1. IDENTIFY AND DEMONSTRATE HOW PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES INTERACT WITH THE STYLE AND CONTENT OF RADIO/AUDIO PROGRAMMES.
[KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING]


2. DEMONSTRATE THROUGH WRITTEN WORK AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS OF COMMUNICATING THROUGH SOUND AND AN EVALUATIVE APPROACH TO THE PROCESSES ADOPTED AND THEIR OUTCOME.
[COMMUNICATION]

3. WORK EFFECTIVELY AS A MEMBER OF AN AUDIO PRODUCTION TEAM ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND UNDERTAKE A CONTRIBUTORY ROLE IN PRODUCING AUDIO FOR ASSESSMENT.
[COLLABORATIVE WORKING]

4. APPLY PROFESSIONAL MEDIA COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO REACH A SPECIFIC RADIO/ON LINE DEMOGRAPHIC THROUGH AUDIO.
[APPLICATION]

80% Digital Creation: Live Audio Broadcast/Stream [LOs 1;3;4]
20% Written Assessment: Reflective Evaluation [LOs 1;2]

This project provides the opportunity for you to draw together all the practical experience and critical understanding you have acquired of radio and audio production. You will negotiate with your supervisor at the start of the module the nature of the project and how you intend to complete your broadcast to a professional standard. Building on your preliminary exploration of form and practice in Radio and Audio at Level 5 you will research and develop a 60-minute audio broadcast to be Live Streamed via the student radio station OMG. The content can also include visuals such as a live webcam stream or recorded visual material that be shared via social media platforms. The culmination of the project is an extensive critical evaluation of your finished broadcast detailing your skills acquired during the module and what developments you would like to make in the future.

Learning Strategies can include:

Contact/Scheduled learning and Teaching Activities:¿
One-to-one tutorials¿
Risk Assessment, health and safety, ethics input¿
Academic workshops/presentations¿
Small group sessions (seminars, tutorials, debates)¿

NB: This module will be accompanied by a comprehensive handbook and VLE support.¿
You will be expected to take advantage of the extensive library facilities and on-line tutorials via Lynda.com and BoB.¿

Guided Independent Study Activities:¿
Independent practice¿
Research¿
Group meetings¿
Personal development planning¿
Teamwork¿
Networking events¿
Blackboard VLE, Lynda.com and BoB access¿
Independent Study in support of your project work.

The most recent additions of the following texts, which will be available through online study links. The following are the most recent editions:

Beaman, J., Interviewing for Radio
Dubber, A., Radio in the Digital Age
Emm, A.,Researching for the media
Fleming, C., The Radio Handbook, 3rd ed, London: Routledge.
Hausman, C., Modern Radio Production, 8th ed, Boston: Wadsworth.
Keith, M.C., The Radio Station, 8th ed, Oxford: Focal.
Llinares, D. eds. et. Al., Podcasting, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lloyd, D., How to make great radio, London: Biteback.
Starkey, G., Radio in Context, 2nd ed, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Stewart, P., Essential Radio Skills, 2nd ed, London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.
Stewart, P., The Live-Streaming Handbook: How to create live video for social media on your phone and desktop, London: Routledge

Radio Studios
Myriad Playout System
Adobe Audition
Classroom with workstation
IT Lab
Portable sound equipment
Editing workstations and software for radio/audio production
Library and online resources
Audio playback facilities

The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

This project provides the opportunity for you to draw together all the practical experience and critical understanding you have acquired of radio and audio production. You will negotiate with your supervisor at the start of the module the nature of the project and how you intend to complete your broadcast to a professional standard.