Evaluation- Representation

The advantages that i gained from listening to multiple different radio shows means that I really understood the language, tone and ways the presenters speak. This enabled me to present and portray my radio show as if it was a real life radio show. This could also depend on the target audience, for example a show targeting a younger audience may speak in a less formal way and uses colloquial language that appeals to younger audience, this could be the slang that are used now days e.g. mate, dude, babes.

In my first attempt of writing a script in my preliminary task, I had not done as much extensive research into radio in comparison to what i have done now. My knowledge is far wider now, I have learnt that the ways in which radio is presented is dependent upon to audience it targets. I had to find people to record the voices for the characters on my radio. The people that i used had to represent the age and personality of the voices on my radio.

For my presenters I wanted a female voice, this is because the radio show that i was doing targets middle aged women, therefore by using a female voice makes the radio show more approachable and appeals to the target audience. I used a male voice for the news presenter, in my opinion a male voice sounds more dramatic this is the way the news is presented.



Voices for advert 1:
For my first advert I needed to use a female voice to play the wife and a male voice to play the husband. I used a drama teacher at my college to play the mother (Louise), she has a motherly voice this is relatable for the audience as she sounds like a mother. The father was played by an art teacher (Chris), for this role i needed the father to sound forgetful yet kind at the same time. A father turkey i used Jon, a media teacher at my college, he is very good at changing his voice to sound like the characters that i needed. Father Turkey is a comical voice and i needed someone confident to play it. Christine was the voiceover at the end of the advert.

I had the choice between two voices to play the mother. I chose to use Louise as she sounded louder and clearer voices for advert 2:
Graham a science teacher played the man in the car advert, his voice sounds dramatic which is what i needed for the advert. Alex played the voiceover at the end of the advert, i needed someone who could change the sound of their voice. The harsh tone of the voice alerts the listeners and makes it feel more tense. The sound effects that i used allowed the advert to sound more realistic

News story 1 voices:
For the fan 1 in this story I used one of my friends Tali, for these characters i needed people who sounded young, due to the death of a singer who's audience is teenage girls, using my friends creates an authentic and realistic feel. For the second fan I recorded it myself as I felt i suited the voice. Chris again played the voice of the rehab group leader, he sounds kind and his voice is calm, this is how i would imagine a rehab leader to sound.

News story 2 voices:
The first voice I used was Christine, she played the mother and complains about the noise of the machines, she sounds upset and aggravated. Christine plays the older lady, since she is a drama teacher she has learnt to change her voice to sound like her characters this is one of the main reasons i used her. Jodie another friend of mine plays a student voice in the story.

News story 3 voices:
Tali played the voice of the mother over the phone

News story 4 voices:
For the Dr I used Louise as her voice sounded authoritative and intellectual

Presenters voices:
For the presenter voices I played the main presenter Jackie Donnague, Jon played the news presenter and Alex did the jingles.

When editing the radio show, taking out the breaths, controlling the timing between sentences and taking out the mistakes means that the performance of the voices can be controlled according to the context of the situation that is happening e.g. an advert or news.