Recording and editing radio trailer

Recording
To start of recording our radio show we had to go and arrange a date with the teacher of when he was available to do it.

On the day we were meeting we went down to the recording studio early so that we could set everything up such as where to put the script so that he could read it without having to hold it and turn all the equipment on ready. After this was done we waited for him to come.

When he came into the room the first thing we had to do was to set the microphone up so it fitted his height so that when he spoke it would go straight into the microphone, so he wasn't slouching and to make what he said clear and understanding.

We explained to him what he was to do so that he wasn't clueless and before we started recording we let him go through the script a few times so that he could get a understanding of what he was about to say. It made it easier because he could get the enthusiasm ready.

We were now ready to record. He would read the first paragraph and then stop and everything would be quiet for 30 seconds before he would read the next paragraph. We carried on repeating this routine until the end. The reason for this was so that when we were editing it would be easier to cut out. Throughout there was one mistake which was that he got abit muxed up which was easy to change because we just waited a few seconds and he started the paragraph again.

Once it was all done we listened to it to make sure that everything was okay. Once we were sure it was fine we thanked our teacher for doing it.

Editing
We uploaded all the information to our computer and opened it on Adobe. The first step was to edit out the gaps and parts that werent needed and get rid of them. This made it easier to seperate each part that was needed. We then had to go back to the documentary and pick out all the voice clips that were going to be needed in our radio trailer. This meant the grandparent interview and so on. Once we had cropped them out we placed them on our radio timeline and placed them in the different gaps, where they were meant to be. We then closed all the gaps and uploaded the music. After doing this we added it to our radio trailer. It was the song "I want it all" by Queen. We cropped some of the song that was too long for our radio clips. We listened to it and made sure everything was alright. The next stage was just saving it.