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Codes and conventions of podcast production

Post author By captainpeepels
Post date 16th Jan 2020
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How familiar are you with podcasts?

I’m not hugely familiar as I only listen to a few podcasts on spotify whenever I have free time.

share your favourites

Hello from the magic tavern
Welcome to the night vale
The cryptid keeper
The NoSleep podcast

What do you enjoy about the podcast mentioned?

Hello from the magic tavern is a fantasy and its unique and funny as it is about a dude called Arnie who fell through a dimensional portal behind a Burger King into the fantastical land of Foon, but the catch is he still gets a slight Wi-Fi signal so he uploads weekly podcast from the tavern the Vermillion Minotaur. Welcome to the night vale is a small desert community in the town of Night Vale where every conspiracy theory is true.

what were the subjects?

what elements of the podcast do you remember, the interviews, conversation, music, sound effects or something else?

speech

The manner in which words are spoken
Enunciation, pitch, accent, timbre, clarity, etc.
Prevent popping, fillers (erm, huh…), cussing, being too close to mic
Usually formal language (audience)
Voice track should be equalised in post

Music

Highly important
Sets the mood, tone, and setting of a scene
Most consider the audience
Should not be louder than the speech (background audience), unless solo

sound

Ambience sounds
Special sounds effect (SFX)
3D perspective (surround system like we are there)
Aural signposting (set the scene via noise, sounds and voices.)

Silence

Dramatic effect
Accentuate a moment
Ending of scene or sections
Breaks the dialogue
Gives breathing break
Prevents from switching off
Thinking moment

narrative (story telling)

LINEAR: chronological evolution of events
NON-LINEAR: builds up argument without timeline
SINGLE-STRANDED: one individual presents/ analysis theme, can have temporary guest
MULTI-STRANDED: two or more presenters discuss theme

narration (Types)

First Person- Protagonist tells story; not objective, but reflective
Second Person- character speaks directly to audience, breaking the ‘fourth wall’
Third Person- omnipotent narrator tells story

First person narration

Bridget Jones is the perfect example because she talks to herself about her life. No one on the scene can hear her, only the audience

Sound design

Audiologo- It is used on its own to identify a product service
Intro – Musical welcome
Outro- musical farewell
Jingle/ Bumper- Slogan or vocal line set to an engaging melody

Foley – incidental or natural sounds added to create ambience.
Instrumental – music track without vocals
Loop – music track being seamlessly repeated infinitely

Points of view (POV)

Monologue – individual presents own views and thoughts of a theme.

Interview- 1 to 1 semi structure questions to understand the theme.

Panel- A group of people who discuss a theme of something.

Vox Populi- It is structure to aske different people questions so we can react to their thoughts and feelings.

Debate –discussion with opposing sides moderated by neutral person.

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Ideas for Podcast

the length for the podcast is 10 minutes.

ideas:

Monster evolution (werewolves, zombies, vampire)

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Foley Sound

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds, named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley, can be anything from the swishing of clothing and footsteps to squeaky doors and breaking glass. Foley sounds are used to enhance the auditory experience of the movie. Foley can also be used to cover up unwanted sounds captured on the set of a movie during filming, such as overflying airplanes or passing traffic.

Foley sounds facts

The creator of Foley sounds was jack Foley
Foley sounds will supply subtle sounds

Boom Tone

A boom tone is a recording of the sound of the room

wild sounds

Wild sound is any recorded

sound effect (sfx)

adr (automated dialogue replacement)

The purpose of having good sound is……

Make audience feel like they are there
Create realistic environment where story happens
Help the message in product be well understood
Keep the audience engaged and entertained

List of Foley sounds

Bones Breaking (Fresh celery)
Tire sounds (Hot water bottle)
UFO sounds (Fiberboard)
Crunching snow (box of corn-starch)
Dried grass (
Chugging train (macaroni box and train whistle)
A loading of a revolver (vice grips)
Flapping wings (rubbing of gloves)
Walking of a robot (bicycle pump)
Breaking Glass (metal chimes and glass bottles)

JACK FOLEY

He work on films such as:

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Dracula (1931)
Spartacus (1960)

Jack was the creator and developer of making sound effect techniques which was used in filmmaking through a preforming method to record audio.

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The list of sounds my group recorded

Post author By captainpeepels
Post date 14th Jan 2020
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Podcast

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Sound Production

sound department

sound guy

offset monitoring
manage boom operator

boom operator

capturing actor’s voices

Sound department

Utility sound technician (2nd AC)

Equipment maintenance
Mic placement
Cable management
Keeping people quiet
Operating the boom

Microphones patterns

Ominidirectional:

subcardioid

cardioid

supercardioid

hypercardioid

bi- directional

shotgun

Before editing anything, the very first thing you need to do is to sync the sound with the camera footage.

ADR

Automated dialogue replacement.

Bringing actors back into re record the audio over existing camera footage.

Sound designers and Foley artists.

The sound designers has the job to create a space that seems real, they will make ambience as birds chirping in the background or even lasers.

The Foley artist records sounds that the sound designers can use.

Music is typically the last post productions.

Types of microphones

1) Lavalier

It is a small microphone used for interviews, theatre and short films, because they focus on the voice of the speaker and limit the ambience sound.

With this type of microphone we need to be careful of the surrounding areas where it rests.

For example:

it can be anatomical
or costume based

Items around the neck and chest may interfere with the sound being picked up by the lavalier.

Shotgun Microphone

Zoom H1

Zoom H1 is a sound/ voice recorder that allows us to capture sound/audio from a conversation or interview. This device is helpful in podcast and Foley sound.

The H1 device is hand held, it can also be placed in pockets, or similar. It is the responsibility of the crew to hide the cables and the recording devices from the camera, specially in short films.

The zoom h1 works well with common headphones and microphones (3.5 jack/ mini jack)