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

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 feedback

When gaining feedback for my podcast, I used the method of presenting the production to all three of the audience members at once. When the podcast was over, I kept the three together when asking them what they thought I did well and what I could have improved on. This meant that I could get a general consensus on the elements they were commenting on. By asking all three of the audience members together, they could hear what the others said and could be reminded of something in the podcast that they may have forgotten to talk about.
My Audience listening to my podcast
The general consensus between all three of the audience members on what I could improve on was the podcast's sound quality and the robotic unnatural way my guest host and I spoke throughout the majority of the podcast. The sound quality was most likely due to our unfamiliarity of the microphones and their sensitivity dependant on how close we were to said microphone. The sound quality could have therefore been improved upon if we tested our voices and compared them to how far we were from the microphones and then simply heard what was recorded then make adjustments after the fact of the matter. The robotic, almost unnatural way of speaking from my guest host and I throughout the majority of the podcast was most likely due to the way I wrote the script. As I had very little experience with writing podcast scripts previously, I wasn't aware of how a normal interaction between two people sounded, and the end product felt, to the audience, "[that we were] just saying facts disguised as a conversation". They also went on to say that they didn't feel that we were speaking this way was when my co host and I were debating about streaming platforms. This was coincidentally when I wrote in my script to "improvise". In retrospect, I should have allowed more improvisation in my script and used the said script as something to refer back to rather than simply reading from said script.
The audience also said that my podcast seemed well researched and that my co host and I seemed to know what we were talking about.

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