Monday, November 26, 2012

Capstone Script


Title of Program: Coming Together TV’s Radio Station
Date of Airing: TBA (Capstone)
Time of Airing: TBA
Host: Kate Murphy
Co-host: Sarah Sluka

1          MUSIC FADE OUT
2          HOST 1: You were just listening to Clocks by Coldplay on CTTV’s hit radio station.
3          Thanksgiving break is almost here and the weather outside is getting colder and colder by
4          the day, but to warm us up in studio are the hot topics of the week! Before we get to the
5          big stories, here are the smaller, but notable mentions. Justin Bieber recently got his
6          eighth tattoo! This time, an owl on his left forearm. And just this last Friday, Justin
7          Bieber and Selena Gomez are no longer a couple! Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield’s
8          relationship is to die for! The cute couple was spotted at the Hollywood Forever
9          Cemetary in Hollywood last Saturday, where they checked out the resting places of some
10        famous stars. Newlyweds Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel went to Africa for their
11        honeymoon. The couple, who got married October nineteenth, were seen at the
12         Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania, two days after their nuptials. Now, onto
13        bigger news. Sitting to my right is my co-host and friend, Sarah Sluka. Thanks so much
14        for coming in today!
15        HOST 2: Absolutely, Kate!
16        HOST 1: So, the highlight of our show: Kristen Stewart is working on repairing her
17        relationship with on-again-off-again beau, Robert Pattinson, but the Twilight start
18        apparently has other important things on her mind as well. During a press junket in Los
19        Angeles, California on November first, the twenty-two year old actress revealed that after
20        playing a mom in Breaking Dawn – Part 2, she can see herself having a baby one day.
21        According to US Weekly, when asked if she’s ready to have kids of her own, Stewart
22        replied, “Dude, no. I can’t wait to be a mom, but like, no. I can wait.” And the final
23        installment of the beloved Twilight franchise will be out in theaters on November
24        sixteenth. And I know many of my friends, as well as myself are going to the midnight
25        premier of it. What are your thoughts on this, Sarah?
26        BEGIN DIALOGUE BETWEEN HOST ONE AND HOST TWO ON TOPIC
27        END CONVERSATIONAL DIALOGUE. BACK TO HOST ONE
28        HOST 1: That’s all the time we have for today, but thanks for tuning in and thank you
29        Sarah for helping me out in studio!
30        HOST 2: You’re welcome!
31        HOST 1: To get everyone warmed up and ready for the approaching holiday season, here
32        one of my favorites. Until next time, this is your host, Kate Murphy, dishing out the
33        celebrity hot topics.
34        MUSIC FADE IN
35        MUSIC FADE OUT

Revised Prospectus


Kate Murphy
Intro to Broadcasting
Revised Prospectus
11-26-12

            For Intro to Broadcasting, my plan was to create a radio show, or podcast. Thus, the tools that I would use 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 used the in studio audio recorders. After recording my audio with a 2 GB SD card, I edited my podcasts through Sony Vegas 11, which I downloaded on my laptop, and used on Kim’s as well. Once the editing had been done to my standards, I uploaded 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 put links onto my blog and tweet about my new episode and upcoming episodes.
 My plan is to create a total of five episodes, and I am proud to say that I have kept my end of the deal; I have completed five episodes, all of which I enjoy. The first episode will be the pilot and the fifth episode will be the capstone to my project. 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.
            For the pilot episode, I wanted 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 wanted 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 brought up a topic (example: Kim Kardashian) and talked about a rumor going around about her. I discussed the topic, shared what I have to think about it, and then moved onto the newest celebrity scandal.
            For the capstone episode, I decided on having much more celebrity hot topics than the previous episodes. I will have “mini” stories, as well as the longer, discussion-style stories with a co-host. This episode will be the best one yet because I have learned so much from working in studio as well as working in the book that I decided to use with the course. Even though it is a radio show, I have included more pictures to go along with the hot topics. And I have also made my transitions and fade-ins and outs more smooth and effortless. As each episode has progressed, I have tried to be more warming and inviting. The fourth episode I did I was very sick, so I do not sound as good as I hoped, but I still try to be engaging and bring about a different type of persona to the listeners. When comparing my first episode to the capstone, I hope that the listeners will be able to tell that even though it is only audio recordings, I have still made vast improvements and tried my hardest to achieve a better episode each and every time.
            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.