 encounter at Springfield Stadium, which left the 900 jersey supporters with a deep sense of joy and satisfaction. Other results include Jersey Scottish beating a weakened Grouville side 1-0 and the Jersey Wanderers extended their domination at the top of division one with a routine 4-0 thrashing over relegation threatened St. Ouen.

Away from the local sport and England have taken a massive step to securing a first test victory over Ashes rivals Australia after fine bowling spells from Stuart Broad and Steve Harmison left the baggy greens with much to ponder. In Rugby, Johnny Wilkinson has reiterated his desire to force his way back into the England squad after recovering from a career threatening injury.

That is all of the latest news from me, back to you Barney.

Main Presenter- Thank you Jason, we have just received some breaking news involving the Governments decision on whether Cannabis should become legal in the Channel Islands. We can now go straight to our main political correspondent Michael Morris who is waiting in the Royal Square. Michael what’s the latest?

News Correspondent- As far as we are aware Barney from our close sources we believe that the States of Jersey have given the go ahead to make Cannabis legal in Jersey. Whether or not that will be the same for the likes of Guernsey we will have to wait and see. I spoke to a number of locals earlier on this morning asking if Cannabis was made legal would they be happy, this is what a number of them had to say:

Random person 1 (in like a really dull voice) - I think it would be wicked dude! We could all like have a massive party or something 24 seven.

Random person 2 (in a posh accent) – I believe it would be an absolute disgrace to allow the legalisation of cannabis to go ahead. I don’t want my children growing up under the drugs influence and I doubt any other respectable parent would want it.

Random person 3 (reasonably normal sounding voice) – I can’t really see if happening to be honest, the Government needs to use their head with this decision and if they do then the only obvious will be to keep the drug illegal.

News Correspondent- So as you can see where so real mixed opinion there that is all we have for you at the moment Barney, back to you.

Main Presenter- Well that was News24 Jersey with me Barney Orr, have a great night and we will be back with all the latest news tomorrow morning at the normal time.

Target Audience for Main Task

Gender- Male or Female

My news bulletin will be designed for both males and females, the news has never particularly looked to sound one gender out to attract. The main objective of the news is to give deep, accurate and breaking news on the mains news stories around the world, nationally or locally (depending on whether it is a main news firm like the BBC or one of their smaller branches like BBC Channel Islands). The news should never try to attract a particular gender.

Age- The Age group

For my news bulletin will take a very serious format (very much like what you expect to see when you tune into BBC news or the ITV 10 o'clock news) this will more likely attract the older generations, around the age of thirty plus. It is extremely important to make sure that the audience you are looking to attract with the news show is actually interested in the news that you are presenting. For example, there would be very little point of creating a news show for member of the public who are roughly around thirty plus if your main news headline is that S Club 7 have reformed. The below is a number of questionnaires and graphs which show my research into what news programs (if any) particular age groups watch on a regular occasion.

Interests

The main sort of audience that I would except to watch/listen to my radio news show would be both males and females, from the ages of 30 plus. This is because after doing intensive research if has become apparent that the large percentage of the viewers who watched BBC news and ITV news at their prime times ( six o'clock and ten o'clock in the evening and night time). The following is a chart which I created showing the percentage of news watchers compared to their age. I took the views of exactly 1000 people from my local area, so it would be far to say that the results I get would be fairly accurate.

Now that I have established what age range and target audience I will be aiming my news bulletin at (ages 30 and other) it is extremely important to establish what sort of news they prefer to listen to (ie whether they prefer listening to sports news and the latest weather over world affairs etc) For this I will ask a large amount of people what they prefer to listen to when listening tot he news and once that has been achieved I will take the three highest percentages and use them in my five minute news bulletin. Here are the results that I produced:

Now that I have gathered all of this information it has become apparent to me that for my main audio task, I will target my news at both males and females over the age of 30 (due to the results from my research) and that it will be a very serious news bulletin (very much in the same style as BBC news). Over the five minutes I will look have a main presenter informing the audience of today's most important headlines (current affairs) then I will have a Sports presenter who will inform the audience of all of the main sports stories and results. After that I will inform the audience of the political news.