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
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Day 2: The Shard is big
Hello,
And my second day at Whistledown is done! Another stupidly hot day meant to a lot of sweating and awesome sunglasses wearing!
One easily apparent good thing about this placement is the distance from the station to the office. For absolute I had to trek across half of London, travelling past Buckingham palace and Piccadilly Circus each day. For Whistledown it's a gentle 10 minute walk past the massive shard building and a few shops! So that's good times.
Due to the silly train times I do get into London a tad too early, but as there is a nice little park by the office , I get some time to chill in the sun beforehand! Whistledown is a lot smaller than absolute (3 floors smaller in fact) and the massive difference in production output is easily apparent. Staff at absolute were generally much younger, whereas Whistledown have staff who have been working in radio for years. It is awesome being around people who work on such high profile programmes for the BBC such as Feedback and The Reunion.
I have so far been able to sit in on a meeting which discussed production of the next feedback and also helped gather research for an upcoming production. I have also had the chance to use editing software that I hadn't used before, which is also pretty cool! Their one office floor is also fascinating for any radio enthusiasts, with a range of old school radios, books and posters plastered upon every wall!
Its amazing how fast time goes when you are really concentrating on something, and that's what happened to me today! Research tasks as well as other small things have been my duties so far!
I'm looking forward to the rest of the week, especially with watching the production of BBC programmes. It's cool stuff people!
For now though, you stay classy!
Colin
And my second day at Whistledown is done! Another stupidly hot day meant to a lot of sweating and awesome sunglasses wearing!
One easily apparent good thing about this placement is the distance from the station to the office. For absolute I had to trek across half of London, travelling past Buckingham palace and Piccadilly Circus each day. For Whistledown it's a gentle 10 minute walk past the massive shard building and a few shops! So that's good times.
Due to the silly train times I do get into London a tad too early, but as there is a nice little park by the office , I get some time to chill in the sun beforehand! Whistledown is a lot smaller than absolute (3 floors smaller in fact) and the massive difference in production output is easily apparent. Staff at absolute were generally much younger, whereas Whistledown have staff who have been working in radio for years. It is awesome being around people who work on such high profile programmes for the BBC such as Feedback and The Reunion.
I have so far been able to sit in on a meeting which discussed production of the next feedback and also helped gather research for an upcoming production. I have also had the chance to use editing software that I hadn't used before, which is also pretty cool! Their one office floor is also fascinating for any radio enthusiasts, with a range of old school radios, books and posters plastered upon every wall!
Its amazing how fast time goes when you are really concentrating on something, and that's what happened to me today! Research tasks as well as other small things have been my duties so far!
I'm looking forward to the rest of the week, especially with watching the production of BBC programmes. It's cool stuff people!
For now though, you stay classy!
Colin
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