Philip Bass media studies

The media industry has many different sectors these include; film which provides many genres as this will create an excitement for this sector when the product is distributed to the public, television much like the film sector television has different styles of presenting the product, radio has many ways the that the product is presented by having different styles of shows such as informative (news) and communicational (talk shows), animation there are various types of way that is representing animation such as cartoons and certain advertisements that would appeal for the younger audience, interactive media has many forms such as social media (Facebook and YouTube) and video games, publishing also has many form these include books and brochures, press provides the public with news in the form of a news paper this allows the public with a portable use, computer games have multiple styles as there are different genres much like film this has opportunities to create many forms of styl...

When I started the radio drama, I needed to make sure that the script didn’t have musical numbers within and if there was any I re-arranged the words, if necessary, to make sense as a spoken line for the character. This would allow more chance for the audience to gain an opinion on the character as this would also gain the interest for the audience. After I finished looking for the musical numbers, I then looked for any sound effects that would need to be made using foley. This would help the audience visualise what is happening in the scene more vividly.   For recording the audio, me and my crew headed to the recording studio and set up the area that we would be using. The set up included turning the mac and making sure the speakers and xlr’s were plugged in to the correct places as to be more effective in the recording. The microphone that we used was tested as soon as the rest was set up to ensure that it was working before trying the take. After we finished all necess...

The reason why you need to edit sound within media recordings is to remove the audio sections that are unnecessary, this would allow the piece to be shortened as this could have a more positive affect to the listener as they wouldn’t have to listen to an overly long recording as they would not be as interested in the recording. The reason that the recording needs to be cleaned up is that the recording may have some background interruptions such as sounds e.g. doors opening/closing and air-conditioning units. These would have negative effects on the overall outcome of the recording as they would be distracting to the listener. An example of factual content being edited is the news as they would have some audio in an uncontrolled environment as there would be pedestrians and vehicles in the background and this would be distracting for the audience to hear what the reporter I saying. The studio is a controllable environment as they can make sure that there are no unnecessary noise di...