Production Report 8a

Take 1

This blog post will be highlighting a piece of my podcast, it's only a short clip but it gives a lot of insight on what needs to be worked on.

The Podcast (rough content)

(ignore the picture it was the only one i could find to put the audio over).

The Outline Item being covered is the Opening Section

"Opening Section: This is where I'm going to throw in some intro music for my podcast. Definitely looking for something upbeat, I'd like to stray away from the super calm vibe and try and jump out to the listener. The biggest part of this is matching my intro music to how I present the information. Basically here I'll introduce myself and the topic, and I'm try to be a little catchy right off the bat to make sure the listener knows I'm a unique podcast rather than a cookie-cutter podcast. Another tactic I'll use is either a shocking fact or a weird fact in order to catch the reader's attention, along with the music as well."

The Questions

1. The issue with talking about form this early is that it's only a podcast so there aren't a ton of ways to alter how it should sound. I haven't decided what I'm going to use for intro music, so that's still up in the air. This is the intro of the podcast, but like I said there's not a whole lot going on in this clip. The conventions of the podcast didn't affect too many decisions that I made. I tried to stay as clear as possible, and I tried to speak fluidly.

2. The major bump in the road for this was the audio recording. I thought I had a great mic at home but I don't and my laptop mic is absolute garbage. Also, it was tough to get Windows Movie Maker to cooperate with me, so that posed as another issue. I used a script for this first part just to get the ball rolling, so I hope it didn't sound like I was reading from it too much. These were the main hiccups in the process so far.