Unit 19 Audio media product report
This report is about different kinds of audio media
products. There are many kinds of audio media products some of them are;
podcasts, audio books, live broadcasts and commentaries.
Purpose:
World news podcast:
The purpose of the first audio media product is to inform its listeners of news
stories from around the world; I know that it is produced with this purpose in
mind because the entire podcast is about different news stories from all around
the world.
Hallam FM: The purpose of the second audio media product
is to entertain its listeners with the music it plays. Pretty much all AMP’s
that play music are for the purpose of entertainment.
Audio Book (Jack
Reacher): The purpose of this
AMP is to entertain the people that listen to it because it is an audio book so
shares the same purpose of an ordinary book, Some audio books do not have this
purpose however, because some non-fiction audio books may have the purpose of
informing the listener of something so it all depends on the genre.
Scott mills show:
The purpose of this AMP is also to entertain its listeners; I know this because
as a DJ Scott Mills is quite informal, almost conversational. However other
AMP’s of this sort may seek to inform its listeners of news stories or other
things like that.
Football commentary:
The purpose of this AMP is to inform the people listening to it about
what’s happening in the game. Generally all commentaries will share this
purpose.
Form and style:
World news podcast:
This AMP is a podcast. I can tell this because it has to be downloaded off
of the internet and also it says in the name of the podcast.
Hallam FM:
This AMP is a live broadcast. I know this because Hallam FM is a live radio
station.
Audio book (Jack
Reacher): The form of this AMP is an audio book. You can tell this
because it is a recording of someone reading from a book in this case the new
Jack Reacher novel ‘personal’.
Scott mills show:
The form of this AMP is a podcast, however at some point this was a live
broadcast. You can tell that it was a live broadcast at some point because of
the way that listeners phone in to the DJ which couldn’t really be done in a
podcast. But I know it was re released as podcast because it had to be
downloaded.
Football commentary:
The form of this AMP is a Commentary. I know this because the person talking is
talking about events as they happen in a football game.
Content
World news podcast-
The content of this AMP are news stories from all around the world similar to
all the other news outlet podcasts
Hallam FM - The content of Hallam FM is music this is
almost identical to every other radio station such as Radio 1 or Capital FM
which also play music to entertain people.
Audio book (Jack
Reacher) – The content in this AMP is the latest Jack Reacher book read
out and recorded. It is normal for audio books to have this as its content.
Scott mills show
– The content of this AMP is the DJ Scott mills talking to other people who
appear on the show this is a more original AMP than any other AMP I have talked
about.
Football commentary - The content of the AMP is a description of
what happens in a football match in order to provide fans with news and updates
from the match
Meaning
World news podcast –
This AMP seeks to make the audience think about the news stories that they talk
about. To let the people who listen to the podcast know if there is any danger
in any way.
Hallam FM –
This AMP does not seek to influence its audience in any way be it politically
or religious etc.
Audio book (Jack
Reacher) – I do not think that this AMP is trying to influence the
opinions of its audience in any way it is solely attempting to entertain.
Scott mills show -
This also does not seek to influence the views of its audience.
Football commentary
- This product obviously does not seek to influence the views of its
audience.
Genre
World news podcast-
The genre of this podcast overlaps because it is a news outlet so it
covers a wide area of topics.
Hallam FM- The
genre of Hallam FM is Music, obviously because its main content is playing
music.
Audio Book (Jack
Reacher) – This AMP fits into the genre of audio books for obvious
reasons.
Scott mills show – The
genre of the Scott mills show is entertainment/ News (?) because segments of
the show are used to entertain the audience and others are about recent news
and related topics.
Football
commentary- The genre of this
AMP is sports because it is a commentary over a football game.
Target Audience
World news podcast-
The target audience of this AMP is from the ages of 15+ because there is no age
limit for this podcast.
Hallam FM –
The target audience of Hallam FM is the ages 10- 30
Audio Book (Jack
Reacher) – The target audience of this AMP is ages 16+ because of the
book being read out being aimed at that demographic.
Scott Mills show
– The target audience of this AMP is ages 19-35
Football commentary
– The target audience of this AMP is any age because any age or gender can
enjoy football.
Frequency
World news podcast
– This AMP is updated daily and is driven by the content of what they can
report on, the fact that it reports on news from around the world means that
they will not run short on content.
Hallam FM –
This AMP is broadcast live every day and is content driven because it plays
music.
Audio Book (Jack
Reacher) – This AMP does not require updating because it is uploaded
once and then can be downloaded by anyone.
Scott mills show
– The Scott mills show is broadcast every day at 1:00, the show is driven by
content because in the show they discuss recent news stories and as such
interesting news stories
Football commentary
– This AMP is broadcast whenever there is a football match and is driven by
content because if there is not a match to commentate on then they have no
content.
Production Process
World news podcast
– The world news podcast is recorded in a studio so the quality of the final
product is of a greater quality.
Hallam FM –
This AMP is broadcast from a studio so the quality of the broadcast will be of
a good quality.
Audio Book (Jack
Reacher) –This AMP is recorded with professional equipment and in a professional
studio which is important for an audio book because you need to be able to
understand what the reader is saying.
Scott Mills – The
Scott mills show is recorded in a professional studio with good quality
equipment since it is run by the BBC. So it has a good quality.
Football Commentary
– A Football commentary is always recorded on site at the game they are
commentating over so they don’t usually use a professional studio however they
do use good quality equipment. So they will still be of a good quality, however
you will be able to hear the background noise of the football game.
