News jingle:
For my news jingle I tried to use the most dramatic music I could find because usually news jingles are quite dramatic to make it seem more important. So I searched on youtube "dramatic music" and found a song called 'requiem for a dream' which after using in my piece found out is actually the theme is from sky sports news, but as i'd already made my jingle I didn't change it. My jingle was quite short but effective; adding the dramatic effect through the use of my chosen backing track and my vocals. I said "SNC NEWS LIVE" and then added an effect to it so it would sound more powerful as my original vocals sounded very quiet and not as enthusiastic as would be expected of the piece. I think that it came out better than I had expected but I could have cut down the length to make it more snappy. Also if I had more time I would have changed the backing track to something that isn't already a real news jingles track.
Station Ident:
For my station ident I used a very mainstream type song "The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It" so that people would recognize the song and hopefully want to listen on. I used the instrumental of the song though so that when I added a voiceover there was no interference making it clear what was being said. For my vocals I got various people from my group to say the name of the station (SNC) and then placed them after eachother with a little gap so people could take in what was being said rather than repeatedly hearing SNC one after the other. One of the vocals was too quiet though even after raising the volume of it so it didn't really fit in with the rest; and in contrast my vocals I added was very loud so it seemed to overpower the other vocals.
Show Promo:
For my show promo I went for a hip-hop themed radio show, so to reflect this I used hip-hop tracks from Nas, Common, Lupe Fiasco and Lil Wayne. I used 4 songs and mixed them by adding an explosion effect at the end of each clip to seperate them whilst keeping my jingle flowing smoothly. To end the jingle I used a sci-fi style effect that sounded strange but ended my jingle nicely without having to over-use the explosion effect. My vocals however were too quiet, even after turning them up and doubling them for extra depth they were still quite quiet and didn't stand out as i'd liked them to. Also the mixing could have been better but I couldn't find any good enough effects on the programme I used (soundboothe) to make them seem as professional as they could have been.
Overall I think my jingles went well seeing as it was the first time i'd used any of the programmes but with more practice and better use of the tools I had I could have made them sound a lot more professional and more like a real radio jingle.
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