Production

Although I won't be able to show the production of the ensemble due to technical difficulties (print screen not working) I have decided to talk through some of the photos I managed to take that I feel will help explain my show and demonstrate my knowledge of the Garageband software.

To start off, seen below is the ending of my jingle. It was hard to make a transition from jingle into show, but I thought that by adding an Alarm, as well as evoking excitement in the listener due to its immediate connotations - frantic, excitement etc. As you can see, the sound levels have been shown to demonstrate how, by using Garageband's userfriendly interface, I was able to fade in the ambient sound as to make the transition from jingle to show as smooth and fluid as possible. The alarm itself was one of the many loops ready-made, available from the software at a click and drag of a mouse, and by positioning (to state the obvious) the alarm so that it's sound ended synchronically with that of the "Exotic" beat accompanying it there was no disorder - in the bad way - to the way in which the jingle finishes and the show begins.


As can be seen in the image below, there is a use of synthasisers and dance loops in the first opening seconds which runs along with some dialogue saying "This week for us is very exciting..", note the use of the word "exciting" there. I felt that this particular genre of music went well with the house theme of the show and its main principles - being entertaining and exciting in order to appeal to a wide demographic of keen cooks. The upbeat, slightly etherial feel to the synth pad really evokes a sense of suspense for the audience, holding their attention for the dialogue exchange to come.

It is not very easy to see, hand side of the image is the archive clip of the dialogue between the two presenters of the show, who are discussing a recent cook - gossip! The mixture of sound levels between the two sounds; archive clip and bed track, meant that I had to lower the sound level of the synth pads and drums so that the dialogue was easily audible. Furthermore, there is evidence of "on set" recording with the diagetic sound of pans banging in the background - intended to make the listener feel more "in the scene" as it were. This theme of on set recording is also apparent in the opening sound clip mentioned above and really adds to the target audience's appeal; one could argue that part of the attraction of cooking is the sounds, as well as the sights.

Ontop of all of this, it is plain to see that there has been a careful use of timing, in terms of positioning all the tracks, sound level adjustment did take place (although unfortunately not all are on show) and a wide range of loops added in, all tieing in with the genre - cooking for excitement.



In this image below, you can see all the tracks on the left hand side of the image. I used a wide range of sounds and effects in order to create the most appealing show I could. You can see that the sound levels have been adjusted in the track control bars on the left according to which track needed priority in terms of being heard - the archive when it came to the main show, more of a balance apparent in the jingle itself bar the gradual rise in noise level of the alarm.