Radio Documentary

For this task my class were asked to observe a radio documentary and describe the structure of content in order.



I chose to look at this thought provoking 1xtra documentary titled cry rape, which was broadcast on the 21st of august 2008 and presented by Adele Cross. The program itself talks about the issues and hardships that  men who are accused of rape face from their social life, to their professional working life.

• Actual footage of false  emergency call
• Presenters Brief Introduction
  
• Snippets of the story before the interview
• Montage of Interviews and vox-pops over the jingle
• Presenter's detailed introduction and archive footage of new broadcasts
• Ben's story/soundscape of party/presenter brief narration
• Presenter talking about statistics
  
• Presenter introducing Jason's story
• Snippets of the story before the interview
• Presenter introduces Faso (the false allegation support organization)
  
• Director of Faso Margret Gardener talks about allegations of rape
• Snippet of interview
• Presenter Adele Cross introduces Jasons mother again
• Presenter introduces Dave Gee from The Association of Chief Police Officers
• Adele Cross talks the repercussions of being accused of rape/Jason & Ben comment on their experiences since being accused of rape.
  
• Louise an actual rape victim tells her story
• Parts of Dave Gee's interview is played
• Presenter introduces vox-pops/
• Vox-pops 
• Ben talks about why he thinks he's accuser did it
• Margret gardener talks about the compensation in which rape victims receive
  
• Louise gives her view on compensation to rape victims
• Polititan Vernon Coker gives his views
• Dave gee gives his views on people who have been accused of rape
• Louise gives her views on false allegations and how her life has changed
• the presenter talks about Ben's social life since he was accused of rape
• Presenter talks about government policy on rape
• Radio Jingle signals the end of the documentary

I found the documentary very well presented and interesting I particularly liked the way in which three snippets of interviews would play over a certain topic with people giving their views on a certain subject to that the viewer would get a varied perspective on that subject.


To listen to the full documentary click on these links below.

• Part 1 
• Part 2
• Part 3
  

Treatment For Do I Really Need ??

The opening scene of my production, will have catchy music followed by subtitles, which will introduce the topic of the documentary and the production team. I would like to open my documentary with an animated sequence of designer labels and clothes in the stop motion format.

The Broadcast journalist will then say a short introduction of the theme in which this documentary will be dealing with and will go into the history of designer labels in a brief speech

My documentary will feature vox-pops from members of the public who will voice their opinion on what they think about designer labels, or their preference when it comes to shopping for clothes. My documentary will then talk about issues like fairtrade and will interview a spokesperson who works with one of the maijor retailers who is part of the E.T.I.. Archive footage and images of inequality and will appear in my documentary also archive footage from advertisements on fairtrade will also feature in my documentary

My Documentary will conclude with the spokesperson telling the Broadcast Journalist where they see the industry in the future and what can be done to prevent exploitation in the developing countries.


 

VOX-POPS

Vox-Pops are used in media production to generate public opinion and intrest on a particular subject.    Vox-Pops are live unscripted interviews and usually last for a small duration. Television and Radio shows use the Vox-Pop format.  

The word vox-pop originated from the Latin word vox populi which means voice of the people.

Vox-Pops are used to showcase a  range of  public  perspective on topics like social issues current affairs and politics.

• So what nomally happens in a Vox-Pop?

A broadcast journalist would normally approache, an unsuspecting member of the public on the street and calmly interview them on camera, or dictorphone about their opinions concerning the issues in which their programme is centered around.
Vox-Pops are often broadcast out in an open space area and are shot at the medium close up camera angle of the close up angle.

Vox-Pops are a good source of information because

• They allow members of the public to be involed in media produtions 
• They also allow television & radio audiencess to identify with the person being interviewed 
• And they allow the general publics opinion to be represented and broadcast to a wide audience

 

Proposal For Do I Really Need ?

Here is my proposal for my documentary entitled "Do I Really Need?"

Whatever generation or cutural background you are from, fashion has at least once  presented itself  in your lifetime. Through trends and crazes cultures can become submerged in a blanket of desire and craves for the latest fashion items and Designer labels. Many of the designer labels of today are being endorsed by celebritys with iconic status which have crystalised the image of these maijor co-oroperations today


I propose to make a documentary, which will explore the social aspect of fashion, my documentary will also raise awareness of where these clothes are made. My documentary will ask the question "why do we often feel compelled to buy designer labels". Production  will also explore the power in which designer labels have over todays soiety in terms of status. I aim to riase awareness about the underlying issues and within the fashion industry in terms of fairtrade.

I believe that shooting a video production at this curent time, would be the most appropriate due to the growing trends which have corresponded with cultural backgrounds in terms of music and ethnicity.

My video production will be aimed at the youth and young adults of today.  I aim to challenge young minds to be a bit open minded, whilst educating them on important issues like fairtrade and equality throughout the world. 

Using a production team I hope to interview a range of young people on the opinions on desinger labels and why wearing the latest trends will give you status in todays world. I will look at celebrity culture and the endorsements over the years which have incited many of us to purchase particular items.

By the end of this production i hope to inform and educate my target audiene as well as the general public

Do I Really Need....Designer Labels???

The title is very thought provoking and is enough to captivate any audience.

Today in class we were given the sensational task of formulating ideas for our own productions,
which were aimed at attracting and targeting the BBC3 audience of today. After much deliberation and a
brainstorming session in class I was inspired to produce an idea for a documentary.

My documentary would look at the power in which desinger labels have on the youth of today and would
dig deep into the historical and ecconomic aspect of fashion. It struck me that many of the youths and the current generation of shopaholics may be wearing clothes without knowing where these clothes really came from in terms of fairtrade.

I hope that this will inspire a series of docuentaries in general which will challenge the way people think.
Here is a link to the E.T.I. website which stands for ethical trade initiative this organisation deals with fairtrade in the industry and any well known retailers like Gap & Primark are part of this organisation respectively.

Sounscapes ?

When viewing this title, many of you may be thinking the very question "what is a soundscape? ".

According to Dictionary.Com a soundscape is ...
an atmosphere or enviroment created by or with a sound .

Basically soundscapes allow us to capture the essance of an enviroment through sound and its authenticity.
these sounds, can be used to create an artitsic image in your mind through imagination of what an enviroment really looks like. Soundscapes appear in everyday life and can be found in media text such as...
television, film and music.

How can we identify a soundscape?

Soundscapes are the sounds which make up the land, they are sounds of the enviroment. These sounds can be natural. A good place to notice soundscapes are through cartoons like the
Simpsons and Family Guy.

In general wherever you are ,there is a soundscape to suit the enviroment that you are in.
For example if you were in a trainstation you would hear.

• Announcements, (via intercom) Steamtrains, Bells  Footprints  the Clock

Here are some examples of soundscapes.

Self Portrait

In class we were given a small assignment to complete over the weekend. The task would build upon our knowledge of what we have been previously learning ,during the day about images and the power in which they create socailly in terms of  representation. We were asked to take a self portrait photo of things in which we thought would represent us the most and what the image would say about the type of person that we were. Thinking long and hard about the image in particular in which I wanted to portray I decided to take a picture of three things in which I felt meant the most to me in general.

• My tie with the Ghanain flag on it
• My Woolly hat which portrays the Ghanain coat of arms
• My Ghanain football jersey

Being of Ghanain/Brittish origin I felt that it was inportant for my self protrait to portray a reflective view I took a picture of the ghanain memrobilia which I had in my bedroom. I wanted the colours in the picture to say something aout me as well so I made sure that the colour white was the most dominant colour in my photo even in the background, so it could reflect the type of person I am in everyday life. I wanted the color white to relfect that I am a calm well mannered person who tries to see the good in people no matter what race of cultural background in which they are from. Which is why the black Ghana tie is positioned directly to the side of the white tie followed by a dominant black and white theme throughout my image.

For our next assignment my class were given an the task of taking six more photos which would comply with the principles of connotation and denotation. I took these pictures in the hope that my pictures would capture the essance of time.

During the opening week of my course my class and I were asked to pertake in an activity in the city. We went on a photo marathon taking pictres of things that were relevant to our assigned subjects. Here are the pictures from the activity.

Welcome message

Hello everybody welcome to my blog, my name is Edem king and I am in my first year of the Media Production course at Bath Spa University. I setup this blog with the intention of keeping you updated with my progression durig my first year of university. I hope you enjoy my blog, there wil be many intresting pictures and video's that i will be posting throughout the year as well as information in general about how i am adapting to University life and finding lectures. thank you for logging onto my blog and I hope you enjoy it