P4: Planning For Our Radio Show

Initial Planning

We have decided to name our radio show Doncast Films. In this show, we will be talking about the events happening in Doncaster in November/December at Cast, Savoy and DCLT Dome. We will talk about the movies you can watch at Savoy, the shows on at Cast and what you can do at The Dome. Cast are putting on a Sleeping Beauty pantomine this christmas. We will create an advertisement for Savoy Cinema. We could talk about it being a local attraction, lots of movies, great atmosphere and because it is new, the cinema is modern and in the center of everything. We are going to target families. So we will talk about all the events and also talk about which are more family friendly. We are going to target mainstreamers since lots of people love the events.

Here are a few things we may talk about:

Savoy films:

Avatar Way of the Water

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Violent Night

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Matilda

I wanna dance w somebody

Cast:

Sleeping Beauty

A Christmas Carol

Shrek The Musical

Radio Ga Ga Queen Tribute

Christmas sing, swing and cake

DonCast Films Radio Proposal

This radio proposal will help me understand the purpose of our radio show and what we will consider before producing it.

Purpose, Form and Genre

In our client brief, we have been asked to create a radio show based around events in Doncaster. We decided to call our radio talk show DonCast Films since we are creating an arts and culture radio show based on movies/shows at Savoy and Cast. The purpose of our radio show is to tell tourists and locals what new and exciting things are happening around Doncaster in November/December since a lot of us that live in Doncaster don’t think there is much going on. Our radio show is arts and culture centred, based around current events and lifestyle. Our radio show will be commercial which means we are going to include advertisements and sponsorships. We will reflect on this genre by talking about the new films out at Savoy and which would be better for what age group (our target audience is families however this could be older or younger families) and what we recommend. We will also talk about the shows at Cast, and which are a must see. Since this is a talk show on the radio, we will ensure that we talk about different interesting topics based around Doncaster’s arts and culture so the audience will be engaged. We won’t be including any music either to fit the genre.

Proposed Content

In our talk show, we will discuss events happening in the Winter season (November-December) in Doncaster. This includes talking about new films at the Savoy Cinema, the shows and pantomime at Cast and events at The Dome Leisure Centre. First, we will discuss the event taking place at the Doncaster Dome. We will then have an advertisement for Savoy Cinema which will run just before the next segment for Savoy. We will have a conversation about new movies we want to watch and what we don’t want to watch. I want to watch Violent Night and Avatar 2, however Ellie wants to see Matilda the Musical the most although I hate musicals…. The last segment we will talk about the Sleeping Beauty pantomime and other events happening there. This is the content we are planning to add into our radio show.

Target Audience

As mentioned above, we are going to target mainstreamer families. Mainstreamers take up about 50% of the general population, they like the same things as most other people. Families are a great demographic to target around November and December; Christmas is usually celebrated between families, so it makes sense to cater to them if we are talking about this time of the year. We are also targeting individuals who enjoy and want to keep up to date with the arts and culture space in Doncaster.

Equipment and Personnel

To help us produce our radio show we will need to use some software and equipment. In the production process we will be recording our DonCast radio talk show. We will need a microphone to record the sound of our voices. We will need a shock mount to reduce any vibrations and a microphone arm so we can adjust the distance of the microphone when we talk into it. We will need a computer/laptop with recording software such as the built-in voice recorder or Adobe Audition. We may also need a mixer to adjust the sound settings. Me and Ellie are the presenters, this is our radio show that we are going to create together. We are going to edit our audio recordings using Adobe audition on our laptops. We will remove background noise and any filler words as well as any content we don’t need. We will both edit the audio together and add our jingles to create our final DonCast Films radio talk show.

Budgeting and Potential Funding

If we were producing a real radio show, our budget would be spent on the equipment and software we need or we would need to book a recording session. The budget would also be spent on paying the personnel, the radio broadcast license (you are required by Ofcom to have a license, so you are operating your radio legally) and additional costs.

Advertising and competitions are just a few ways we can fund our radio show. In our DonCast Films radio talk show, we will include an advertising segment for Savoy cinema. Advertising brings in most of the revenue for radio stations. We will also include a sponsored cash prize competition hat requires our audience to pay a small fee to enter the competition.

Ellie & Faith’s radio script- DonCast Films Radio Talk Show

9:00am – Opening jingle

Welcome to Doncastfilms!

9:01am- introduction

Ellie- We're your radio host’s

Faith- Faith

Ellie- And Ellie

Faith- And for the next 5 minutes we will be talking about what arts and culture is happening in our city, Doncaster through the winter season!

9:02am- DonCastFilms. The radio show for all your entertainment needs jingle

9:02am- Dome segment.

Ellie- Are you an Abba fan Faith?

Faith- Yes! I was going to go to that event at the Dome in December

Ellie- Oh yes, I heard about that

Faith- It's on the 17^th of December and I paid £43.25 for a ticket

9:03am- Savoy advert play

9:04am- welcome back to DonCast Films jingle

9:04am- Savoy!

Faith- Avatar way of water or Violent Night convo

Ellie- disagrees, don’t like action movies

Ellie- talks about Matilda

Faith- disagrees, don’t like musicals

9:05am- audience cheer jingle

9:05am- Cast!

Ellie- brief history on cast

Faith- talks about the annual pantos- Sleeping Beauty Christmas pantomime this year

Competition time for Cast tickets or a cash prize sponsored by Cast

Thank you for listening…..

Closing jingle- Jingle (Fun tv short intro logo music (short- 15 seconds)

Advertisement Script

Can you hear my voice? Does the 360 degree sound trigger your nostalgia, highten your senses? Send your spine tingling? Why don't you catch a movie at Savoy?

Okay enough of that now. Make the holidays memorable with your family at Savoy. Luxury screens and a wide selection of movies to choose from at your local cinema. Family tickets are only £5.50, don't miss out on the biggest films of the year! Savoy Cinema, sharing experiences with Doncaster.

For our advertisement, we plan to use 360 degree sound like they do in the cinemas before the start of a movie. This intrigues listeners and they are more likely to listen to a fun advert.

Planning For Jingles

File Name	File Type	Source, copyright and permission to use	Description of use
Jingle 3	WAV	Since we have created the audio ourselves, it is copyrighted by us therefore we can use it however we would like to.	This is part of the first jingle and our third take. Ellie says “DonCast Films” and we will use this to begin and end our radio show.
Return after advert	WAV	Since we have created the audio ourselves, it is copyrighted by us therefore we can use it however we would like to.	Jingle. Doncast Films breakfast with Ellie and Faith.
Savoy Cinema Jingle	WAV	Since we have created the audio ourselves, it is copyrighted by us therefore we can use it however we would like to.	Jingle says “Savoy Cinema” to split up the Dome and Savoy talk segments of the radio show.
Competition time	WAV	Since we have created the audio ourselves, it is copyrighted by us therefore we can use it however we would like to.	Jingle says Competition Time. We will use this so the listeners know they can participate in the competition.
Outro jingle before advert	WAV	Since we have created the audio ourselves, it is copyrighted by us therefore we can use it however we would like to.	DonCast Films, the radio show for all your entertainment needs. Will use this jingle just before the Savoy advert.

Intro jingle music	MP3 file	Pixabay. Free for commercial or personal use. I can use this. https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-fun-tv-show-intro-logo-music-short-126116/	We are going to use this as the music for our jingle 3 audio.
TV background intro	MP3 file	Pixabay. Free for commercial or personal use. I can use this. https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/tv-background-intro-14030/	We are going to use this as the music for return after advert audio.
Bass drop	MP3 file	Pixabay. Free for commercial or personal use. I can use this. https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/bass-dropmp3-14596/	We are going to use this as the music for the Savoy Cinema Jingle audio. I chose this because before the movie starts in the cinema you could hear his sound effect.
Stomp and claps	MP3 File	Pixabay. Free for commercial or personal use. I can use this. https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-stomp-and-claps-127551/	We are going to use this as the music for our competition time jingle audio.

Planning For Advertisement

File Name	File Type	Source, copyright and permission to use	Description of use
Advert 1	WAV	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us. This means we can use this however we want.	Here we have created an advertisement for Savoy cinema. In this specific recording, I will use 360-degree sound to make it sound like the voice in the cinema.
Advert 2	WAV	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted. This means we can use this however we want.	This is part two of the savoy advertisement. In this recording, I have talked about how much family tickets cost and more information.
Electronic future beats	WAV	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use. We can use this. https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-electronic-future-beats-117997/	Used as background music for second half of Savoy advertisement.

Asset Log

File Name and file type	Copyright information	Sourced from	Permission to use
Introduction	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
The Dome Part One	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Dome Final Part	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Savoy Part one	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Savoy part 2	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Savoy part 3	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Savoy last part	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Advert 1	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Advert 2	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Cast Part One	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Cast Part 3	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Cast 2	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Cast 4 part 1	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Cast 4 part 2	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Cast ending	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Competition part	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Ending	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
You are now listening…	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Jingle 3	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Return after advert	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Savoy Cinema Jingle	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Competition time	Since we have recorded our own radio show, our recordings are copyrighted by us.	N/A we made the audio ourselves.	Yes we can use the audio however we want because we created it.
Intro jingle music	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/introoutro-fun-tv-show-intro-logo-music-short-126116/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
TV background intro	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/tv-background-intro-14030/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Fun life	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/beats-fun-life-112188/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Bass drop	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/bass-dropmp3-14596/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Tropical summer night cruising	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/pop-tropical-summer-night-cruising-135338/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Electronic future beats	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/future-bass-electronic-future-beats-117997/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Catch it	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-catch-it-117676/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Stomp and claps	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-stomp-and-claps-127551/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.
Jazzy abstract beat	Pixabay free for personal and commercial use.	https://pixabay.com/music/beats-jazzy-abstract-beat-11254/	Yes because it is free for commercial use and we are creating a commercial radio show.

Risk Assessment

What are the hazards?	Who might be harmed and how?	What are you already doing to control the risks?	What further action do you need to take to control the risks?	Who needs to carry out the action?	When is the action needed by?
Falling into audio equipment	Everyone	Make sure people don’t get to close to the audio equipment	Stay away from them when there acting etc.	Everyone	Filming day
Tripping over sound wires	Everyone	Make sure everyone doesn’t get to close to the wires	Tape the wires down.	Everyone	Filming day
Absences due to injuries	The specific person and the camera crew	If someone cant get in because of injury find a replacement quickly.	Make sure everyone's well tests before coming in so that they don’t impact the filming.	Everyone	Filming day
Tripping over mics	Everyone	Make sure everyone doesn’t get to close to the wires	Tape the wires down.	Everyone	Filming day

We have created a risk assessment to make sure we are taking the health and safety precautions. This lets us know what risks there may be and how we can solve them.

Production Schedule/GANTT Chart

This GANTT chart shows what we will be doing each day to complete our DonCast Films radio show on time.

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