Kate Murphy
Intro to Broadcasting
Prospectus
9-28-12
For
Intro to Broadcasting, my plan is to create a radio show, or podcast. Thus, the
tools that I would plan on using would be the studio, digital audio recorders,
and fellow classmates. I have been talking to Kim and Sarah about working
together, sharing SD cards, and helping each other out in the editing room. I
am more than willing to help more people out though; through other classmates’
projects is how I will learn about video production because I am basing mine
off of audio. That way, by the end of the semester, I will have fully gained
knowledge of both audio and video. For the production process, I plan on using
the in studio audio recorders. After recording my audio with a 2 GB SD card, I
want to edit my podcasts through Sony Vegas 11, which is on the computers in
the studio. Once the editing has been done to my standards, I will upload the
episodes onto the class’ YouTube channel. My contribution to the class is
slightly different in that I am doing a radio show, but I think that will make
the channel a little more diverse because there is so much to broadcasting.
After uploading my episodes, I plan on putting links onto my blog and tweet
about my new episode and upcoming episodes.
Again,
my concept is to create a radio show. I listen to the radio all the time when I
am driving, and I have an internship lined up at a local radio station next
summer. Basically, my concept is to be a radio host, dishing out hot topics. I
would greatly appreciate help from other classmates with editing because I have
never edited before.
My plan is to create a total of five episodes,
which includes a pilot. These podcasts will be two to five minutes in length,
depending on how much information I have. My rough idea of a schedule is to
have a podcast every two weeks, which means my first episode, or pilot will be
heard on October 8th and my last podcast will be heard the week of
December 3rd.
I
want the podcasts to feel like a radio show. I have noticed that radio hosts
are very conversational. Along with that, they have to have a strong persona;
you can only hear their voice. I plan on incorporating music and
advertisements, with smooth transitions. I have been brainstorming other ideas, as well. I have thought about having a co-host for an episode, where we can talk about a
certain topic.
For
the pilot episode, I want to do a show related to celebrity gossip. I enjoy
reading the celebrity magazines and that is a topic that I hear quite a bit on
the radio back home. I want to do a celebrity episode because we, as a society,
usually listen to the radio to hear the hippest tunes of right now. Our
favorite artists and bands play music on the radio, and thus, being that they
are of a celebrity status, are relevant to a hot topics episode. I would basically bring up a topic (example: Kim Kardashian) and talk about a rumor going around about her. I would discuss the topic, share what I have to think about it, and then move onto the newest celebrity scandal.
Even
though I am not doing a television broadcast like most people in the class, I
still believe that radio is a great way to get information out to people. Radio
is a part of mass media that I am currently interested in and want to learn
more about. With support from the class, knowledge of the studio, and doing the
work, I believe that this semester will be a success.
