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Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Radio Jingles
Radio Jingles
A radio jingle is a catchy, repetitive, musical slogan used for broadcasting on the radio for advertising purposes.
I carried out some research about radio and radio jingles before producing my pieces and I had to take in to consideration the codes and conventions of radio jingles such as; what elements go into them? What they have in common? How they work and what makes them work?
Our task was to produce 3 pieces information to air on the Suffolk New College radio station. The pieces being a news jingle, a station ident and a show promotion. Each piece had to contain relevant information about what was being advertised and we had to keep them as enthusiastic and interesting as possible.
I found producing my show promotion more difficult because I struggled to advertise my show rather than host it. The length of this piece had to be approximately 1 minute. I kept within the time limit however I wasn’t very pleased with my outcome. I wrote many scripts edited them and cut them down but I ended up mainly improvising. My main idea which I tried to pursue; I hosted a morning breakfast show between 6 – 10, waking the sleepy audience with an alarm clock whilst drumming in “can’t stop” by the Chili Peppers. I had to think about my target audience in order for me to choose my specific music genre. I chose the Red Hot Chili Peppers to open my show promo because the introduction built up and the song is instrumental which worked effectively for a morning wake up call.
A radio jingle is a catchy, repetitive, musical slogan used for broadcasting on the radio for advertising purposes.
I carried out some research about radio and radio jingles before producing my pieces and I had to take in to consideration the codes and conventions of radio jingles such as; what elements go into them? What they have in common? How they work and what makes them work?
Our task was to produce 3 pieces information to air on the Suffolk New College radio station. The pieces being a news jingle, a station ident and a show promotion. Each piece had to contain relevant information about what was being advertised and we had to keep them as enthusiastic and interesting as possible.
I found producing my show promotion more difficult because I struggled to advertise my show rather than host it. The length of this piece had to be approximately 1 minute. I kept within the time limit however I wasn’t very pleased with my outcome. I wrote many scripts edited them and cut them down but I ended up mainly improvising. My main idea which I tried to pursue; I hosted a morning breakfast show between 6 – 10, waking the sleepy audience with an alarm clock whilst drumming in “can’t stop” by the Chili Peppers. I had to think about my target audience in order for me to choose my specific music genre. I chose the Red Hot Chili Peppers to open my show promo because the introduction built up and the song is instrumental which worked effectively for a morning wake up call.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
Pinhole Project
Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving pictures by recording radiation on a sensitive medium. Light patterns are reflected or emitted from the objects which activate a sensitive chemical or electronic sensor during a timed exposure.
A pinhole camera is a very simple and basic camera. It consists of a light-proof box, photographic paper and a pinhole. The purpose of using this type of photography is to create abstract and unusual photos. The pictures are produced in a negative form.
I used a Rose’s chocolate tin which worked effectively. I constructed the camera firstly by painting the inside of the tin and lid, with black poster paint, approximately 5 coats to prevent any reflection which may affect my final picture. After the paint had dried, I used a drill to create a hole which acted as the aperture. I had difficulty drilling through my tin because it was tough and left uneven flaps where the hole had formed therefore I had to make sure I filed and painted over these because I didn’t want any extra light coming through effecting my final result. I used a small piece of aluminium foil and poked a pin prick through which acted as the aperture, allowing light to travel through and project the image onto my light sensitive paper. To prevent any unnecessary light travelling through, I covered the aperture with a flap made out of card and black tape. This acted as a “lens cap”.
Once my light tight camera had been created, I needed to work out the exposure time to produce the perfect image. Firstly I measured the distance between the light sensitive paper and the lens which gave me my focal length. Then I divided the f-stop by the aperture (the size of my pinhole) which gave me my f-stop.
Focal length/Aperture = 230mm/0.8mm = f-stop 287.5
The f-stop guided me to how long each exposure would take. If I wanted to capture an image inside a building my exposure time would take approximately 40minutes whereas the exposure time would be a lot quicker if I took a picture outside resulting in approximately 2minutes. It was very hard to capture portraits because the object had to stay completely still.
Looking back at my pictures I am very pleased with my end result. At first I found it hard to understand the concept of how the image is emitted onto the paper but I quickly got the hang of it. The first picture I attempted was in the girls toilets, capturing the mirror. I experimented to see if the image captured was the reflection in the mirror, but I had no such luck. My final result was mainly white with a few grey lines and splodges.
Outside I chose a busier location with bikes, fences, paths and people. I was very pleased with my final image because there was a lot of detail within my shot. The bicycles printed very clearly, this was very pleasing to see because I managed to capture a still object within focus. Also during my exposure I captured portraits, a couple were walking past therefore the image of them is very faint. However the man sitting on the steps captured very effectively; his back is to the camera and you are able to easily see him. It adds warmth and interest to the image.
A pinhole camera is a very simple and basic camera. It consists of a light-proof box, photographic paper and a pinhole. The purpose of using this type of photography is to create abstract and unusual photos. The pictures are produced in a negative form.
I used a Rose’s chocolate tin which worked effectively. I constructed the camera firstly by painting the inside of the tin and lid, with black poster paint, approximately 5 coats to prevent any reflection which may affect my final picture. After the paint had dried, I used a drill to create a hole which acted as the aperture. I had difficulty drilling through my tin because it was tough and left uneven flaps where the hole had formed therefore I had to make sure I filed and painted over these because I didn’t want any extra light coming through effecting my final result. I used a small piece of aluminium foil and poked a pin prick through which acted as the aperture, allowing light to travel through and project the image onto my light sensitive paper. To prevent any unnecessary light travelling through, I covered the aperture with a flap made out of card and black tape. This acted as a “lens cap”.
Once my light tight camera had been created, I needed to work out the exposure time to produce the perfect image. Firstly I measured the distance between the light sensitive paper and the lens which gave me my focal length. Then I divided the f-stop by the aperture (the size of my pinhole) which gave me my f-stop.
Focal length/Aperture = 230mm/0.8mm = f-stop 287.5
The f-stop guided me to how long each exposure would take. If I wanted to capture an image inside a building my exposure time would take approximately 40minutes whereas the exposure time would be a lot quicker if I took a picture outside resulting in approximately 2minutes. It was very hard to capture portraits because the object had to stay completely still.
Looking back at my pictures I am very pleased with my end result. At first I found it hard to understand the concept of how the image is emitted onto the paper but I quickly got the hang of it. The first picture I attempted was in the girls toilets, capturing the mirror. I experimented to see if the image captured was the reflection in the mirror, but I had no such luck. My final result was mainly white with a few grey lines and splodges.
Outside I chose a busier location with bikes, fences, paths and people. I was very pleased with my final image because there was a lot of detail within my shot. The bicycles printed very clearly, this was very pleasing to see because I managed to capture a still object within focus. Also during my exposure I captured portraits, a couple were walking past therefore the image of them is very faint. However the man sitting on the steps captured very effectively; his back is to the camera and you are able to easily see him. It adds warmth and interest to the image.
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