THE PITCH / RADIO SHOW CRITIQUE

 BELOW IS A COPY OF MY REFLECTIVE AUDIO DIARY SCRIPT.

Introduction.

                     Hi my name is Kate Pritchard. This is my reflective audio diary. 

TEAM WORKING:            THE DICTIONARY MEANING. Defines team work as :

“work done by a group of people who work together to achieve a common task or goal.”

AS A GROUP WE INITIALLY WORKED WELL TOGETHER.  SUBSEQUENTLY THE COHESION OF THE GROUP BROKE DOWN AND THE INPUT OF MEMBERS IN THE GROUP BECAME NARROWED. IN MY OPINION ,   THE CONTENT OF THE SHOW LACKED BREADTH AND INTEREST. OUR MAIN PROBLEM WAS BAD COMMUNICATION. WE WORKED WELL ON OUR OWN ASSIGNED TASKS, BUT WHEN WE CAME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS OUR JOINT WORK, WE DID NOT WORK IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER. 

RESEARCH:        AS A GROUP I FEEL OUR RESEARCH SKILLS WERE VERY STRONG, THIS IS REFLECTED NOT ONLY IN OUR PITCH BUT ALSO IN THE RADIO ITSELF. EACH OF US TAKING ON INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TASKS, KEELY RESEARCHING INSOMNIA ITSELF, INTERVIEWING A NURSE AND A DOCTOR. SIMON TOOK THE ROLE OF SOUND RESEARCHER AND EDITOR. MYSELF TOOK THE ROLE OF RESEARCHING THE BUGET, TO MAKE OUR PITCH AS LIFE LIKE AS POSSIBLE. I COSTED VARIOUS JOB ROLES / TITLES WITHIN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY & QUOTED HOW MUCH WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY THESE PEOPLE FOR A DAYS HIRE / PAY. IN THE RADIO SHOW ITSELF IT WAS MY JOB TO RESEARCH ANIMAL INSOMNIA, AS THIS WAS A MATTER BROUGHT UP FROM OUR PITCH. 

SCRIPT WRITING SCRIPT:                        ANOTHER OF OUR STRONGER ASSETS WAS OUR SCRIPT WRITING. WITH KEELY AND MYSELF BOTH KEEN SCRIPT WRITERS. WE BETWEEN US WROTE THE INTRO, WITH SIMONS INPUT WE SCRIPTED THE FIRST PARAGRAPH WITH THE IDEA OF RADIO 1’S FRIENDLY BANTER. SIMON THEN DID SOME CLEVER EDITING LINKING US WITH GOOD LINKS, KEEPING IT STRONG.  IT WAS DECIDED TO KEEP THE ANIMAL STORIES SHORT FOR REASONS OF PACE,            WHICH WAS A DECISION.  I BELIEVE I ROUNDED THE WHOLE SHOW OFF WITH A WELL SCRIPTED FINALE CONCLUDING ALL THE POINTS MADE WITHIN THE SHOW, WHEN STATING INSOMNIA WAS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY ANY TIME SOON.

 

ON A MORE PERSONAL NOTE I WAS ABLE TO PRACTICE MY SCIPT WRITING IN CLASS BY PRODUCING THE LEAVING HOME SCRIPTS & THE BURMA SCRIPT.        

Editor / EDITING          HAVING HAD NO EXPERIENCE OF SOUND EDITING BEFORE, THE THOUGHT OF EDITING PIECES TOGETHER WAS A DAUNTING PROSPECT. BUT WITH SIMONS HELP AND TUITION I MANAGED TO EDIT THE VOX POP “IN YOUR OPINION WHAT IS INSOMNIA?”

SNIPPET OF THE VOX POP.

IN EDITING THIS VOX POP I HAVE LEARNED THAT EDITING SIMPLE THINGS SUCH AS THESE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TOO CHALLENGING OR TECHNICAL, YOU CAN EDIT TO A HIGH QUALITY USING VERY EASY AND SIMPLE TECHNIQUES AS CROSS FADES.

Interviewer / Interviewing. 

BEING SHY AND NOT VERY OUTSPOKEN, I WAS DISINCLINED TO GOING TO COMPLETE STRANGER AND ORGANISING AN INTERVIEW, ALTHOUGH I FOUND ONCE OVER THE INITIAL HERDAL OF ASKING FOR THE INTERVIEW. EVERYTHING ELSE INCLUDING THE INTERVIEW IT SELF WENT VERY WELL.

 

PLAY VETS ORIGINAL INTERVIEW.

 

THE VET’S INTERVIEW MATERIAL WAS MISREPRESENTED BECAUSE THE VET COULD NOT COMMENT ON A CASE OF ANIMAL INSOMNIA, BECAUSE SHE HAD NEVER SEEN A CASE OF IT.  IN THE EDITING SUITE THE INTERVIEW WAS CUT USING ANSWERS FROM OTHER QUESTIONS TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT ANIMAL INSOMNIA WAS COMMON. OTHER INTERESTING MATERIAL ON THE SUBJECT OF SLEEP DISFUNCTION WAS PASSED OVER

 

PLAY SIMON & KEELYS VERSION OF INTERVIEW.

 

TECHNICALLY THE INTERVIEW WAS WELL ACCOMPLISHED, ALTHOUGH THEIR WAS SOME DISTORTION ON THE SECOND QUESTION, DUE TO THE POP SHEILD MOVING.

 

I FEEL IN CLASS OUR PRACTICAL SEESIONS WITH GILL REALLY HELPED, ESPECIALLY THE EMOTIVE HIV INTERVIEW IN WHICH ADAM INTERVIEWS ME A HIV AIDS SUFFER.

TIME MANAGEMENT.

 

Managing My own time

I BELIEVE THROUGHOUT THIS PRODUCTION I WORKED WITHIN THE TIME CONSTRAINTS CONSTRUCTIVELY EVEN THOUGH THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM CONDUCTED ATTRIBUTION OF WORK AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING BY PHONE, UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT REVEALING A VESTED INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT MATTER .  I HAVE CONTRIBUTED IDEAS, RESEARCH OF ANIMAL INSOMNIA AND ORGANISED INTERVIEWS WITH VETS.

 

 

Time Management Within the group.

SADLY TIME MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE GROUP WAS LACKING, NOT LEAVE SUFFICIENT TIME FOR SEVERAL EDITS OF THE FINAL SHOW, INEVITABLY OUR FINAL PRODUCT SHOWS THIS.

IN CONCLUSION:

 

CLEARLY TO WORK AS A TEAM REQUIRES ONE TO PUT ASIDE ONES PERSONAL ISSUES AND PERSONAL INTERESTED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PRODUCT. SADLY THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AS INTROSPECTION AND EGO HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN THE SHOW’S OUTPUT.