8. evaluation(4)

8. evaluation(4)

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  FMP Evaluation Benjamin Wincup
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  Production Process Evaluation
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  Research • The goodthing about my research is that I found out about older British Pathé newscasts with music. They talk in short bursts with the music fading in and out. • The problem with my research is that I didn’t use enough similar examples. I ended up using 3 podcasts that are completely different from my final product. • To improve, I would’ve looked around for more 40’s videos and audio shows. I could find those in archives. This would probably have improved my work by allowing me to understand the style better.
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  Planning • I plannedout the whole project, from the sound effects to the dialogue, however I didn’t use much of it as my idea changed the more I did research and production. • I’m still happy with my planning as it shows that I had planned out much more for my project. • I ended up having conflicting ideas over sound effects as certain ones didn’t fit with what I ended up using.
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  Time Management • Ithink I’ve managed my time well as I’ve had plenty of time to finish and infact, I finished earlier than expected. • I think my schedule was good as it allowed me extra time to do touch ups and finish it all off.
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  Technical Qualities • Inmy project, I had to put on a radio presenter from 1940s England accent. I know that this is the appropriate accent as I have watched many films and documentaries about and from the era. • I had to edit the audio to make it sound old timey using On Hold EQ and Old Timey Radio, two different filters. • I made some of the songs fade in and out to add to the depth and cut them up using the razor tool. Link to the podcast/documentary; The Big Three in Teheran • The voice in the British Pathé is his actual accent, but I tried to emulate that. • The audio sounds tinny in the video as that was what the quality of the recordings were like in the 1940s. • Both mine and the video ended up being around 4-5 minutes. • There’s songs in the British Pathé video, but they fade out when he talks and then back in when he stops. I tried to do a similar thing.
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  Aural Qualities • Ithink that my work sounds good as it sounds like it’s from the 1940s and that was the goal. I also think that it was creative as I put on a well spoken accent and I used music. I like how it sounds authentic, but if I could do anything, I would add more music. The only reason I couldn’t do this is because of copyrighted material.
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  Audience Appeal I feelthat my product appeals to my audience as it has an authentic vibe which captures your imagination and immerses you into the story. It’s almost as if you’re in the 40’s and listening to it on the radio.
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  Peer Feedback
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  Feedback 1 • Whatdid you like about the product? – I like that the news cast what you did is about the second world war and the way that you spoke in the podcast made it sound even better. Another thing that I like about the news cast is the crackling in the back gorund also makes it sound better and more realistic • What improvements could have been made to the product? • I would make the news cast maybe a minute more longer. I would also make the speaker sound louder and the crackling in the background maybe a bit quitter.
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  Feedback 2 • Whatdid you like about the product? – The effects placed over the audio are very authentic to the time period and the fading/rising audio levels also mirror researched examples and mimic the radio-cast well. • What improvements could have been made to the product? – Some personal vocal range from the delivery, placing emphasis on exciting or important information could have been used to break up the speech more as it read very similar across all the spoken narrative.
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  Feedback 3 • Whatdid you like about the product? – The information told was really clear and allowed the listeners to follow along with the story. – I like the grain that was put over the audio, it really sounded like old timey-radio. – The voice the narrator was speaking in really added to the immersion and made it sound like it was a real radio casting from that set time period. – The music chosen matched the theme of the podcast really well. • What improvements could have been made to the product? – Because of the accent put on by the narrator, some of the words were hard to understand. – The narrators audio could be a little bit louder.
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  Peer Feedback Summary •What do you agree with from your peer feedback? – I agree that I have made it as authentic as I can. • What do you disagree with from your peer feedback? – I disagree that personal range could improve it, as at the time, if you were on the radio presenting, you’d have to keep a clear voice and not show much emotion.
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  Peer Feedback Summary •I would make the voice louder and make the crackling quieter. I think that this would help with making it easier to understand what was said.