Radio Trailer Codes And Conventions

The codes and conventions I found of radio trailers are as follows:

-Short audio clips from the programme included.

-Occasionally a music bed with music that is relevant to the programme in some way.

-Voice over is the same voice over that was used in the documentary. The voice over has to narrate and briefly outlines what the programme is going to be about.

-Average length of a radio trailer clip is 40 seconds.

-Mentions what channel it will be broadcasted on.

Voice over Script

Here are the scripts that we wrote for our documentary voiceover and the voiceover for the radio advert.

We use an older male to do our voice over as it would fit in well with the tone of our documentary and also appeal to our target audience well. We were also aware of the fact that we should work on a ratio of three words per second.

Documentary Script

Introduction (21 seconds)
Are we becoming an increasingly greedy society? Is the desire for a large pay packet, an ideal education and the latest gadgets simply a feature of human nature? Or is our society greedier than previous generations? Have we lost sight of the line between greed and obsession? We asked people what comes to mind when they think of greed.

Voxpops to Banker (5 seconds)
Our survey showed that two thirds of people claim that money makes them happy, but is there a link between greed and money?

Banker to Dad (7 seconds)
Many people agree that greed is one of the main causes of the recession, but with bills mounting up, how is the average family coping?

Dad to Gran (6 seconds)
So are the youth of today a greedier generation or have our gluttonous habits been passed down from our ancestors?

Paris Hilton (12 seconds)
Paris Hilton, the girl who has everything from clothes to cars, perfume to pooch, plays a major role in the lives of many teenage girls. And she is not alone. Programmes such as MTV Cribs portrays thousands of celebrities glamourising greed. But is this a lifestyle we should be promoting?

Michael Carroll (20 seconds)
Many people dream of having lots of money so that they can have a better life, but does the reality match the dream? According to the 9 million pound lottery winner Michael Carroll, the answer is yes. Spending his winnings on cars, a house, drink, drugs and women, he says he is happy despite now being penniless again. We asked people what they’d buy if they won the lottery.


Radio Script

Is society today fuelled by greed? Money, drugs, food, sex, alcohol, a good education? Are we really the greediest generation?

Has society changed since the recession?

Is there really a need for greed? Has rampant individualism replaced our care for fellow human beings in this society?

What does greed mean to you? Find out what it means to others. "I Want It All", Channel 4, 19:30, Sunday 19th December.

Editing

After all the filming had been completed and we had filled in both the tape log sheet and edit decision list, we began editing the footage, the images below illustrate all the different things we did.

This is an image of us changing the sound levels by dragging the sound bar up and down on the selected so that they all hit a sound level of minus six, therefore the sound will flow evenly throughout. We also faded music in and out between and throughout interviews to make it more entertaining for the viewer.

During filming, footage was recorded a number of times so that we could choose the best section, therefore so that our documentary was only five minutes we had to use the clipping tool to shorten clips into the sections that we wanted, this tool being used is shown below.

This image shows us importing archive footage from our files in to our project on Adobe Premier Pro, we would then drag it in to our time line,re-size it and add transitions to either side of it, so it flowed well.

This image shows how we put all of our sound and video clips in to order so that we could see the gaps that we needed to fill, we either music, cutaways or voice over. Here you can also see how we have faded music in and out every time with an audio transition 'constant gain'.

Here we our rendering our project so that it did not jump and was continuous, at first we thought our archive footage wasn't good enough quality but by simply rendering it, it all worked fine.

This image clearly shows us putting transitions in so that footage did not jump from one thing to another. We went to effects and then to video transitions and generally used 'cross dissolve' as this seemed the most appropriate one. We did test out a large majority of the transitions but they did not fit in with the tone of our documentary.

Some of the images and footage we found we different sizes compared to our interviews, so we changed the size so that they all we're similar. We clicked on the appropriate part of the time line and clicked on 'effect control's and lowered the 'motion' percentage.

Some of the footage we had was either too long or simply looked better faster, so here we have right clicked on the clip and have clicked on 'clip speed' again here we changed the percentage by dragging it up or down.

Here we are cutting down audio clips for example our music bed, so that they would fit nicely in the right part and so that the lyrics would reiterate the image on screen.

This image shows how we edited our radio advert. We changed the audio levels so that they were all even, also,some clips were faded in and out. Furthermore we cut down a number of the clip so they were just included the right section that we wanted. We did this on a new sequence in Abode Premier Pro.

Filming

Here are some images of us creating the idea we used as our final title sequecne idea :this includes a black sheet,money,chocolate,alcahol and tablets to resemble drugs

Monday 11th October

This was our first day of filming. In the images below we are filming our first idea for our title sequence.We used silver coins to reiterate the idea of 'greed', also we used two large pieces of black card so that the coins we clear.

We used the 'stop motion' technique by recording one coin at a time to give the illusion that the coins were appearing alone writing our title 'I want it all'. Due to interruptions the camera was moved several times so it was not continuous therefore we had to re-film.

Tuesday 12th October

For our second attempt we filmed in a classroom to avoid the interruptions the occurred during the film try.

The image below shows me using shoe polish to make the coins clear and to make the queens face more prominent on camera as after watching it back the first time we established this was a problem.

We also used a singular larger piece of black paper as when the first attempt was captured on to Adobe the line between the two pieces of paper was very apparent.

This time we laid the coins out first, and took them away one by one to make the process faster.

Wednesday 13th October

I filmed our first interview with Leanne Hill, 17. The interview took place in her bedroom so that the mise-en-scene could include some of the thing that she has spent her money on. However we were advised to re-film because the lighting was not bright enough and the poster of the 'Jonas Brothers' in the background did not reinforce the idea of greed and spending money.

Friday 15th October

Me and Kate went over to Liverpool City Centre to film vox-pops as we thought there would be a large number of people there. We filmed a number of people answering our two questions 'what would you buy if you won the lottery?' and 'what word comes to mind when you think of greed?'. Unfortunately, the microphone was not working so we bought new batteries, this did not improve the quality. The wind was strong and due to no microphone many of the vox-pops filmed that day could not be used.

Tuesday 19th October

We went out again to filmed vox-pops however this time in Liscard shopping centre, this time we only filmed two people, it started to heavily rain and the camera's battery ran out so we had to back away. Thus meaning we would have to go and film vox-pops for a third time.

On this day I also went over to Liverpool Community College to film an interview with Mike Whitmore, ex-banker and teacher of banking. The college had booked a interview room for me to conduct the interview, which was very helpful however it also meant there the mise-en-scene was not very strong and did not really reiterate the idea of 'money' and 'banking'. We could not re-film as this was he only free time, however we thought the interview was good enough to include as the content of it was strong. This is shown below :

Furthermore the interview with the father was filmed today, it was filmed in the child's bedroom, to illustrate all the things a child has, for example the mise-en-scene includes toys and a bunk-bed. Cutaways of the child playing where also filmed on this day.

Tuesday 26th October

The filming of the grandmother took place, it was filmed in her living room, with good lighting, clear sound and a mise-en-scene of things she spend her money one, for example ornaments.

Wednesday 3rd November

We filmed a number of cutaways today, they include a number of hands grabbing a large pile of monopoly money off a white background, this reinforces the idea of greed and fast consumption of money. We could use this as a cutaway between interviews.

We also filmed a game of monopoly as it is all about money, greed and property however this cutaway did not make it in to the final product as we found we did not need it.

Friday 5th November

Today we filmed cutaways for the interview with father using a Argos magazine, we zoomed in to appropriate objects which would fit in with what is being spoken about. We also filmed the title sequence for a final time, this again did not work as it did not look professional so we changed our idea.

Thursday 11th November

Today will filmed our new title sequence idea, which involved drink,tablets ( to resemble drugs), money, and chocolate. We used all of these things because it means we have included all of the topics we address in our running order.

It involves hands coming in, taking the drink, taking some of the tablets ( implying consumption) putting the drink back, taking and eating some of the chocolate and then grabbing at all of the money revealing the title which is on a black background saying 'I want it all' . The filming was not smooth, so we filmed it again which really worked at looked professional therefore we don't have to film it again.

Monday 15th November

We re-filmed the interview with the teenager, this time, the poster and the laptop where taken away, however we did do a cutaway with the laptop later on.

We also filmed a cutaway of someone peeling an orange, to use during the interview with the Grandmother, when she said ' we appreciated our apple and orange' .

Edit decision list

After deciding what shots we were going to include, to help us during the editing stage we put them in to order on a edit decision list, this sheet also includes and transitions or effects we will use whilst editing for example 'cross fade' or 'barn doors'.

Logging Sheets

After filming we viewed the rushes and completed a tape log sheet, here we have listed all the footage on the tape in the order that it appears. The sheet also indicates whether the footage is good or bad and whether it will be used in the final production.

Storyboards

To assist us with our filming my group and I sketched out a number of storyboards for our interviews and our title sequence. These storyboards show positioning, framing and mise-en-scene.

Here is one of our four interviewee's; Leanne, aged 17, she is sitting in a teenagers bedroom with a mirror and jewellery for mise-en-scene to reiterate her age and things she spends her money on.

This is our interview with Jean, a grandparent, here the mise-en-scene include old fashioned ornaments and an arm chair to reiterate her age and the thing the older generations spend there money on.

This is our storyboard for our interview with a Mike Whitmore, an ex-banker and teacher of banking , here he is in an office, with a table and telephone to show how his area of work is important and professional.

Here is the storyboard for our interview with a young dad, the mise-en-scene is in a child's bedroom, with toys and bunk-beds, this enforces the message being portrayed that he is a father of a young child with expensive demands.

Here is the storyboard for our title sequence, here we used chocolate,money, alcohol and tablets which resemble drugs, all this things reiterate our title 'i want it all' which is revealed at the end.