sound formats

Sound Format

WAV: this is an audio file format which was developed by Microsoft. An advantage of using WAV is that it is fast decoding and it can be played on most window applications that support sound. However it is a very large file size.

AIFF: this is an audio file format which was created by APPLE Company. Its main purpose is to store sound data featuring numerous sound bitrates used in PC or other audio utilities. The advantage of using AIFF file is the output of exceptional sound quality however it will take up more storage than any other lossy formats.

FLAC: this is a type of lossless MP3. It is mostly used where the quality of sound is essential. This is a compressed lossless which means that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. It takes up less space than WAV and AIFF and is becoming one the most popular formats due to it being an open source. It is also extremely fast at decoding and supports multi-channel and high-resolution streams. However it compresses less efficiently than other popular modern compressors such as Monkey’s Audio.

Mp3:  It allows anyone to create their own implementation and has fast decoding, lower complexity than other sound formats such as AAC. However this sound format is lower performance than modern codecs.

AAC: It is a lossy format that is similar to mp3 but includes some performance improvements.: It reaches transparency in most samples and for most users at around 150 kbps and has several implementations, containing ones that are high quality and free. However many players only support LC at the moment so you will have files that are valid except your player won’t play them.

Ogg Vorbis: This is an audio compression format An advantage of this is that it is easy to use high level Application Programming Interface; also it is suitable for internet- streaming. A disadvantage for this is current implementations are more computationally intensive to decode than mp3.

WMA: it stands for windows media audio and uses a lossy compression system. This is a file extension used with windows media player.An advantage of using WMA is that it is more convenient for window users and it has better sound quality in low bitrates. However as it was designed for windows it may have some compatibility problems with other platforms.

Storage: For storage, sound files can be stored on digital drives such as USB stick or flash hard drive which can be connected to computers and laptops to transport the file on to the device. These digital drives are portable which makes it easier as it can be accessed on different devices. And to save all your production work, you can use Apple iCloud and google drive as they are the safest options to save all your production work.

Compression: this is extremely important in audio production as it evens out the dynamic range and it is useful to smooth out a vocal track that pitches from extremely loud to soft. This also allow you to record more precise and clear sounds as it keeps an instrument range within the range of the recording equipment. This is controlled by upwards and downwards compression which decrease the loud background noises.

Radio Drama final edit

https://youtu.be/SRZBOk-j33w

Task Allocation week 8

Task Allocation week 7

Task Allocation week 6

Audience feedback questionaires

Production log week 5

Task allocation week 5

SWOT analysis of Radio Drama

Production schedule

Audience feedback analysis

We asked the audience to listen to our radio drama draft and give feedback on it. We got feedback from two people in the 14-19 age range, one person from the 20-30 age range and one person from the 31-45 age range. Two of which were females and the remaining two were males. Therefore, we gathered feedback from our target audience (14-45 year olds). This gave us good feedback about what our target audience likes when listening to radio dramas. We gained mainly qualitative data so we got more information on how we could improve our radio drama to suit our audience.

We asked questions about their likes and dislikes of our radio drama draft and asked them how we could improve. The feedback we got told us that the audience felt that we should include more foley sounds in our radio drama to make it more realistic. Also, someone said that we should include music when transitioning scenes, as it will make it more clear to the audience. Another person said that we should record one or two sentences again as they were a bit quieter from the rest of the dialogue. We will take this feedback into consideration to improve our radio drama. 

We also gained positive feedback about our radio drama. The audience thought that the storyline was very interesting and has informed and educated them about the impacts of social media. They were also entertained by the characters in the radio drama.

Overall, the feedback we gained from the audience was very informative and helpful and we can now add these improvements into our final radio drama to make it better.

Improvements:
- Add foley sounds
- Add music transitions
- Re do some of our voice recordings