How I Contributed To The Planning Process

How I Contributed To The Planning Process

When it came to the final piece of coursework, it took many hours to prepare, including background and radio research. The timeline, story research, and preliminary exercise also took a considerable amount of time. If we did not take this amount of time on planning and preparation for the final piece, I am positive that we would not have got the high quality result that we got in the end. It was essential that we took our time organising who was going to do what and how we wanted to radio show to sound. In the end, we were all happy with the end result.

I made sure that I was involved in the research of other local and national radio stations, so I was sure how they were presented, the layout and the typical traits and conventions of a local radio show. I listened closely to Oxford’s Heart FM and local radio Jack FM to identify the typical traits of local radio that came up in the show. This was really helpful, as it allowed us to use some of their techniques in our radio show to good effect.

Before we could start our final piece, we had to complete the preliminary exercise. We had to create a shorter version of the radio show. This was a really valuable exercise, as it really helped us get used to the equipment and the structure of a radio show. I was heavily involved in this task as I did the background music, organising the structure, trying to make sure we stuck to the time limit and making sure everything ran smoothly.

Once we had our final project recorded we did a timeline for it to make sure that we had enough material to cover the five minute time. This also helped us analyse our project for any mistakes that we wanted to change.