Radio Show: Week One

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Let’s talk about the radio show! To get the ball rolling, my group discussed our characters and what we had previously posted about for our radio shows and our characters. We did a Zoom where we pretty thoroughly discussed different aspects to the radio show like what the idea would be, how to make it cohesive, potential issues, things like that. My group is Emily, Brigid, Sam and me. We talked through things like that we would use Audacity to record, our radio show would be covering news events in different cities in the U.S., I created a Google Drive so that we would have one easy place to access the files we have, and how we would do the commercials. We agreed to try to make the length of our individual shows and the commercial we make total at or under 7 minutes. The math will probably even out to be the shows are about 5-6 minutes and the commercials will be 1-1.5. Overall, I thought it went pretty well and felt like it was a really solid start. We’ve texted about different things like using one of the required audio assignments for this week to make a commercial and I think I am also going to make a new radio bumper. My other radio bumper, while fine, was not really applicable to my character and I would obviously like the radio bumper to be relevant, lol. That’s what I have so far, once the show is completed next week I will likely have lots to say about how that process went. Until then, I hope you enjoyed reading!

Behind the Scenes of Noir Games: Weekly Summary

The Plan

After discussing a plan we distributed the work for creating Noir Games. I was put in charge of working on the whole script, creating a radio bumper, and creating a commercial for this week so that we will be prepared to record our dialogue next week. Both of the audio assignments can be found in my post called Noir Games Intermission.

Noir Games was inspired by the old post I made called Mission: Probably Impossible with further detail from my other old post called Noir Games Ideas. We chose to make our characters Runa, Max, Jaxx, and Lenore the participants in the game show while using Dr. Oblivion as the sarcastic game show host.

Advertisement Poster

For the Noir Games radio show I chose to make a poster as the promo which can be found in my post called Don’t Miss this Futuristic Trivia Show!

Daily Creates

Unrelated to Noir Games but the 3 Daily Creates I made this week can be found in the post called Inside My Creative Mind.

Radio Show Update

This week was really productive for our radio show. We met on Monday to discuss everything and create a solidified plan. We also divided all the aspect of the project to specific people so that nobody was doing more or less than they were supposed to. We organized a plan to meet in the DKC and use their podcasting equipment. We felt as though this would get us the best audio quality possible. As there are five of us using a phone would not be feasible, it also would be difficult to hear everyone and would interrupt the flow of the show. For our show idea we decided to host a radio show that acted as an advice forum where people could call in regarding various situations they had and we would provide advice the best way our character knew how to.

During the middle of the week member of the group also started to create bumpers and intros for the radio show as well as develop a script that would be useful to keep track of things we wanted to say. Though there was discussion of the limitations of structure we came together and realized that we could create an outline for the time we have to speak just to keep us on track.

For next week we are set to record the show and them implement the various additional audios created.

Noir Games Intermissions

Noir Games Bumper

Radio Bumper Process

I kept the game show theme and used sound effects that helped set the scene of one. I started with using Audacity with sound edits of trivia background music then added in a countdown ticking as if waiting for an answer. Once answered I added a ding sound to portray that it’s correct then a crowd applauding. Lastly, I recorded my voice saying, “Are you good enough? Are you smart enough? Prove it! Stay tuned into Noir Games and see how many questions you Really know!” to announce the show while game show music played in the background. 

Noir Games Commercial

Commercial Process

I wanted to make a more futuristic commercial so I based it on the idea of advertising robot lovers inspired by my old post called Empire State of Love. I used Audacity to edit in sound effects and background music. I started with sad music with a added heartbeat effect and the sound of glass shattering kind of like a heart breaking along with a girl crying afterwards resembling a break up. Then the music turns upbeat as I used my voice to say, “Are you sick of this same old love? The endless loop of dating and searching only to be disappointed. Well it’s time for a change! Come to Build-a-Bot! Where you can design your own dream soul mate!” Lastly the sound of a kiss was added for the ending to tie it all together.

Inside My Creative Mind: Week 9

St. Patrick’s Day

For this Daily Create I was supposed to show a picture of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. For me I chose Irish soda bread because I remember in school as a kid we celebrated by eating it after making handmade butter.

Duck or Rabbit?

For this Daily Create I was supposed to show a picture of confusion. One of the most confusing pictures for me are optical illusions so I found a picture of one of the most popular ones. Personally I tend to see a rabbit first and then the duck afterwards.

A Message Under the Sea

For this Daily Create I was supposed to type up a message to someone and for mine I chose to write “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!” I chose this message because it is a reference to a popular cartoon that I am highly sure most people have seen when they were younger and would probably understand.

Inside My Creative Mind: Week 9

St. Patrick’s Day

For this Daily Create I was supposed to show a picture of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. For me I chose Irish soda bread because I remember in school as a kid we celebrated by eating it after making handmade butter.

Duck or Rabbit?

For this Daily Create I was supposed to show a picture of confusion. One of the most confusing pictures for me are optical illusions so I found a picture of one of the most popular ones. Personally I tend to see a rabbit first and then the duck afterwards.

A Message Under the Sea

For this Daily Create I was supposed to type up a message to someone and for mine I chose to write “Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!” I chose this message because it is a reference to a popular cartoon that I am highly sure most people have seen when they were younger and would probably understand.

Don’t Miss This Futuristic Trivia Show!

30 Seconds to Answer Every Question!

Correct Answer: Artificial Intelligence

If you think you got what it takes to win then be sure to listen in on Noir Games and see how many answers you know! Two teams go head to head for a prize of 1 million dollars in this wild high-tech game of ultimate trivia!

Poster Design Process

For my promo poster for Noir Games I used Canva to design it. Since it is supposed to be a futuristic game show I used all neon design options including the texts and the small details like stars, smiles, lightning, and the trophy between the title on top. I wanted to include a slogan for it so I wrote, “Trivia just got an upgrade,” to make it sound more exciting. Also to make it seem more like a realistic promo poster I also added, “New episodes every Friday,” as if it is a real radio show. Lastly, the background is more straightforward with the use of a game show image which instantly explains what the show is about to the audience. I also used Canva to make the trivia example picture above to show the type of questions the participants will be getting.

Don’t Miss This Futuristic Trivia Show!

30 Seconds to Answer Every Question!

Correct Answer: Artificial Intelligence

If you think you got what it takes to win then be sure to listen in on Noir Games and see how many answers you know! Two teams go head to head for a prize of 1 million dollars in this wild high-tech game of ultimate trivia!

Poster Design Process

For my promo poster for Noir Games I used Canva to design it. Since it is supposed to be a futuristic game show I used all neon design options including the texts and the small details like stars, smiles, lightning, and the trophy between the title on top. I wanted to include a slogan for it so I wrote, “Trivia just got an upgrade,” to make it sound more exciting. Also to make it seem more like a realistic promo poster I also added, “New episodes every Friday,” as if it is a real radio show. Lastly, the background is more straightforward with the use of a game show image which instantly explains what the show is about to the audience. I also used Canva to make the trivia example picture above to show the type of questions the participants will be getting.

Promo!

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So my group has discussed a couple of different ideas for our radio show, what we landed on was having one in the style of a news report. I figured that promoting my character’s part of the show made the most sense, so that’s what I started with. Like I’ve said in past posts, my character is a cyborg cat. I want my portion of the show to be about how she was turned part robot, so I used AI to create an image. I know using AI is not great for the environment, but I wanted it to look a certain way that I knew I could not illustrate. I went to Canva to start and I discovered their AI image generation tool, so I used that! I would have liked to put “tune in on” this date or this day of the week, but I opted not to just to prevent inaccuracy. The prompt I gave the robot was “I would like an image of a cyborg cat (part robot, part cat), basing the cat off of the cat in the image” with a photo of my cat, Daisy, which I will of course show.

The resemblance is remarkable, honestly!

I added text over and had it be outlined because it was somewhat difficult to read without.

So, yeah! Tune in to find out!