P4 - Radio Trailer

Post-Production of Radio trailer

This is the interface of my radio trailer on the editing software Final Cut Pro. It shows how I have put together all the different components, such as narration, dialogue, sound effects and music. The backing track is the long, green section which spans the whole trailer. I ensured that this was at low-level volume so all other components could be heard. The blue sections include narration, dialogue and sound effects. The ambulance sound effect is the blue section on the lowest level, which closely you can see that I have faded in the audio. This is because the sound effect was very loud, and sounded out of place if not faded in. In order to ensure that all dialogue and narration where the length they should be, I used the blade tool to cut them; to drag them into their correct location, I used the mouse tool.

In order to comply with technical specification I ensured the following:

File Format: WAV/mp3.

I completed this by exporting the final product in these file formats.

Audio: Stereo 48kHz, bit depth of 16.

I completed this by choosing the option for 48kHz when creating the project, and then ensuring that the audio did not go over -6 on Final Cut Pro.

Final Product of Radio trailer

This is the final version of my radio trailer. In order to upload it to YouTube, it needed to be a .mov file, not a WAV/mp3 file. In order to do this, I placed a photo of my ident on Final Cut Pro and exported as a .mov file. 

Parts of the dialogue which would be from the actual show have been included, along with a narrator and the sound effect of an ambulance. This allows the audience to get a grasp of the characters, and scenarios which will actually occur in the show itself. The narrator's voice over covers a brief, dramatic and intense synopsis of the show, ending the trailer with the tagline of the show along with the name to create this consistency between my advertising components, allowing the ideas and themes of 'I Need Help' to stick in the audiences head, making it more memorable and more likely for them to be gain interest and watch the drama. In order for the audience to do this however, I have when it will air and how the audience can consume it. This all needed to be provided audibly as there is no video to the trailer, unlike in my TV trailer which uses visuals to display this information instead.