Hello there Bloggers,
Day seven has come to an end. and guess what. It was hot again. I never thought I would be getting annoyed at the hot weather, but I am. London, with all its big buildings and endless lines of cars, just doesn't seem to ever have a cool breeze. It's just humid. I image this is what the sahara desert is like.
So anyway, today I finally finished gathering clips for the Jersey occupation show. I learnt a great deal about the war, and hopefully a lot of my clips will appear in the final piece! It really isn't as easy as I thought to find WW2 sound effects! They really are limited on the Internet!
Once again time just flew by today thanks to the WW2 clip gathering! But I also got a chance to start the next task! Basically I have been asked to gather some research for a programme called Something Understood, which uses stories, experiences, music and poetry to explain a certain theme. For example, past shows have been about Procrastination and hand holding! Its for Radio 4 so you know its good!
After listening to few of their previous episodes, I can tell that this is going to be really interesting! Creative radio like this is just awesome and I'm really happy that they want me to get the research for it!
So I will be giving you more info on what I have discovered tomorrow!
Until then, you stay classy!
Colin
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Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Day 4: Feeding Back
Hello Everyone!,
Day four, and another sweltering day in London Town! Today saw the recording of Radio 4's Feedback at Whistledown, and I would be there to watch it happen!
Its been much easier for me to wake up on this work experience. Back in November/December 2011 at Absolute, every morning was agony. I think it may have been mainly due to the bitterly cold weather back then! In contrast every morning this time around has been hot, bright and just generally lovely! The weather certainly does dictate how we British people operate!
So a main responsibility of mine on this work expereince has been listening to recorded listener calls. Basically the whole point of feedback is to showcase the publics concerns with the BBC. So the backbone of it is listener calls. And it's up to me to listen and note down whether they are suitable for airing. I have to then log them in and record them if they are good another for the final show.
A main issue with listeners has been The Achers, and the fact that the BBC decided to play a big story line on the digital only station Radio 4 extra. This means that a lot of the listeners were not able to hear it.
So many of the calls were regarding that. Thursday is when the presenter Roger Bolton comes into Whistle down to record his presenter links. So I got the chance to sit in on the recordings, which was awesome. It really is amazing for a radio enthusiast like myself to watch these pros in action. From Roger doing the links, to Tom who runs the desk and Will who produces , it really is awesome!
That was the main bulk of what I did today! I continued gathering archive world war 2 clips for Kevin, as he is working on a programming detailing the occupation of the channel islands in the war.
So it was another brilliant day in sunny London! the only bad point is the fact I have to wear jeans in a 30 degree heat! Not fun! Anyway until tomorrow,
You stay classy Internet!
Colin
Day four, and another sweltering day in London Town! Today saw the recording of Radio 4's Feedback at Whistledown, and I would be there to watch it happen!
Its been much easier for me to wake up on this work experience. Back in November/December 2011 at Absolute, every morning was agony. I think it may have been mainly due to the bitterly cold weather back then! In contrast every morning this time around has been hot, bright and just generally lovely! The weather certainly does dictate how we British people operate!
So a main responsibility of mine on this work expereince has been listening to recorded listener calls. Basically the whole point of feedback is to showcase the publics concerns with the BBC. So the backbone of it is listener calls. And it's up to me to listen and note down whether they are suitable for airing. I have to then log them in and record them if they are good another for the final show.
A main issue with listeners has been The Achers, and the fact that the BBC decided to play a big story line on the digital only station Radio 4 extra. This means that a lot of the listeners were not able to hear it.
So many of the calls were regarding that. Thursday is when the presenter Roger Bolton comes into Whistle down to record his presenter links. So I got the chance to sit in on the recordings, which was awesome. It really is amazing for a radio enthusiast like myself to watch these pros in action. From Roger doing the links, to Tom who runs the desk and Will who produces , it really is awesome!
That was the main bulk of what I did today! I continued gathering archive world war 2 clips for Kevin, as he is working on a programming detailing the occupation of the channel islands in the war.
So it was another brilliant day in sunny London! the only bad point is the fact I have to wear jeans in a 30 degree heat! Not fun! Anyway until tomorrow,
You stay classy Internet!
Colin
Monday, 8 July 2013
Day 1: The Return
Hello everybody!,
It's been 1 year and 7 months since I last did work experience in London! Older and wiser I am not, but I still love radio, so lets continue.
For two weeks I will be attending work experience at the production company Whistledown, who make awesome programmes for radio stations such as Radio 4, Radio 1 amongst others!
Once again I am staying at my Uncles, and i'm getting the train in. But this time I am heading to London Bridge Station! The awesome thing about this station is the huge Shard building just outside. I believe it is the biggest building in London, and it certainly is hard to miss. I doubt i'll ever get lost, as all I need to do is spot the shard and I'll be back at the station!
So my first day was very interesting, meeting new people and learning about all the processes that a BBC radio programme goes through before airing!
Once again I'll be doing a daily blog, so stay tuned for more awesome news on my work experience! That's if I don't keel over with heat frustration before the weeks up!
Until tomorrow, you can cool Internet
Colin
It's been 1 year and 7 months since I last did work experience in London! Older and wiser I am not, but I still love radio, so lets continue.
For two weeks I will be attending work experience at the production company Whistledown, who make awesome programmes for radio stations such as Radio 4, Radio 1 amongst others!
Once again I am staying at my Uncles, and i'm getting the train in. But this time I am heading to London Bridge Station! The awesome thing about this station is the huge Shard building just outside. I believe it is the biggest building in London, and it certainly is hard to miss. I doubt i'll ever get lost, as all I need to do is spot the shard and I'll be back at the station!
So my first day was very interesting, meeting new people and learning about all the processes that a BBC radio programme goes through before airing!
Once again I'll be doing a daily blog, so stay tuned for more awesome news on my work experience! That's if I don't keel over with heat frustration before the weeks up!
Until tomorrow, you can cool Internet
Colin
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