I made a mind map of podcast genres i have liked and listen to, and i have put all the formats i was thinking i could do. out of the 3 i have more interesting ideas on comedy, and its the one i listen to the most, so i will be focusing on only that. The format i chose to do was something to do with a one to one interview, it will be me and a guest that will talk in the podcast. but i was also thinking of picking people at random in the street and ask questions but on the other hand it will be hard to find the right person to ask questions and if they will be the right target audience i’m looking for. my target audience is mainly teens that likes pranks, jokes and making people laugh. but also part of adults too because they have better humour and also might have the same likings as other teens.
1 Podcast:
Her Name is Hana. A podcast made by the Digital Sisterhood . This podcast is about the life of Hana that committed suicide because of how she suffered at a young age since she moved countries. This story is very well told with sound effects and clear understanding but is not something that interested me much because its about depressing stories and i dont want my audience to feel bad after it. the format used was a mix of non fiction and conversational since it was 2 girls talking to each other while both telling the story.
2 Podcast:
The genre of this podcast is comedy and gives me ideas on what i will be talking about in my podcast. i wanna make it about comedy to make my audience laugh and entertain them. the audience in this podcast is targeted to teens and some adults but most of the replies i seen was mostly from adults that has experienced or felt the same thing and or share something similar that had happened to them. the format used is just conversational in this podcast it was just 2 guys just reading out other peoples funny experiences in their lives and just share it with other people that had or have the same experience.
Apps used:
i have been using twitter to look for funny comments of people to talk about and a bit of their life and something funny, but i could not find much. so i went on reddit instead, it was a much better idea because its an app that most of my target audience use and is pretty entertaining.
Task 2
Microphones:
There are many types of microphones. 3 main types of microphones, the first one is Dynamic microphones. Dynamic microphones are really good when recording vocals like voice overs or singing and is also rarely used for podcasting, because they arent suitable to record high frequency sounds and it wont reject any background noise so it wont be the best mic to use in a podcast.
Second type is a Condenser microphone are recording tools that rely on a particularly sensitive vibrating diaphragm to capture sounds. Condenser mics are best for the studio recording of vocals and acoustic instruments. and its mostly used for podcasting since it rejects background noise.
the last one is a Ribbon microphone has a figure 8 pattern because is sensitive to sound coming from the front and back, but has a high rejection to the sound coming from the sides.
Script:
For the script I had done a simple introduction to the genre of the podcast, what will be doing and what topic it is and with who I’m doing it with. After that I added few key information to remind me what I want to say, but I mostly wanted to just go with flow so not everything sounds fake, because when reading stuff out it will just sound unnatural so i decided not to do everything word by word. For the outro I simply said than you to my audience for listening the podcast and also I let them know when will be the next podcast.
Logo:
I made up a logo for my podcast called “HONEST TALKS with ASYA” the name just means that in my podcast we give our honest opinions. it was hard to come up with it at first but i have looked at other examples and thought of my own. although i think i could have done it much better with plenty more colours because my podcast is all about fun. but i will be keeping my design the same. I have designed my brand logo in many ways and play around to design different ones.
Sound Effects:
For the sound effects i searched in Pixabay which has many sound effects to choose from and has helped a lot to choose a couple for my podcast.
they all have similar aesthetic music and i will only be choosing 3 out of the 9 sound effects. the ones i wont be using i will save them for future projects
Task 3:
for the bus stop commercial i used photoshop and illustrator. i had an idea for my background to have a bunch of light and dark colours mixed together t give a calm ambient and i added the name of the podcast with background colours to come in front to and all in big with the face icon in black to attract the attention of people. at the bottom of the poster i added a bit of information that people have been wondering about when seeing the poster.
the bag design was something i have thought about from the beginning and it is the design i like the most and i also use photoshop and illustrator. my idea was to add the same background and fill it up with lightning rays since its part of my logo and its in black colour for them pop out. but then i decided i should add the face icon with my podcast name to let people know that its mine and to make it easy for them to listen to my podcast and by putting the qr code for them to scan and they will straight away play my podcast in spotify or tiktok.
Task 4:
The process of making a comedy podcast was full of new experiences since i am not used to recording myself it was a challenge knowing i am not good at talking in front of people is my weakest skill and i should improve it by practicing. Also comedy was a hard topic i choose to do many challenges have come ahead, like choosing the right humour that people like and find more fun to hear which is hard because not everyone has the same taste of humour and also something important like the right targeted audience.The target audience was the hardest thing because i wanted to do a conversation between me and a guest but it didnt quite match so i started trying with different people, it made me feel nervous because many things could go wrong and did for example when some didnt understand so i had to repeat myself and explain must of the stuff, or when they found few of the comments offensive but they still found it funny which was great and what i was looking for.But i was hoping for it to go in a better way. i like comedy but if i ever get to do another podcast i might be doing a different topic, for example conversational talks about things that people can relate about. but if i get to do a comedy podcast again i will first do more research of how other people do it and do something similar will be the best option, and i will also add a bunch of other people i know and i am close with like my family or friends so it will be an active conversation with everyone sharing their different prespectives and opinions and i will be feeling more comfortable for me and them on sharing my opinions since they are close to me. One of the easiest task and the one i enjoyed most is task 3. drawing and coming up with ideas with pencil and paper is my greatest skill, i like how i just played around with bunch of colour gradients and came up with a decent background which was used for the bus stop poster and the bag. the best one in my opinion is the bag with couple lightning rays in lines but there was something that was bugging me was that it was not all in straight lines and it was not be perfectly alined for me . but apart from that it was my best design at the moment. Something that i want to address is that my designs of the main logo and and the ones i did for commercial are different but i would not change the design eventhough i like everything to match so no one will get confused wether it is my podcast or someone else’s although it is something interesting to be having a change in the designs. Whats left the same is the head icon and my podcast name.
I confirm that the attached assessment is all my own work and does not include any work completed by anyone other than myself and sources have been appropriately referenced.
feedback evaluation- overall i just have to upload my final podcast for a better grade.I should improve how the pictures and images I post because they are very pixelated and hard to read. furthermore I should also improve my grammar and spelling to avoid losing marks for example capitalize words such as ‘I’. I should start focusing on how to transform my ideas into realized forms of a high standard. next time i also need to do a lot more planning and put more effort in. overall, i thought it was very good.
what i have done well
i have done good reserach and completed mindmaps as i go on researching. i have compared 2 podcasts of my preferance and in my opinion it was okay and its something i would do again without any struggle, although i could have improved it by adding more context and information about both podcasts to have a better idea of comparing them.
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