Locaion Reccie

Quality of audio: After having done tests in the environment, I conducted that the sound provides a good quality which therefore will give an overall better feeling for the show. As well as this, I also conducted safety checks in order to make sure that the environment for the actors are suitable and therefore make the working environments much more enjoyable. All of the computers are safely attached and all chairs are able to be tucked in to avoid anything being tripped over. There is also a lot of foot room so that actors can move about easily. The environment also helps with the actors as it makes them get more into character, the sound quality is what you expect from a school and therefore gives much more authenticity for the show. The classroom is often empty, however due to classes being throughout the day I would have to record after school hours to ensure that it is empty, but also to make sure that no background sounds are picked up. As most of the crew go to the school, they are able to easily get to the location and are familiar with the location and therefore are able to be comfortable in their environment to act.

Risk Assessment Form

 

Task Allocation Week 7

 

Production Log Week 7

 

Key personnel.

Role/ Job	Possible Person	Strengths and Weaknesses of the person
Voice actor	Eden	Is out going and would give a good performance   Can sometimes be immature and lead to retakes
Voice actor	Aksanty	Did drama GCSE and knows how to act well   Is very busy often and can lead to scheduling issues
Voice actor	Joseph	Good to work with and has a good work ethic   Hasn’t done any acting prior therefore performance may be lacking
Voice actor	Caleb	Easy to work with and understands assignments   Isn’t as outgoing and usually quiet
Voice actor	Isaac	Very energetic and is willing to act out anything   Hard to contact and may have issues finding.
Voice actor	Hannah	Understands assignments   May be unwilling to act out some scenes
Directing, editing and voice acting	Alfie	Works fast and understands what needs to be done   Procrastinates therefore leading to deadlines being tight.

Radio Drama Key Personnel  List

 Launch Date

I believe that "To Catch An English Student" would be optimal to release during a holiday season for the target audience, this way it will be able to be watched by as many people as possible. Therefore I believe that July 19th 2024 would be the best date to release the first episode as it is on a Friday during the holidays; I specifically chose a Friday as there are many parents who don't like their children being on their phone during the week however Friday is the last day of the week and therefore I believe that many children would  be getting their phones back. Therefore optimising the amount of people who would be there for the launch date.

Expanding Initial Ideas / Rational

 Why I chose "To Catch an English Student"

The idea that I have chosen out of my initial ideas is "To Catch an English Student". This is for many reasons. The main reason that I chose this one is due to the many different type of sound effects I can create and use for the radio drama, things such as wildtracks of students murmuring in the back of a class room, or a foley sounds of students typing in the background. I'm able to most effectively use sounds in this initial idea to convey the story of my Radio drama and therefore it is the main reason as to why I'm choosing this idea. Another reason is that it won't have to be recorded outside, this means that the audio quality will be easy to control and gives a better quality, there won't be any potential for wind to blow against the mic and therefore disrupt the audio quality and therefore allows for me to get a cleaner and more crisp sound when recording.

Not only this, but it also allows me to use a lot of unique foley sounds to have to replicate what may be happening in the narrative of the show. An example of this would be a foley sound of someone typing on a keyboard to make the entire experience feel more real for the listener. Overall, by choosing this idea it allows me to create and use sound elements that would make the audience the most enticed into the show, rather than the other ideas which would restrict what I wanted to do or can do with the sound.