RADIO INVASION ASSESSMENT

This will be your last A2 assessment. It is based on skills and requires only planning, preparation and delivery. The assessment is as follows:

1. Each individual student will produce a 30 minute radio show as a live broadcast
2. You have to produce the show. You do not necessarily have to present it.
3. The show will be part of Hautlieu Creative Radio Station and must therefore be appropriately constructed to fit into a school context (ie INSTITUTION & AUDIENCE). In other words, it will show knowledge of REPRESENTATION and RADIO LANGUAGE appropriate to the context.
4. As such, there will be consistency in tone, register and content for each programme. But each programme will have a distinct identity and focus.
5. Therefore, you need to provide a short summary of your programme (style, content, purpose, audience) ie PLANNING.
6. You need to break your programme down into specific individual segments with specific timings (I suggest you use an excel sheet).
7. You need to provide a copy of your programme breakdown well in advance of your broadcast. This must have exact timings for all of your content. The latest date for you to submit your detailed breakdown is the last day of the first week back after the Easter holiday (ie Friday 23rd April at 3:20). However, best practice would be to submit this document well before this date.
8. Your programme will have a particular theme (your choice) and will reflect the timing of your broadcast.
9. Your programme will essentially be a music-based programme.
10. But it must include: A JINGLE / IDENTITY SOUND BED; AT LEAST 1 GUEST; AT LEAST 1 SHORT FEATURE LASTING AT LEAST 2 MINUTES – these files must be MP3’s and be saved on an SD card.
11. The guest can be any role or function you choose. For example, co-presenter, expert, performer (singer, poet, comedian, etc etc. . .). The guest needs to be part of the school community.
12. The feature needs to be real (ie not imaginary or made-up).
13. The guest may also feature in the feature. But you need both.
14. You must make sure you have all of the sound files that you want to use (songs, idents, features, interviews etc) on a device that works in school (I suggest you ensure this by planning a run-through). Do not rely on the internet. Or on the chance that it will just work when you turn up. PLANNING and PREPARATION is key to success.
15. Remember the programme is LIVE and part of a broadcast schedule. There is no room for error.
16. Your programme must last exactly 30 minutes.
17. You must be ready to take over from the previous show and be prepared that the next programme will follow on from yours immediately after 30 minutes.
18. Seen from a broader perspective your 30 minute programme will be broadcast as part of an all day broadcast schedule (8:30 -3:30).
19. You can book / choose your slot by adding your name to this spreadsheet in a free time slot.
20. We are currently planning to broadcast across 3 days. From Tuesday 27th – Thursday 29th April, with 2 slots only on Friday 30th).
21. The broadcasts will be recorded for internal assessment purposes only. They will be live only in school, ie not broadcast on the web.
22. You will be assessed by the same criteria as your NEA (ie INTENTION; LANGUAGE, REPRESENTATION; INSTITUTION & AUDIENCE). Which will be assessed by NEA criteria (see the assessment and feedback sheet below)
23. Your assessment will contribute to your A2 grade. It will not carry an over proportionate weighting to the rest of your assessments.
24. Any ideas, suggestions, issues or problems. Just ask!

I will be doing a 30-minute radio broadcast on Hobbies ie I intend to have an interview/discussion with my friend Jason about his six a side football team with Luis and we’ll be discussing how it started when it started, future aspirations with an engaging tone (5 minutes). The second interview Once again with Luis and Jason talking about Music artists, what music we like, New songs etc (5 minutes. Songs saved to a playlist to be played begging, middle and end, in between the interviews, This will last 19 minutes. I will start the radio show off live,>cue’s in Jingle< “hello this is Bradley it is currently 12 in the afternoon and your listening to _radio name: Trident_ (roughly eight seconds), Songs play then the interview with Jason and Luis plays back to music again, live interview with Luis and Jason on music, music plays, -end of the radio- : (plays the last twelve seconds signing off ) “This was the radio show I hoped you enjoyed it and have a good day”>cue’s in Jingle<  _end of radio show_