First week of Semester means the beginning of the Media two classes. Radio’s new wave has brought some interesting insight to me already, particularly in regards to the effect of sound.
The first session of the semester involved conducting interviews. Although I have had previous experience with the Zoom recorder in Media 1 last semester, I didn’t learn the full details of the device. This, as well as the purchase of wave lab makes me realise that I have a lot to learn over the semester.
My inspiration for week one involves Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds Radio broadcast. This is a much studied broadcast from 1938, due to rumours that some Americans thought this dramatic broadcasting of a H.G Welles novel to be a true event at the time of broadcasting, leading to the star and director, Orson Welles, issuing a public apology. Although I realise that the focus in this particular studio focuses on the non-fiction aspect of radio broadcasting, this broadcasting was believed to be true by a handful of people at the time who did not listen to the broadcast in its entirety. This piece switches from the story of H.G Welles and orchastra- which would be realistic in the breaking of a news story at the time when this particular piece was made.