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Evaluate the article and podcast (U20: M3, D1, D2)

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M4 (U7): Explain the mode of address and structure used As my article was aimed at a 16-25 year old target audience, I ensured to make the topic I was reporting on have a relation for said target audience. This was done by me interviewing two people in the same age bracket (only one interview made the final cut). By doing this, I was ensuring that the people reading the article (16-25 year olds) could see how what was being discussed applied to them. Because the brief only specified the target audience of the newspaper, I decided that in my interpretation that it would be a broadsheet and therefore wrote a news story for this type of newspaper. This is evident from the "almost essay like writing" that was used to describe my writing when a reader commented on my work. Although I changed the format after hearing this comment to fit more within the lines of a broadsheet news paper, the writing style was kept mainly the same. The style was mainly seen from the absence of the ...

Podcast Recording and Editing (U16: P5, P6), (U16: M2)

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P5 (U16): Record the different sound elements Picture 1 of me setting up first microphone for my podcast Picture 2 of me setting up second microphone for my podcast Video of me recording the keyboard typing foley sound P6 (U16):Carry out post-production edits to the sound elements Edit of the sound recorded. Used the cutting tool to delete any recordings that were not useful Began to edit in sound effects. Used the cutting and looping tools to ensure that the sounds didn't go over the recorded podcast and didn't drag on for too long. As some of the sound effects used were louder than expected, I used the tool changing the loop's decibel to ensure that said sound effects weren't louder than the podcast itself Creation of the intro/outro music. I used a microphone in Garageband to create the end of the recording The exportation of the podcast. My podcast M2 (U16): Present the sound elements to an audience to gain feedbac...