Group feedback and alterations

Our radio drama was played to a panel of media student in higher education. They were asked to give each drama a score out of 10 and also give us feedback on how we can inprove our dramas. The panel gave Rough cut (our drama)  9's they said that the comedy value was definately there and they also suggested that Viviene should remain a man to make the drama more intereting. some of my teammemebers liked this view and took it on board. However i was not that open to the idea. Mainly it wasn't our initail vision for it. However because the panel hve been there before and know what thewir talking about i did take their feedback on board but decided to make Vivienne a Drag that way it would not complicarte the drama or confuse my target audience.

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• colours used brown connotes historic/ rustic which represents the story line very well as it is a crime. the brown also connotes mud implying something will be dug up or revealed from he past

Rough cut

I then moved on to fashion magazines but came to a dead end that is when we came up with Rough Cut. siginifies Lauren's personality. Everyone is rough at the edges and has something if not a feature that is not quite perfect whether it be personality or aqppearnace because we wanted Lauren to be a character our target audience can relate to we wanted her to be as inperfect and natural as possible instead of perfect.

There is also the connotation to fashion with rough cutting of materials or fabrics.

Recording production: Part 2

WHO IS DOING WHAT???

Now we are all ready to start recording we needed to decide which roles each member in the group is to take on. We all decided that Jo should be Lauren because she is soft spoken and plays the role naturally.

During the reading of the script in front of the class we asked one of our class members Jo (boy) to act our Chris' character and he did a very good job of it, so we asked him to play the role for our recording as well.

We were now left with three more characters; Vivienne, Jeffrey and our less important characters like the radio reporter, model and the Vogue Editor, which are roles anyone can do including our already existing actors.

Character Vivienne was who i was most concerned about. We made her a very strong character with an accent and i didn't want her character to be altered in any way. So I asked my cousin to play the role of Vivienne. My cousin's first language is french so her accent is very strong and accurate. She loves drama and does write plays as well as act in her spare time having someone like her to the team has a lot of advantages not only because she's french but she can also give us her opinion on the drama and Vivienne's character that can make our radio drama better.

Personally i didn't want to take on a role in the radio drama mainly because i really enjoyed being behind the desk in the recording room and learning how everything worked. I think the best way to truly monitor how effective the radio drama is, is by being behind the desk and watching it take form that way i can see the drama from the target audiences point of view.

Having two people behind the desk is even more effective because you then have a second opinion and then as a group review work done and see which areas need improving.


After some complication and clashes in lesson timetables my cousin was proven not to be a good candidate for Vivienne so we asked our form teacher Stephen to take her place.

Radio Production: Part 1

Recording studio induction

Today our teacher gave us an induction in the recording studio. He took us through the switches and process of recording.






 

The first thing he told us was to make sure that we changed the initial settings so that whatever we do record will automatically be sent to our groups folder. doing this reduces the risk of loosing waste and efficiently saving time.





We were shown how to record and we took turns in recording in the booth and working on the switches. When i was in the recording booth we were told to do a practise run to make sure everything is running smoothly. We were told to practise this whenever recording our radio drama before doing the real thing. When i was in the recording booth i realised that every single sound was picked up by the microphone. This worried me a bit because it could sabotage our recordings. The recording studio room is located right next to the ladies toilets and the hand dryer is constantly used which would also cause trouble. So our teacher suggested some tips that may help.


 TIP NO. 1

Lay script out before recording separated each page to avoid touching it.


TIP NO. 2

Put sign on recording studio door that says

• recording in session 
• please do not disturb 
• silence

TOP TIP

PLACE AN OUT OF
ORDER SIGN ON THE
DRYER TO PREVENT
RUDE INTERRUPTIONS

Colours and Language

These are the colours that i believe have connotations to the radio dramas theme and the relationships between the main characters.

• Red: connotates anger which could describe the emotions between the two rivals Lauren and Vivienne

• Green: connotates envy/ jelousy again words that relate to the feud between our protagonist and adversary.

• Black: As well as connotating darkness it also connotates sophistication which is what to be expected in the fashion industry

• Purple: Is known to be an luxurious colour a positive correlation with the fashion industry

• Grey: To me connotates uniform this is relevant to the lifestyle and attitude everyone would expect from Lauren being in the industry and her struggle to fit in. It could also mean an extra meaning. For instance 'everything is not black and white' or 'Reading between the lines'

• Blue: The connotation of sadness relating to the sad events that occur in Lauren's life which keeps our target audience empathetic towards her character.

There is usually a stereotypical relationship made between fashion and France- Paris known as the place of fashion for this reason translating these colours in French could give us an ideal radio drama title.

• Red = Rouge
• Green= Vert
• Black= Noir
• Purple= Violet
• Grey= Gris
• Blue= Bleu

Radio drama title research

We realised that the title for out radio drama was a bit misleading.

The initial title was Village girl however Lauren is not from a village and never has been, she is just a quiet individual trying to break loose in the fashion industry. The main theme of our story is 2 women who are rivals fighting for success in the spotlight of the fashion industry. So our radio drama should reflect rivalry, fashion, success, or Lauren's life as she is the main character. Whatever we decide on must be subliminal and make listeners think and grab their attention. This is the only piece of information as well as a brief overview/summary of what to expect from the drama- Therefore it has to be good.

To begin my search i decided to look at 'fashion slang' websites to hopefully find fashion terminology that describes our radio drama. I came across two useful websites and found two possible titles.

Website number 1:

Website number 2:

Initially I thought something original like Fashion would be okay for a drama title. but after looking at TV dramas such as Eastenders, The Bill, Holby City, and radio drama such as the Archers I saw that it covers a range of individuals living or residing in the place the drama is named after. In this case we have a set Adversary and Protagonist If we were to name it after something so broad like the fashion industry it would be misleading as our audience would be expecting a wide range of characters and multiple story lines running at once, not that this can not be achieved in the long run, but i think it's best to relate the title to what we are offering our target audience at this very moment.

[ SCAN OF MIND MAP OF POSSIBLE NAMES]