Evaluation of audio assessment
For the audio assessment, I created a fashion trend podcast and a travel interview. I came up with the idea for the podcast through articles online about how Kate Middleton’s clothes sell out within the hour and I wanted to talk to someone who would have interesting opinions about this. I came up with the idea for the interview as I thought about the upcoming long summer holiday for students and know that travelling is often a popular option with what to do over this break from university. However, this does not have to apply just to students as it could apply to anyone who is interested in going travelling.
The brief was to create “a three-minute audio podcast, with a short piece of introductory online text” and “two-minute edited interview, with a suitable cue (introductory text) that you’d expect to be read on a radio broadcast.” I think I followed this brief well, as I can imagine a travel interview about someone’s experience of travelling would be something that would be played on a radio station to give people ideas. I also wrote suitable introductions to the audio on the blog to make it clear what I had done.
However, there are some things that I would improve on if I was to do it again. One problem I encountered in this assessment was the audio booth. I set up an interview with a woman who has worked in Topshop and French Connection, which I wanted to include in my podcast. However, the recording did not come out as I had hoped and I unfortunately could not use this footage in the end. If I was to record audio in the future I would make sure to check that I am using the audio booth correctly. I also think my editing skills could be improved on to make the recordings more clear. In terms of things that well, I think I picked an interesting interviewee for the travel interview, who had a lot to say about travelling which was very interesting. Also, the way I laid out the blog posts was clear to read.
I think that I met my aims mostly for this assessment as I wanted to create pieces of audio on topics that I think people would want to hear about. Compared to other audio work, for example on radio stations, I think my work needs improvement in terms of its editing, but the topics I chose were relevant and interesting. I learnt a lot about audio online and how you need to be careful that what you’re recording is going to be clear enough to use. I’ve also learnt a lot about multimedia journalism and the way people use the internet to share information with others.
