M2

M2- Present the sound elements to an audience to gain feedback.

After I made the pre-recorded radio segment, I presented it to the clients (representatives from theatre companies Tamasha and Coney). I received lots of positive feedback and some improvements that can be made to make my pre-recorded radio segment better.

One piece of feedback that I received was that the way I edited the sound effects in with the story was very well done and helped create an inclusive atmosphere, however at the end of the interviews (interview 2 especially) the music drowned out the end of the story which meant that the listeners could not hear very well the end of the story that interviewee 2 told (Jenny Bollans). To improve this, I will change the levels of the music at the end of interview 2, but adjusting the automation so that the music either has a slower crescendo, or that the crescendo starts later.

Another piece of feedback that I received was that the interviews and the stories that the interviewees were telling were really genuine, which made the overall pre-recorded radio segment have a nice atmosphere but that the ends of the stories were lost by the music which affected the way the audience was able to interact with the story. To fix this, I will adjust the positioning of my tracks so that the music tracks will not overlap the interview tracks as much, meaning that the audience will be able to hear more of the interviewee’s stories before the music fades in.

Some more feedback that I received from the clients was that they liked how the three interviewees were each from a different generation of woman growing up which meant that the stories that were told were from different perspectives as their contexts were different points in time, and they liked how the sound effects were subtle, meaning that once the listeners’ ears had tuned into them, it was like being dragged (gracefully) into the world of the story, like a daydream, like it was coming to life. They also liked how the interviewees were at ease as they were telling the stories because it made the stories accessible to listen to.