P3

P3.1

IDEAS

- Horse yard management, what happens in a day on the yard?

- Life guard story. Has she ever had to jump in and saved anyone? Any stories?

- A ballet dancers life. How do they deal with the physical stress?

- Conspiracy theories. Are they real? How did they come about?

- Growing up without a parent. How they deal with life and stay motivated and happy?

I have underlined my best two ideas and got feedback from my class mates about them. Below are the two I think will be best to explore.


P3.2

TWO IDEA DEVELOPMENTS

Horse Yard Management Idea

This radio story idea is based around how people manage a horse yard every day and what goes on behind the scenes. It will look into how tiring it is to do every single day and what gives people motivation. Horses can also get a lot of different problems with their health so I will be asking why they continue to look after horses and what they enjoy about it.

The sound effects that I could put into this idea are horses shoes walking against concrete, tack being jingled around, tack box being picked up, food being mixed, hay nets getting filled, the sound of the beats of trot and canter. These will all be easy to record separately as it can be fairly quiet on a horse yard. 

To get atmospheric sound I was planning on recording the normal background noise, the wind in the trees, birds, horses walking round in stables and on concrete. 

The music will be quite quiet in the background when there isn't any dialogue going on. It will be calming, or it will go to the beat of the horses canter. There may be a radio in the background.

The dialogue will be between me (the interviewer) and the interviewee. I will ask questions and get the answers back. I think that I will cut out my questions out and just have it as her continually talking.

Life as a Life Guard

This story will explain what a life guard does in a shift at work and how it protects people. What is it that they do that effectively ensures peoples safety? This idea will explore these questions and interview a fully trained life guard who knows the ins and outs of what it's like to be a life guard.

The sound effects during the story could be water splashing, whistles, people talking and giving advice on how to improve the stroke they're working on.

Recorded sound from a swimming pool and conversations which will be lowered for background sound.

There isn't usually music playing in a swimming pool area but swimming pools are linked to gyms which often have upbeat, pop music do get people motivated therefore I would go for the same type of music in this story.

I will use dialogue from the interview and then if need be will cut bits out. For this story I will keep in the questions that I ask so it's clear what she's answering. It will also make more sense if I keep the questions in as they might be a bit confusing if I take them out.