Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Features - W/O 21st Nov

This week, features due to be produced were:

- Games Review - Lifestyle special
- Restaurant Review - Buddy's Diner
- Music - Interview with Alex Eaden-Smith - Marketing Manager

These were the packages all due to be featured in WINOL Life.

The Games Review - Lifestyle Special - was not suitable to be broadcast. It was advised by myself and Chris to get an expert to at least gain some knowledge of the lifestyle of gamers, rather than just assumptions. The package did not make sense, it was a review of the latest game release Skyrim, tied in with the lifestyle of gamers, i.e. not eating healthily while playing games.
Having started the feature with searching the internet, nothing came of it, instead both Graham and Ewan began drinking raw eggs, raw brocoli and fruit, while reviewing the game. It wasn't stated where they were advised to eat these foods if anywhere, and although amusing, it wasn't clear. There was no summary or conclusion so it was not clear what they got/learnt from eating those foods while gaming, or what they didn't achieve if there was a goal, it was more a mock up of healthy eating, but not based on anything they'd read/been advised.
Due to the lack of angle and unclear presentation, I've asked if this can be re-edited with a clear angle. Good idea, but wasn't clear enough in the production. We could not use this in WINOL Life, we used their most recent Games Review Show.

The Restaurant Review - Buddy's Diner - This was Becky and Zoe's second review in which they followed a similar format to that of the Giraffe review. This one followed more of the review criteria so creating the balance of postives and negatives, forming a clear view of the restaurant.
When editing though, their sound failed and their voices were echoed. We couldn't use this in WINOL Life either due to the techical issues, so we used Giraffe Restaurant to introduce the first of the reviews, stating that this one will be available soon. To overcome the technical issues, I have advised that they record voiceovers for the whole piece in a similar way that they did in their first review.

Music Interview - Alex Eaden-Smith -
David's music interview was with the marketing manager for Coldplay, Tinie Tempah and others. This is very strong for WINOL, such a big name. The whole interview is 6 minutes, Dave re-versioned this for WINOL Life to 1 minute. We were able to show the guest editor this which was relevant to her field as Entertainments Editor to which she was able to discuss interviews techniques and names.

WINOL Life:
This weeks WINOL Life was the best show so far, in my opinion. It was very strong, and it makes such a difference not having a rehearsal with the guest in the studio as it creates a stronger 'chat-show' feel to it, rather than it being very scripted. The presenters, Hannah and George, did very well, ensuring they didn't stick to the script word for word and asking follow-on questions to the guest.

Our guest this week was Lorelei Reddin - Entertainments Editor from the Daily Echo.
Lorelei was very good on the show, giving us constructive critiscism good advise.

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