02 RADIO: LIVE LOUNGE

Today we read about BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge in the green fact sheet. Read the OCR pdf guide here by opening this link. We note the audience for Live Lounge is 15-24. It is an attempt to reach 'the youth  brand'.

Up-to-date information about Live Lounge also appears here.

The way people are listening to music is changing. This has affected Radio 1 in particular.  People aged between 15-24 listened to just over 14 hours of radio per week last year - seven hours less than the average adult, and 15% less than they did a decade earlier, according to broadcasting regulator Ofcom. Radio 1 is suffering because its core audience is turning away from live radio. This is largely thanks to the arrival of streaming services. 

We link what we know about the BBC's PSB remit to provide high quality, innovative, original programming that meets the needs of diverse audiences and reflects the values of the UK.

We visit the Live Lounge studio and use the buttons at the top left to take a virtual tour around.

We then open the links that OCR have sent to us this morning: "Live Lounge episodes can be accessed through this page on iPlayer.  Videos of Live Lounge performances on the Radio 1 YouTube channel can also be studied for the purposes of the exam.  As a study of media industries and audiences textual analysis is not required.  Students should have an awareness of the typical content of the Live Lounge and be able to refer to relevant examples to support their discussion of media industries and audiences."

As you listen to your own individual choices on Live Lounge, try to remember what artists you picked: 

• Live Lounge is distinctive because it invites both big names and emerging talent
• tends to be acoustic
• spontaneous and unrehearsed quality
• UK talent
• feels intimate
• audience invited to interact the hosts encourage listeners to tweet, comment and share posts during the shows - this can include being able to send in questions to the bands, or for the hosts to ask the artists questions. 
• Videos and information (including photo galleries) are then reposted after the shows to circulate more interest and create a collective response from those that were listening at the time. This encourages a community feel and a further forum for fans. 
• The BBC says that audiences still engage with the Live Lounge and that linked apps and social media platforms, YouTube and Facebook, illustrate this. As you would expect, the platforms use convergence to repost and share information. 

We end the lesson by sharing one particular Live Lounge Stay Home Live Lounge from April 23 2020:

Yr 10 TUESDAY CUFFS: INSTITUTION

Today we focus on the BBC as an institution.

What is Public Service Broadcasting?  

How is the BBC funded?

What does OFCOM do?

Using terminology : ethos, values, Reithian, distinctive, diversity, Royal Charter

Mass / niche audiences 

BBC Bitesize Television

Yr 10 Monday: CUFFS - CHAPTER 3

We watch CUFFS chapter 3 (in point 2.38 when Jo's dog is swimmimg) on Clickview and focus on media language and social contexts.

MEDIA LANGUAGE refers to mise-en-scene, camerawork, sound and editing. This is always question 1 in the exam. You usually have to find two examples and then explain how meaning is made.

EDITING 

1. Identify the editing technique of switching between the view of Jo's dog and the view of Jo talking on the phone. What meaning does this create?

CAMERAWORK

2. What is the camera movement term for the shot that follows DI Felix Cane as he puts up a photo of Keegan Benson? What is the purpose of this shot and the over-the-shoulder shot?

3. What is the name of the shot type which lets the audience see Benson's face? What is the effect of this shot? 

The hard cut between the police office and the corner shop is also a 'motivated edit' that is, motivated by the narrative about Benson.

SOUND

4. Felix speaks about Benson. Is this diegetic or non-diegetic sound? What is the impact of  Carl's response? Why does Jo shake her head and say "Seriously, there is no point'", and what does her remark reveal about their job?

SOCIAL CONTEXTS

5.  While DS Jo Moffat is on the phone about her dog, DC Carl Hawkins enters. How does the police office reflect modern social contexts? If you were asked to find a comparable moment in The Avengers, what would pick?

INSTITUTIONS & AUDIENCES

This is taken from the green fact sheet. Cuffs was scheduled in 2015 on BBC One on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. See our media text book page 23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREP Write out these terms under the class post and define them:

SCHEDULING

LIVE TELEVISION

'SECOND SCREENING' 

AUDIENCE INTERACTIVITY

THE WATERSHED 

PEAK VIEWING TIME

HIGH PRODUCTION VALUES 

Yr 11 RADIO: EXAM QUESTIONS

We revise your Paper 2 question on radio by looking at the green fact sheet as well as the mark scheme.  Open OCR pdf guide here by opening this link.

Explain how and why BBC radio has to provide a wider range of content than commercial radio. Refer to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge in your answer.

Yr 10 FILM MAKING

PREP Write about the film making that you have done over the last two weeks. Add photos to support and illustrate your post.

Paragraph 1: Your production company logo

Write about how you made it, explaining the process and referring to the equipment - the Hue camera, the Mac,  the name of your Production Company, the sound effects.

Paragraph 2: Your table top filming

Write about the filming. Explain some of the items that you had on the table and how you handled the camera. Explain what you wanted the audience to focus on (if you paused to make them look at anything in particular).

Paragraph 3: Your 'live action' filming

Explain what you filmed here and how you wanted the film opening to develop in this bit.

Paragraph 4: Editing

• What sound effects did you add to the Production Company logo?
• What track did you put down under the rest of the film?
• What was your FILM TITLE?
• What credits did you add (like actor names)?

Paragraph 5: Your views

How did you think that your production went? Were there any challenges, disasters or triumphs?