Wednesday, 10 December 2014

Critical Introduction: Interview


A speech package “informs listeners about a subject in which the radio station considers they will find interesting”. (Rubbin and Ibbotson, 2002) George Whale’s ‘wrap’ interview intends to educate his listeners on the field of electronic cigarettes, by interviewing Fred Cassman, owner and operator of Mist-E-Liquids, based in Brighton. Like the electronic cigarette, the interview has no age specific target audience, nor does it make any preceded expectations of it's listeners. The industry of electronic cigarettes is expanding, in the last two years, users of the electronic cigarette have tripled to over two million in the UK and have caused a lot of controversy in the media since their release on the mass market due to its health concerns, price and advertising. By choosing a zeitgeist subject matter, Whale’s piece should both engage and educates its listeners. 
Through the aid of Jim Beaman’s Interviewing for Radio, Whale learnt key interviewing tactics and preparation skills from the section Advice from the Experts. In order to create a memorable interview, there must be a immediate relationship created between the interviewer and interviewee and their audience. Luckily for Whale, Cassman and himself were already acquainted which makes the wrap flow fluidly like a conversation. Recorded in a vocal studio booth, Whale's piece aims to make its listeners wary of electronic cigarettes as well as being biographical towards Fred. 

Blog Address

http://creativeproductionsoundterm1.blogspot.co.uk/

Bibliography

1. Richard Rudin, Trevor Ibbotson (2002) An Introduction to Journalism: Essential Techniques and Background Knowledge, : Taylor & Francis.

2. Jim Beaman (2000) Interviewing for Radio, : Routledge.

Tuesday, 9 December 2014

Sound Library

Here is my sound library. These are recordings I have made throughout the course which a handful have been used for my soundscape project. Unfortunately, this blog site doesn't let you upload mp3/wav files so I've put my recordings onto my soundcloud account and supplied the links to each recording below:



1. Campus Soundscape 
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/woodland-soundwalk

2. Beach Soundscape
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/brighton-beach-soundwalk

3. Electronic Water Hose
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/water-hose-wav

4. Traffic Lights
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/traffic-lights-wav

5. Shopping Centre
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/shopping-centre-wav

6. Roadside 
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/roadside-set-piece-wav

7. Iron Gate
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/iron-gate-wav

8. Helicopter
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/chopa-wav

9. Cash Machine in Town
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/cash-machine-wav

10. Waitrose
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/waitrose-wav

11. Train Station
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/train-station

12. Footsteps
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/footstepswav

13. Squeaks
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/squeakswav

14. On the Bus
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/on-the-buswav

15. Microwave
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/microwavewav

16. Guttering
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/gutteringwav

17. Children
https://soundcloud.com/gwhale25/childrenwav