Kilburn literary task
The Kilburn literary festival was an event being held in Kilburn to encourage more people to read and write their own stories. This event was held for 5 days.
First we researched about the Kilburn festival and found out what aspect of the festival we wanted to talk about. as a group we decided to talk about the events happening like the competition and the festival itself.
This screenshot shows, how we edited the track and also set it like this so we can se what track goes next, first presenter then interviewer then interviewee. the bottom track is the background sound to make the audio seem like they were actually outside. That background track was got from freesfx.co.uk
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| This Screen shot shows how we ordered and positioned the audio to make it easier to organise and find any mistakes in. The top track is the presenter give small information about the festival than transitioning it to interviewer who is acting as if they are actually their, this is also emphasised by the 4th track which is the background noise to make it seem more realistic, and the 3rd track is the interviewee answering the question. |
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The first-ever Kilburn Literary Festival starts today and runs until
4th November, located in west Hampstead’s very own sheriff centre. This
festivals includes a variety of activities for both children and adults. Now over
to our field reporter.
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I’m Here at sheriff centre, with Samantha Taylor, tell us about the
festival?
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People in streets
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This is the first ever literary festival with talks to aspiring
authors on how to publish your books. There is also a competition for both
kids and teens. And I hope we can host it next year.
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People in streets
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Missing people
This item is about the amount of people who are reported missing in the west end. This news item has impact, timeliness, bad news for their values, it also provides information about how many people have gone missing.
The impact is that their is someone's child missing, which would manly effect parents since they would know how that family feels. Secondly the timeliness of it is pretty recent so it shows that she hasn't been gone for ages, she recently disappeared, and it concerns her family. Finally the fact that someone has gone missing is bad news, we also paired it with a statistic showing it to be worse, than one random disappearance.
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| This file was easier to edit since their was only one presenter talking and it wasn't suppose to sound like it was outside. The reason there are 2 tracks is because, The presenter made a mistake on the first run, so instead of deleting the whole track we decided to remove the part he made a mistake on and record the rest of it. |
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54 people have been reported missing within the west end since 2013
and countless more went unreported.
The most recent was Tania Georgeat, 19 year old from France was
reported missing when family hadn’t made contact with her since October the
16TH. She was last seen in Acton on October 24.
Tania has a dark European complexion, slim with long brown hair. If
you have seen her, or know of her whereabouts, please call the Lambeth police
at 0208 649 2113 or 101.
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Affordable Housing
This article is about how the mayor of London has decided to deal with the housing crisis in London, by creating £225 million worth of housing. This articles values are impact, timeliness and good news.
Influence by these news values
1.The article has a value of impact because this new scheme is to help the people in London get affordable housing. this also affects the housing market cause they are gonna have to compete with other housing companies so they will lower the prices making it more affordable.
2.This article is timely because this crisis is happening right now and will be here until it has been sorted, cause of how it affects everyone.
3.lastly, this is good news because this means that there will be housing for the citizens of London.
2.This article is timely because this crisis is happening right now and will be here until it has been sorted, cause of how it affects everyone.
3.lastly, this is good news because this means that there will be housing for the citizens of London.
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| Link to article- http://www.lbc.co.uk/mayor-to-spend-225m-on-affordable-housing-schemes-102775 |
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The mayor of London, Boris Johnson has agreed to spend £225million to Build new housing for England.
£180million is going into building new houses. And £45million is going into Gentoo’s Genie, which is a program that will help people save for a morgage deposit.
These low cost housing will be ready by 2020.
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Hackers take Brits webcams
This article is about how hackers have infiltrated peoples homes, places of work etc. by watching everything from their webcam and streaming it online. This articles news values are impact, bad news and timeliness.
Influence by these news value
1.This story impacts everyone in England or even everyone with webcams, because that is what the story is based around and robbers could use this to choose who to rob.
2.this article is timely since it is happening right now and will continue until the find where their base of operations are.
3.This is bad news because it could affect the public in a negative way with a larger amount of robberies to be happening.
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| This screenshot shows how the audio tracks were set, it was done with a slight overlap so that they could transition to each other in a smoother format. |
There was no script for this article since we went out and asked the publics opinion on the article.
Violent crimes in the capital goes up 22% i the past year
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| in this screenshot, i am shown using the amplify tool to enhance the volume of the reporters audio since it was to quiet. |
News Value
I have included this news item in my radio broadcast because it includes all of the local news values that have been listed below.
Bad News - this news isn't something that a majority of listeners would want to hear.
Proximity- this news item regards the local area; it includes most boroughs in London and therefore one that most listeners can relate to. Oxford street is the busiest area in London , one of which many listeners pass through or work on.
Timeleness- this news item is new news and its based on statistics that haven't been heard before.
Human Interest - this news item would come of interest to many as it is new statistics regarding their local area. Also other areas and boroughs are involved in this broadcast and therefore affects more than just one group of people. The news item also has a speaker who is a ember of labour and therefore has authority so her opinion is counted and taken note of by listeners.
Impact- this local news story has a large impact on the listeners as it talks about many different boroughs including the local area and therefore involves all of the listeners. Crime is a taboo topic (murder, death etc) one in which not many people want to talk about , it therefore has an impact on the listener because of this. I have chosen to add this news item to my local radio broadcast because the statistics have increased and will have an impact on the listener because they listener wasn't expecting the increase.
Prominence- this news item is newsworthy as it includes new statistics that haven't been released before therefore are newsworthy because they will have an impact on the listener.
Conflict- conflict draws in the listener more because not many news items include conflict and are just based on facts and statistics. I have included this news item in my radio broadcast because due to the facts and statistics there is a conflict between a met spokesmen who states that there is not really much of an increase and that the statistics have changed because now there is more of an accurate increase; however a member of labour (Joanne McCarthy) disagrees and says "If this had been a dramatic change in recording we would expect to see a one off spike. Instead what we are seeing is a worrying trend developing with overall violent crimes across most categories on the up".
Human Interest - this news item would come of interest to many as it is new statistics regarding their local area. Also other areas and boroughs are involved in this broadcast and therefore affects more than just one group of people. The news item also has a speaker who is a ember of labour and therefore has authority so her opinion is counted and taken note of by listeners.
Impact- this local news story has a large impact on the listeners as it talks about many different boroughs including the local area and therefore involves all of the listeners. Crime is a taboo topic (murder, death etc) one in which not many people want to talk about , it therefore has an impact on the listener because of this. I have chosen to add this news item to my local radio broadcast because the statistics have increased and will have an impact on the listener because they listener wasn't expecting the increase.
Prominence- this news item is newsworthy as it includes new statistics that haven't been released before therefore are newsworthy because they will have an impact on the listener.
Conflict- conflict draws in the listener more because not many news items include conflict and are just based on facts and statistics. I have included this news item in my radio broadcast because due to the facts and statistics there is a conflict between a met spokesmen who states that there is not really much of an increase and that the statistics have changed because now there is more of an accurate increase; however a member of labour (Joanne McCarthy) disagrees and says "If this had been a dramatic change in recording we would expect to see a one off spike. Instead what we are seeing is a worrying trend developing with overall violent crimes across most categories on the up".
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There has been an increase in the number of crimes in the past year, the capital has seen a 22% increase; other boroughs such as Barnet. Kensington and Chelsea have seen a 38% increase. Andrew Barnes is at one of the capitals busiest sights with a met spokesman.
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Are you shocked at the rise of crimes?
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The increase may shock some citizens but the new figures are more of an accurate recording.
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However labours Joanne McCartney fired back at the claim.
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Second Speaker – Joanne McCartney
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If this had been a dramatic change in recording we would expect to see a one off spike. Instead what we are seeing is a worrying trend developing, with overall violent crimes across most categories on the up.
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Other boroughs such as Hillingdon and Bromley also saw rises of more than 25% in their violent crime figures too.
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Anti Smoking Campaign
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| Public Health England has launched a hard-hitting campaign to highlight how smoking damages the body. This includes highlighting the multiple impacts that toxic ingredients in cigarettes can have on the body. Professor Kevin Fenton , National Director for Health and wellbeing for public health England added: " Much of the harm caused by smoking doesn't become obvious until middle age but the invisible damage can start shocking early; even by late teens. The earlier a smoker quits the better, but quitting at any age can help reverse at least some of the damage. That's why there is no time better than now to quit. Stop smoking, stop the rot. |
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Measles school Outbreak
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An outbreak of measles in schools ‘could spread’ PHE warns. The shocking alert comes after a number of children tested positive for the highly infectious viral illness in London schools. Dr Deborah Turbitt , deputy director for PHE urges that all children and teenagers are fully vaccinated.
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Dr Deborah Turbitt
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We could potentially see further measles cases in wider areas of west London as a result of this outbreak we are asking parents to ensure their children are fully vaccinated with two doses of MMR. We are working with schools involved and NHS England to urgently inform parents of the situation. And to ensure that the risk of measles is minimised
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Local GP surgeries have also been alerted to the outbreak.
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Fungi in drink
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Kilburn resident Peter
Williams has been told by Michael Fitzpatrick of coca cola London that the
fungi floating in his apple juice are perfectly edible. Williams say he
noticed multiple pieces of fungi floating at the top of his innocent drink.
What he said was.
Interviewee: I took it
home and was about to open it when I saw some fungi at the top of the bottle.
One small one and one big one. Luckily I hadn't open the bottle so it was
still factory intact.
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News Items:
Violent Crime Rise (Crime)
Hackers Take Webcam (Crime)
Affordable Housing (Politics)
Missing People (Crime) remove
Literary Festival (Leisure) remove
Cigarettes rot the body (Health)
Measles outbreak in school (Health, Education)
Fungi found in drink (Health) as you can see we have more than seven news items, this is because we had chosen some other articles and decided not to use them because we have to many of that genre for example when we made our first new items we realised that three of them were crime.
there are many places to find news articles to report on, but it is harder to find local news items meaning that we have to go a find these news items ourselves. the best places to look for this articles are:
- Law Courts
- Police Stations
- Local Community centre
- Local University
But i also have to be careful to avoid Churnalism, which is when you take a article and just read it as it is written. meaning we have to read and take only the parts that cannot be changed (Interview and Anecdote) and just retell the article. some of the News websites were:
Audacity Tools
the zoom tool was essential in the editing process of creating the radio news bulletin. it allowed us to get close and personal to cut out any unnecessary pauses as seen in the picture.
what this enables us to do is cut out any unnecessary noise or pauses that occur, allowing our news item to flow well.
Audacity Tool 2
The second tool we used was the envelope tool. This allowed us to fade down the volume of a existing audio track which then we were able to speak over it. We used this when we had to mellow out the intro music to introduce the radio station name. This allowed our voice to be clearly projected and heard over the jingle . 
Audacity Tool 3
The third tool that we learnt during the process of creating our news bulletin was the use of multiple tracks. Using multiple tracks allows us to edit our audio easier and more efficiently during the post-production stage of our work. Having all the audio on one track is too complicated to work efficiently with, whereas having multiple tracks gives us as much freedom as possible to work with our audio.
Audacity Tool 4
The fourth tool used was the amplify tool. this proved vital when composing the vox pop. during the vox pop we noticed that the voices weren't all the same level some voices were too loud and some not as loud. Since some people were further away from the microphone, they were naturally less audible, so we amplified the audio they provided to ensure that the show was broadcast on an equal noise level. The beauty of the amplify tool was that we were able to roughly even them all out to make it sound as professional as possible
Audacity Tool 5
The tool highlighted is the time shift tool. What we have done with this tool is used it to shift our pieces of audio to where we wanted it to be. This enables our news item to flow smoothly, organically and be more organized. below shows an example of the time shift tool being used in the creation of our news bulletin. it shows each component being placed in its relevant place
Audacity Tool 7
The Sync-Lock tool was the 7th tool we learnt to use. This useful tool is a feature that allowed us to force all highlighted tracks to be synchronised as one big group. All tracks that are highlighted after sync-lock has been enabled move together as one
Audacity Tool 2
The second tool we used was the envelope tool. This allowed us to fade down the volume of a existing audio track which then we were able to speak over it. We used this when we had to mellow out the intro music to introduce the radio station name. This allowed our voice to be clearly projected and heard over the jingle .
Audacity Tool 3
The third tool that we learnt during the process of creating our news bulletin was the use of multiple tracks. Using multiple tracks allows us to edit our audio easier and more efficiently during the post-production stage of our work. Having all the audio on one track is too complicated to work efficiently with, whereas having multiple tracks gives us as much freedom as possible to work with our audio.
The fourth tool used was the amplify tool. this proved vital when composing the vox pop. during the vox pop we noticed that the voices weren't all the same level some voices were too loud and some not as loud. Since some people were further away from the microphone, they were naturally less audible, so we amplified the audio they provided to ensure that the show was broadcast on an equal noise level. The beauty of the amplify tool was that we were able to roughly even them all out to make it sound as professional as possible
Audacity Tool 5
The tool highlighted is the time shift tool. What we have done with this tool is used it to shift our pieces of audio to where we wanted it to be. This enables our news item to flow smoothly, organically and be more organized. below shows an example of the time shift tool being used in the creation of our news bulletin. it shows each component being placed in its relevant place
Audacity Tool 8
the noise reduction tool is self explanatory. It simply removes any unwanted background noise. This showed it true potential when the presenters tracks were playing because you were able to hear background noise which made it sound unprofessional
creating the "sound stab"
We used the software GarageBand to cut this jingle that we choose from over 2000 jingles, by cutting the appropriate selected part of the beginning of the jingle to create a music stab. This music stab we used to add in the beginning of our 5 minute radio in-between each news stories item which was useful in creating an impact of the news stories that the presenter mentions.
CreaTitle music
When creating our title music we used two loops. To find the right loops we clicked on a variety on tags which minimised the loops that we didn't need.
Below is a screenshot of our complete track title. The yellow line is the fading tool which was used to gradually fade out the loop.
Below is the completed title music which will be used at the start of our news broadcast; this will be used to identify are local news broadcast. it is catchy and upbeat which is important to have in our track title as it attracts and engages the target audience.
