Problem solving
- 2. Overcoming not being in a physical space. Due to current world events, the United Kingdom is in a lockdown and has been for some time. This means that me and my podcast participants are not able to meet up in person and record in one place, another alternative would have been to rent a studio out as to make the audio more professional. This again, could not be done due to the lockdown.
- 3. Overcoming not being in a physical space. (Solution) Luckily me and the participants speak regularly on a application named Discord which connects us all together and allows us to talk. Although, the audio will not be up to the level as other podcasts due to us not having professional equipment, it means that we all have a way of speaking together and being able to record the podcast, I will do this by creating another account and adding it to the call to record what we say by using OBS, due to me not having a microphone for my PC. Alternate Account: Private voice channel to record the podcast in: Discord, what we use to talk to each other online:
- 4. Audio Mixing. Due to me not being able to go to college and use their resources, I do not have access to Audition, which is what I used to create a pre- set for my audio mixing to guarantee a cleaner and clearer listening experience. I know I will have to do a lot of mixing and correction to the audio as again, me and my participants do not have professional equipment, meaning the audio will not be to the best level but sadly, that is out of our control due to the circumstances.
- 5. Audio Mixing. (Solution) Luckily, the editing software that I use, has an inbuilt audio correction section, no where near the level of Audition but a basic mixer that will help make the audio sound a little bit better and bare able to the audience. This is also convenient as I will be using this software to edit down the podcast so it is all in one place for me rather than having to move the files around and risk messing it up. The editing software I use is DaVinci Resolve. Audio editing section of DaVinci Resolve, although it is bare compared to its counterpart, it is good for quick use and I have found that it works effectively and well for what I need it for:
- 6. Music. I will have to look and find music that is royalty free as to avoid copyright infringement and also is soft to listen to as I want the audience to feel calm due to the music they listen to when the podcast is starting and ending, this is where I am going to put the music. I also may have to make some myself if I can not find any to use. This means that I will not able to use the majority of music I listen to personally as they are all owned by companies meaning I do not have the right to use them and may get a copy right strike on my products.
- 7. Music. (Solution) Luckily for me, I have permission from and independent artist to use his music, I have used it before and I like how it sounds so that will probably be getting used. But I will also make some music of my own by using a website called BeepBox. I will use this to create a simple beat to put at either the end of beginning of my podcast. I know of this website as I have experience with it from using it in another project I have done for my course. BeepBox, the free website that lets you create beats: Me getting permission to use an independent artists much within my projects:
- 8. Podcast Structure. From listening to other podcasts, I have found that in some, the podcasts go way off topic and that makes the audience lose interest, I will need to find a way to combat this as I do not enjoy listening to podcasts when this happens and at the same time, when podcasts don’t structure themselves, they have spaces where no one speaks as they run out of topics or things to talk about and there is just an awkward silence, I am not a fan of this and do not want this in my product. The JRE is, what I find, to be a victim of not having great structure to a podcast:
- 9. Podcast Structure. (Solution) To combat all these problems, I will take inspiration from my favourite podcast, Strong Opinion Sports. The host makes notes as sort of guidelines to make sure he is on track and doesn’t divert the subject too much, it is also to make sure he always has something to talk about. He also takes breaks when he has nothing to say or needs to think about something to say, I will use the script/ guideline method as I think it will benefit my podcast and if any of my participants go off subject, I will have to tell them to come back to it and to carry on with the subject at hand. Strong Opinion Sports is what I will be taking most of inspiration from: My thoughts and ideas on a script:
- 10. Editing. – Solution. During editing, I will have to make sure to cut out any boring conversations but also have to make it sound natural at the same time, I will also have to make sure that there are no breaks that make it sound like we do not have anything to talk about, this will make sure that the podcast flows better and gives the audience something to listen to at a constant pace. My first cuts on the podcast to make sure there is a consistent pace: