3 Types of Radio Stations

Hospital Radio - http://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk/getting-involved/Radio-Mayday.htm

The first type of radio stations I chose was a radio station that is only available for patients in a hospital. I chose my nearest hospital which is Croydon University Hospital whose station is called RADIO MAYDAY. This particular radio station allows patients to feel at home where they can listen to a mix of music, news, entertainment and allows patients to listen to commentaries from Selhurst Park for Crystal Palace Football Club (CPFC)'s home games. The radio station also allows patients to choose the music that they play which would appeal more to older audiences because they get to listen to their own favourite music that they listened to when they were younger and not music that would appeal more to younger audiences. Finally, the patients in hospital get to listen to an radio slot called 'The Mayday Comedy Hour' which offers a mix of classical and modern comedy that might make patients laugh. Their equipment setup might differ because compared to other leading radio stations (LBC, Heart, Capital), they might not have the modern technology that other radio stations have, but as this is a hospital radio station, their setup might be a bit low-key because only patients in hospital are allowed to listen to it.

National Radio - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 

The second type of radio stations I chose was a radio station that is available for all audiences nationwide. For this radio station, I chose the most popular radio station in the whole of the UK with almost 15.5 million listeners ever week, Radio 2. This particular radio stations allows adults at home or at work to listen to music mainly based in the 80s hosted by some famous faces such as Tony Blackburn, Jeremy Vine and Chris Evans. The radio station also allows interviews many famous faces about either upcoming films or television, for example Robert Downey Jr chatted to one presenter named Steve Wright, as they both chatted about his latest film, The Judge on Friday 17th October.

Musical Artists using social media to promote a song

Examples of artists using social media to promote a song

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dave-Grohl/108088292552977?fref=ts

In this Facebook page, we see a fact file on Foo Fighters singer, Dave Grohl that gives audiences a brief description on who Dave Grohl is and what he is associated with, within the music industry. Then the audiences get to see what music he has created with his very famous rock group, Foo Fighters and also his individual solo songs he made. The page also talks about what type of instruments he plays which can also promote him as an artist because some audiences might like what instruments he plays and this can motivate people to listen to his work. Following on from this, the audiences get treated to see what type of genre of music he plays. This could promote his range of songs as some people might like the same genre of music that he plays. For this artist, the genre of music he plays is Rock Music, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Hard Rock etc., so his main focus in genre is ROCK.

Budget Radio Stations - What you would normally need

What you would normally need for a radio station

• Computers = £465 - http://www.ecrater.co.uk/p/20277904/hp-consumer-23-e2-3800-4gb-500gb?gps=1 
• Laptops = £140 - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/14629950566184953448?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&sclient=psy-ab&q=laptop&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.77161500,d.ZGU&pf=p&bs=1&gs_rn=55&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=svQtmnJ1HFBHUzx8CtOZrw&ds=sh&pq=computer+&cp=1&gs_id=1d&xhr=t&oq=l&tch=1&ech=3&psi=_Lc7VNyrCabT7QbLmYCIAw.1413200153781.7&ei=ULg7VPvREPKM7Ab8hYCYDw&ved=0CI8BEKYrMAA 
• Condenser Microphones = £34 - to talk into and to record your voice - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/13157218543061356700?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&output=search&q=condenser+microphone&oq=condensor&ei=nbg7VPmwIq7g7Qbz14GwBA&ved=0CJwBEKYrMAA
• Speakers = £75 - to listen to either music or voice - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/10558904613848695243?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&output=search&q=speakers&oq=speakers&ei=xLg7VJydH4bB7Aa8joGgCg&ved=0CIoDEKYrMAw
• Headphones = £4 - to listen to either music or voice - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/16049972122282437352?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&output=search&q=headphones&oq=headphones&ei=Crk7VKjBLYHd7QaFloHQDA&ved=0CJ4BEKYrMAA
• Chairs = £90 - for the presenters to sit on - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/8040813130776359527?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&output=search&q=chairs&oq=chairs&ei=RLk7VIb8HYTe7AbR6oHwCw&ved=0CLcBEKYrMAI
• Mixing Desk (if you want to make a Pirate Radio Station) = £225 - to mix up tracks and to control the volume - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/13548681185112736309?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&output=search&q=mixing+desk&oq=mixing+desk&ei=kLk7VLPFK7Hg7QbAlYHYCQ&ved=0CJoBEKYrMAA
• Satellites/Transmitters = £36 - to allow your radio station to be transmitted onto audiences around the country - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/11253110667424095343?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&sclient=psy-ab&q=satellite+&oq=satellite+&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&tch=1&ech=1&psi=Bbo7VL-qBubZ7gaotYH4Dg.1413200674732.5&ei=Iro7VNK0OMng7Qa1x4DoAQ&ved=0CJcBEKYrMAA
• Software (i.e Reaper, Soundcloud, Logic Pro) - to record your voice and to listen back on
• Microphone Stand = £18 - to stand up the microphone - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/18046413994949009134?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&output=search&q=microphone+stand&oq=microphone+stand&ei=ULo7VJ3iG8ne7Ab36YBg&ved=0CJYBEKYrMAA
• Air conditioning? = £145 - for the presenters to stay cool if the temperature is quite warm - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/321118548314?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108
• Tables/Desks = £175 - to stand all of your equipment on - https://www.equip4work.co.uk/shop/braemar-rectangular-chrome-folding-tables.html?utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=XMLbase_feed&utm_term=Deluxe+Chrome+Folding+Tables&utm_campaign=Braemar_Rectangular_Chrome_Folding_Tables&gclid=CjwKEAjw8O2hBRDKur2lseLW6C8SJAC-r1J3vpS4aJ4Xu-40XdORFJPtAJ2cyG1MC9axTQiBWv2GJBoCGw_w_wcB
• Phone = £135 - for the audience to call in to the presenters and talk to them - http://www.internetvoipphone.co.uk/grandstream-gxp2200-android-ip-phone.html
• Mic Live Indicator = £19 - to show when you are live on air - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/191253520929?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=108&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=108 
• Computer Keyboard = £104 - comes with the Computer or Laptop - https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/4652386766874610062?safe=active&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1244&bih=842&sclient=psy-ab&q=computer+keyboard&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&pf=p&gs_rn=55&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=OVExjCku2fj5rcTvbcV7SA&ds=sh&pq=mic+live++light&cp=10&gs_id=13&xhr=t&oq=computer+k&tch=1&ech=10&psi=XLs7VNr9FYyV7AbUwoCYCQ.1413201018073.1&ei=Ybs7VO3wA4yd7gaR5IGwAw&ved=0CJ0BEKYrMAA
• CD Player = £10 - to allow the listeners to listen on the music that is played
• Microphone Arm = £69 - to rest the microphone instead of holding it all the time
• Radio License = ? - to show that your radio station is legal
• Cables = 62p - To connect up the microphones to the speakers and to the headphones etc etc

Room Layout

The radio station would normally have 2 rooms. The first room ( The Main Room or The Mixing Room) would be normally used by the radio presenters or DJs in which they would talk into microphones and their speech would be transmitted onto hundreds of radios in the country. The second room, otherwise known as the Recording room, would most of the time be used by many musical artists as they would record their music or their songs. If they mess up, they could do it again to save any faults being transmitted to the audiences across the country. When they are happy with their track, they would save that track and use it for audiences to listen to.

McDonalds Radio Advert

This is my radio advert which I created that promotes the brand new Ultra Burger from McDonalds. I found this task extremely difficult to do as I have no experience with a Mac and I had no experience with Reaper. It was hard playing the advert back because I do not think it uploaded, but I felt that I tried my best. This advert is mainly targeted at teenagers to adults that enjoy going to McDonalds. This advert was quite funny with the use of voice that was said that you would normally hear in action movie trailers. This was a very simple advert to make without any sound effects. It was a very clear recording and it uses persuasive techniques to motivate the audiences to try out the burger NOW! This is a very simple advert as it is straight to the point, immediately presenting the burger as the new burger from McDonalds, and it is going for a limited time. This also raises 'Brand Awareness' as I am promoting the brand, McDonalds, which offers a new Ultra Burger for cheap which would persuade audiences in the demographic to go and buy the product. Finally, this advert is very informative in the way it explains what is inside the burger to make it that special so that the audiences could be influenced by this to go and buy the burger.

Music Video - I Will Find Him

This is my music video I created for Media based on the music named 'I Will Find Him!' by Hans Zimmer from the blockbuster film, 'Man of Steel!'. I really enjoyed working on this because I had the advantage of working with people that worked on my project. We used different camera shots to show what the situation was like from different angles. We used different types of close-ups, such as when the camera zoomed into my eyes and mouths to show that I was in trouble of something which shows a high emotion. We also used cutaways such as when the action cut to an extreme close-up of my glasses and an extreme close-up of Sam's skateboard's wheel. We took a whole load of shots from various different camera angles as well. One thing we could have improved on was using an extreme long shots or establishing shots to show where the action had taken place.

Why I chose this song for our music video

I chose Hans Zimmer's 'I Will Find Him' from the blockbuster movie, 'Man of Steel' to be my song for our music video. I chose this song because the song mainly depicted fighting and violence and I think that this suited our music video very well. This song does not have any lyrics as this is a instrumental used for 'Man of Steel'. This song produces a quite negative mood because of the use of trumpets that produce a negative tone and I think that this suits our music video well. This song also has a very quick pace which suggests that the song is quick but a lot of action is happening in between as well because of the tone of the music.