Unit 55

Unit 55

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Unit 55 – P1

Radio Station: Radio 1

Radio Show: Breakfast show with Nick Grimshaw

a) Programme Type	One programme type is a breakfast show on radio 1. The broadcast starts at 6:30 am till 10am. The programme is entertainment as there is music played for people to enjoy and also game shows to win cash money prizes. The target audience for the radio 1 breakfast show is 16-30 year olds. The reason for this is because the music played is directed towards younger audiences as teenagers like the sound of the music played as they our of a similar age as the artist. From 1pm till 4pm Scott Mills show. This is where he entertains the nation after lunch time. He bring a unique twist to his show with a tracks of the day playlist. This brings in listeners as people are intrigued to hear what is on the playlist. Scott Mills also brings in special guests to surprise fans. E.g. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge came in to surprise one of the crew in the studio of radio 1. Later on in the day from 9pm till 10pm Phil Taggart counts down the ten hottest tracks being played by Radio 1 DJs. This show is different as not only is it later on but the music taste is different. It is more base music edited by radio 1 DJs. The music played is track that are very popular but changed into a remix. Such a Kendrick Lamars DNA, but with a twist to it so people are intrigued as to what it will sound like.
b) Genre	The genre is entertainment/ music. This station differs from radio 2 and other bbc radio stations as bbc radio 2 is more factual with its news and weather where as bbc radio 1 is more tabloid with its news making only the headlines and more celeb news a priority. As radio 1's target audience is 15-29 year old the news it more informal covered over a duration of five minutes. The reason for this is because they don't go into detail it is more informal about celebrity new as well as world news.  Apart from the obvious BBC radio 1’s shows differ from television because there is a lot of talking involved about celebrity news as well as cash money prizes for when certain songs are played.
c) Audience Profile	The age range for the audience is 16-30 years old. The reason for this is because the age of the radio presenter and the music played on the radio show is very youth targeted. The genre is aimed more towards the female side as a lot of the new that is reported is about female celebrity’s and some of the viewers idolise these female celebrity’s. The radio listener wants to be entertained if they tune into the Radio 1 breakfast show. This is why Nick Grimshaw try’s to place the informing and entertaining talking with a balance of current trendy music.
d) Production Process	The production process for Nick Grimshaw’s breakfast show is complicated as it starts with the producer seeing if he can get any interviews with celebs or artists. Then making a playlist/ package of songs that are currently trending the producer also makes sure the set is all ready and equipment is working fine in the radio station room. Before the radio show has even started there is a pre production team that write a script, current events and trending news that is recent. If artist contact the show and want to promote an album or song then the pre production team have to change the whole script and put questions on there to ask the artist. For the Scott Mills show has a similar production process. The producer and production team give a list of things that the Scott Mills needs to mention throughout the show and the timings of it. Topics are regularly put in there for discussions between songs as well as shoutouts. Scott Mills behind the show makes a list of tracks that are popular. This captivates a specific audience as they are intrigued of what will be on the playlist. When the show is on Scott Mills has a list of tracks to play intertwine chatting and guests.  With Phil Taggart the production process isn't as long as the show is only one hour. It starts off with the crew for radio 1 getting a list of the song in order along with a playlist of them then from there a list of topics to discuss to do with the artists on the playlist. Also promoting Nick Grimshaws Breakfast show with tickets to radio ones big weekend at a specific time.
e) Market Share	A lot of people listen to BBC Radio 1 over 9,000,000 total listeners per week. Around 6,000,000 of them listen too the breakfast show each morning. The reason for this is because they like what they hear each morning formularizing themselves with something they do in every day life.

                                                 

        

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Intended radio station/ broadcaster;

The intended radio station is BBC Radio 1. The slot will be the 6:30-10:00 breakfast show that Nick Grimshaw use to do as he is leaving. The production team will come up with a new fresh breakfast show along with the three Broadcasters.

Target audience;

As radio 1 already has a target audience of 15-29 year olds we believe keeping them interested is the most important thing.  This can be done by keeping up with current trends that we know the target audience is interested in such as celebrity news. Also playing currant popular pop songs will keep them listening as most people that tune into radio 1 expect pop music that is currently trending.

Along with music and news the broadcaster has a big role to play as he has to follow the script made by the production team a day before each breakfast show. The broadcaster/ broadcasters discuss interesting subjects that they know will keep the audience guessing. This helps them to keep their audience intrigued, as people want to know the answer to questions they don’t know. Phone ups and competitions are very important to keep the audience hooked as if there is a competitive element in the show then it makes for good entertainment. Entertainment is key as it is the reason people tune into radio in the morning, making our breakfast show as entertaining as possible is the best way to gain and keep listeners.  

Content Plan;

Content Plan Sam, Andrew
Title	Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Sam Tindall
Medium		Our breakfast radio show will last 3 ½ hours, starting at 6:30 and finishing at 10, being closely related to Nick Grimshaw’s morning show using current popular music between discussions, a self proclaiming ‘early morning pick-me-up’,  guaranteed  to wake anyone listening up and ready for the day ahead.
Running Time		Our breakfast show will start at 06:30 and end at 10:00. The reason for this is because that is the prime time in the morning people wake up on a weekday to listen to radio shows. 6:30:  Is when the radio show will start. The reason for this is because most of the UK wake up at 06:30 or later. This means it is the ideal time to start the radio breakfast show. 7:30: Will be when the radio broadcaster will talk about current trends that are popular in the world at the moment and speak his/her opinion on them. Asking for call ups on other people's opinions helps to keep the audience entertained and intrigued as they want to see other peoples views on current affairs. 8:30: This time will be when the radio interviews will happen with currant trending artists that have released new albums or songs that are doing very well. The reason the artist interview will be at this time is because it will be promoted in the 7:30 slot when most people tune into the radio. This is a great time to advertise the artist coming in as people will want to hear the interesting interview with the artist. 9:30: At this time we will be starting to end the show the reason for this is because it is when our slot for the breakfast show ends. We will have news travel and weather updates along with trending music and interactive talking with the listeners. 10:00: this is when the breakfast show finishes and then the next radio shows follows on.
Synopsis		Our show will be focused around current music within the top 50 chart, being presented by our multi-talented host Sam Tindall. Our production will feature segments, splitting the show into parts and allowing both the presenter and the audience some resting time whilst music plays. The segments include bits such as discussions, interviews, games, competitions, news, etc. The show will also start and end with an intro/outro, with the presenter introducing themselves, talking about what will happen within the show, etc. We will focus on the way we address our audience. This is because we want our presenters to use the content in the radio station to relate to the target audience. The reason for this is because we wan't to appeal to our target audience to keep them listening. For the early stage of our radio show we be having several updates of news, travel and weather. The reason for this is because we want to inform our listeners of information about things they want to know and hear as they may be traveling to work and know what routes to divert from. Or what the weather will be like so they can plan their day. With the news we want to inform our listeners on current affairs going on around the world. We want to keep our audience informed and entertained. Our show will air in the morning. This means that our audience want to hear things like the weather, news and new songs.
Details of relevant content		-The first of our selling points include original games, for example; a game involving 3 tracks from the top 50 charts being sped up so they last 5 seconds, where listeners must phone in and guess all 3 correct in order to win the prize.  -Another selling point will be the inclination of news catered for the younger target audience, with weather and important point being put across quickly and competently. -A third selling point is the use of slang and casual language, making the listeners feel related to whilst being tuned in, as if they were talking to people of their age. - Music is a big selling point. As radio ones target audience is 15-29 year olds we will cater to the music trends of them. This will include songs from Ed Sheran and Chainsmokers. The reason for this is because the artists also have a target audience for there audience to using the music that is already targeted towards the same age range as radio ones target audience helps to keep the audience entertained as it is what they want to here. Communicating with our audience is another selling point for us as our Radio Show will want to be recognised as different.
Suggestions for DJ/Presenters		Our presenter (Sam Tindall) will be using informal language, catering to the younger target audience with slang and other such assets. Sam will need to know both current trends and current news which relate to our target audience (15-29, both genders), keeping them interested and showing he is apart of their age range, being up-to-date with what's in. Humour is important, however I don’t think it’s necessary to focus on it as long as the presenter’s attitude and content is interesting and relevant, due to the main target the presenter is addressing being the audience which won't warrant a response - making the comedic side much more difficult and often improvised. Presenters we have thought about having in our; Morgan Freeman and Ed Sheeran. The reason for this is because they are unique but popular characters that are very likeable. They also interests the target audience of 15-29 year olds as Ed Sheeran produces music for that age range. As It isn't possible to get Ed Sheeran or Morgan Freeman we will have Andrew as our second DJ/ Presenter, if one of us is off we have a contingency that Jeff will fill in so that we can carry on with the show.

Running Order;

Our breakfast show will start at 06:30 and end at 10:00. The reason for this is because that is the prime time in the morning people wake up on a weekday to listen to radio shows.

6:30:  Is when the radio show will start. The reason for this is because most of the UK wake up at 06:30 or later. This means it is the ideal time to start the radio breakfast show.

7:30: Will be when the radio broadcaster will talk about current trends that are popular in the world at the moment and speak his/her opinion on them. Asking for call ups on other people's opinions helps to keep the audience entertained and intrigued as they want to see other peoples views on current affairs.

8:30: This time will be when the radio interviews will happen with currant trending artists that have released new albums or songs that are doing very well. The reason the artist interview will be at this time is because it will be promoted in the 7:30 slot when most people tune into the radio. This is a great time to advertise the artist coming in as people will want to hear the interesting interview with the artist.

9:30: At this time we will be starting to end the show the reason for this is because it is when our slot for the breakfast show ends. We will have news travel and weather updates along with trending music and interactive talking with the listeners.

10: This will be when the show will finish. Before it does end we will have a last new and weather update along with promoting other shows that are on BBC radio 1.

Production Schedule;

Proposed scheduling time;

Test recording 10th March 09:00-16:10
Test recording 13th March 10:50-12:20
Real recording 15th March 14:10-16:10
Second Recording 17th March 09:00-16:10
Record Sound Effects 17th March 09:00-16:10
Edit the radio show 16th March
Final edit 24th March

Radio schedule                             student names: Sam Tindall, Andrew Haughton   

Recording Schedule
Title	BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Sam Tindall and Andy Haughton	Content News, Travel, weather, trends, shoutouts,  celebrity guests and musi c	Notes The news travel and weather will be at the beginning following onto the music and celebrity guests followed by currant trends.
Launch Date	Friday 31st March 2017	Budget - £10 as the equipment will all be provided for us by the collage.	We have a small budget as all the equipment is all ready provided for us by the collage so we don’t need to pay for anything
Location 1	G105 - Long Road CB2 8PX	N/A	We will use this room to do one whole take of the radio show. This way we can make changes to the script if needed.
Location 2	C29 - Long Road CB2 8PX	N/A	We will use this for our second take for anything we changed in the script and any takes that don’t have very good quality on them.
Location 3	C13 - Long Road CB2 8PX	N/A	This is where we will listen back to takes and do our edit for our final piece.
Production team and contacts	Sam - Presenter/ producer/ sound Andrew - Presenter/ Sound
Equipment	Equipment; Zoom Mike, Boom Mike, SD Card, Mini Tripod, Big Tripod and Batteries		We will only need recording equipment for the project
Contributors	Sam - Presenter/ Host Andrew - Presenter/ Host Renni - Weather reporter Connie - News reporter
Safety & Contingency plans	We will make sure we are safe when using the equipment. This will be done by each person being responsible for a piece of equipment. Therefor they set that piece of equipment and dismantle it when handing it back in. Also making sure the surface is flat so no equipment falls or breaks. We will be safe as there won’t be anyone around us while recording in a quite room. We will have backups for each role in case someone doesn’t turn up or is ill. For this reason we will have back up rooms that we have booked for another day so we can record then if we really need them. If it turns out the room is being used for a lesson the we will book a new room for the same day or next. While we wait for a room too be free we will work on completing paperwork or listening back to recordings and seeing what needs to be improved or retaken.

Timetable

Date/Time /Package	Activity	Notes
27/03/17	Test recording/ review	Making notes on the best way to record/ how close to be to the mike and making sure the mike doesn’t move when recording.
28/03/17	Recoding	Recording all the dialogue with the changes applied form the test recording.
29/03/17	Reviewing audio/ re recording	We will look back at the recordings we have from the day before and see what needs to be re recorded.
30/03/17	Logging all the audio and beginning editing	We will do this by first renaming all clips and putting them  into folders so we know what clips go where and what the clips are. We will then begin editing
31/03/17	Continue editing	We will continue editing our editing
01/04/17	Rough edit	This will be my rough edit so that people can give me feedback on what I can improve about my edit
02/04/17	Final Edit	This will be my completed edit

Radio Script;



Legal and Ethical Issues;

Legal;

One of the main legal issues in radio is copyright. This is illegal as without permission from the artist the song can't be played. To be able to play the song you will have to pay licence fee to the artist or company/ band that have produced the song. To resolve any copyright issues we will make sure we have licensing for the songs we use so that we don't get a copyright strike.

It is illegal to discriminate against someone as a result of gender, age, disability, sexual Orientation and Religious beliefs. If there is any type of discrimination a journalist could face official warnings. The rules are designed so that everyone in society gets  a fair viewpoint shared in the media. To avoid any discrimination coming up in our show we will keep our news formal so that the broadcasters/ presenters do not share there opinion on the show as that may cause controversy. We will also make sure that on phone ins everyone is treated the same no matter there gender, race or disability extra. To do this we will speak to everyone in the same manor.

Ethical;

Defamation of a Character isn't illegal but it is very un ethical. In radio broadcasts this is know as Libel, it is when you make a false statement about an individual that could negatively effect there reputation. To avoid this from happening we will look at reliable sources of new like BBC news and twitters news section as we know this information is reliable and legitimate.

It is important not to discuss stories in such a way that may relate to specific ethical matters. Of course, some stories (for example when there was a vote for homosexuals would be allowed to marry in the UK) do have ethical matters. Different view points must be discussed un the news story. There are two main boards within the media industry. The first of these is Ofcom, this is a government approved company that regulates most media in the united kingdom.  The regulations include things such as censorship of potentially offensive material. IPSO are relatively similar to Ofcom, however they regulate Magazines and Newspaper industries in the UK. To resolve any issues like this we will make sure that when reporting on something we show both side of the story and no one side.

News/ Sport/ Weather/ Traffic Information;

News- We will have a news section in our radio show that will talk about todays headlines around the world.

Sport- In the news we will also have a sport section this is for after the news has finished, we will cover the days up and coming and past sport results that we know our 15-29 year old target audience is interested in.  

Weather- We will have a weather update at the start of the show before the breakfast show. This will cover the whole of the UK  it will be brief talking about the humidity chance of rain and temperature.

Traffic- We will try to fit in a traffic update if we have enough time, we will report on the main roads such as the M11 if there has been any accidents or roadwork’s delaying traffic.

Interview/ Guests;

We will have no celebrity guests in on the day, but will on the previous day (stormzy). We discuss his personality and his amazing laugh, also his performance with Ed Sheeran at the Brit Awards.

Phone In’s;  

We will have people call up for a competition we will promote throughout the breakfast show.  It is the three song challenge where three songs are played back to back and whoever guesses all three songs in a span of  three seconds gets tickets to radio 1’s big weekend with £1,000 spending money.

Game competitions;

We will have people call in to win tickets to radio 1’s big weekend along with 1,000 pounds spending money

Music Tracks - (20-30 Seconds Each)

We will have popular chart songs that will appeal to our target audience such as;

Ed Sheeran - Shape of you

Cold- Maroon five

Stormzy - To Big Fro your boots

Chainsmokers - Paris

James Bay - Let it be

Outside Broadcast;

There will be no outside recoding’s as access to a room is always available.   

Jingles Between Sections;

We will pre record our jingles. What we will do is say ‘this is BBC Radio 1’ then in adobe after effects play around with the effects so that it sounds unique to our radio 1 breakfast show.

DJ/ Presenter Must have a unique style/ joined by at least two extra

Sam - Presenter / DJ

Andrew - Presenter/ DJ

Reni - Weather

Connie - Guest

Title: The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Sam and Andrew

Medium: 5 minute BBC radio 1 breakfast show with music, interviews and competitions

Launch Date: Friday 24th March 2017

Running Time: We plan on making the radio show a maximum of 5 minutes it may go on longer to get all the content in.

Contingency plan;

Equipment fails; If the equipment fails and we go to use it we will make sure before using the equipment that is all functioning perfectly e.g. batteries are fully charged. We will bring spares with us for any technical difficulties we may encounter, for all the equipment we will make sure before we record that it is all ok.  

Cast being away; If the cast is away sick we will have backup choices for everyone on the radio show. If anyone is unsalable e.g. ill late or busy then we will record with the backup presenter/ DJ/ Special Guest.

Audio Files lost/ corrupted; If the audio files are missing or corrupted then we will have backup files of all the audio we will record on our computers with the files all organised in a efficient place.

Location being used; If the location is already being used then we will make sure we book two rooms, so that if one is being occupied then we can fall back on that other room. If it turns out both are being used there is a room next to the class that is always free, that room is sound proof so we will use there.  

Realistic Budget:

The realist budget would be closer to £5000-£7500, using the cash to hire/pay production crew, the presenter, etc, pay for the equipment (if not already paid for), buy the licenses for the music, etc. The host will be paid a good £500-£1000 per show, taking up a large amount of the budget already, as the equipment will be the main factor of cost. The equipment (mics, audio mixers, etc) will cost around £2500-£3000 minimum, allocating only £1000-£3000 for the licenses and production team costs. Assuming the production team will be around £1000 average cost, the licences will be left with £2000(ish), and due to the long term usage of a number of songs the licences per song will average out around £50-£100 per show. These prices are all averaged around realistic budgets for the BBC.

Student Budget:

Due to it being a student budget for a media unit, the cash will be of little amount - putting up around £20 (slightly more or less depending on leverage). This will be spent (if needed) on any sort of location, voice actors, equipment, etc, however we will hopefully not need to spent any as we have access to all three at college - it’s more of a backup budget if necessary. Software (and any sort of post production method) is also accessible at college for free, allowing us to bypass any sort of big budget.

Funding Opportunities:

Due to the radio show being apart of BBC, any form of advertising or sponsorship is illegal, meaning we would get all of our budget from the licence fee and tax payers. If we weren’t apart of the BBC, we would get our funding from both sponsors and advertising, self-promoting ourselves on busses, billboards, posters, and in relation to our sponsors/other companies.

Current trends;

We will follow the current trends in music/ radio and celebrity media. We will make sure we play music that is currently trending in the top 50 charts. That involves songs like Ed Sheeran Shape of you. This is because it is number one on the charts at the moment.

We will have interviews and chats about what we want to focus on around what is currently trending. This involves stuff like Ed Sheeran's new album and Stormzys new album.  Game Of thrones and The walking dead as well as these are shows that are very popular with all audiences so people can relate to what we are talking about.  

The show will keep our audience informed about current trends that involve the news, entertainment industry and weather/ travel.  

These current trends will be used in our radio show because these are things that appeal with our target audience. There is no reason to use things that do not appeal to the target audience because then we would lose listeners.  

Mode of Address:

Due to our target audience being 15-29 of both genders our speech and direction of address will be more informal and slag orientated, making the target listeners feel more comfortable and focused, as if they were listening to someone they know speak.

This is purposefully done to drive away older listeners and orient around the younger audience. Light expletives will be used, due to their impact and frequent use within the dialect of 15-29 year olds, they are just casual words for that audience.

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Final Radio Edit;

A) Setting up appropriate equipment

We set up the microphone in the middle of the room. It was on a big tripod as then it wasn't resting on a table that we could easily knock and also to pick up all our voices. We made sure it was in an empty space then all sat round the microphone.

We used adobe audition to edit. We made sure it was easy for us to add effects to certain parts that where quieter.

B)  Following running order and content plan

We followed what we could fit in for our radio show from the running order. This was because we couldn't fit everything into five minutes. As we had a lot for running order it was a struggle to cram everthing in the show. We followed the content plan as most of it was in the show with the exception of the sport news as we ran out of time for that.

C) Following safe working practices

  When setting up safe working practices we made sure that took regular screen breaks. This was because we where at computers for long times during the day so making sure our eyes didn't strain we went for breaks of fresh air and drinks.

D) Following production Process

We changed our production process as we did two takes instead of one that where practices. This was because we wanted to guarantee that the real recording would be of a high standard.

Review Of shoot;

We found that in the test shoot that we didn't strictly stick to the script, It was more of a rough extract so that we would go off what we would naturally say. We found that some of the stuff was unnatural to say and for that reason we made changes to the script.