Audience
Attendees
Number of facilitators
Level
Preparation
Activity
Description
The final step, based on broadcasting your completed show, of the ‘Making a Podcast’ series.
Objectives
Podcast
Sound recording
Sound production
Prerequisites for the audience
Have followed the previous parts of the series
Equipment
Smartphones
Computers
Microphones (e.g. attachable external mics for smartphones)
Sound recording device (dictaphone, smartphone, etc.)
Tables and chairs
Sheets
Pens
Content used
None
Recording the show
The show will be recorded in several stages as follows. Participants will sit around a table. At the centre of the table, place a smartphone equipped with a mic in the centre of the table. To avoid noises from chairs and other movements and to manage the rhythm, it would be best to record in several parts.
The facilitator will be in charge of starting and stopping the recording.
- Part 1: the presenter introduces the show
- Part 2: the info brief
- Part 3: the interview/report
The most difficult will be the part with the reporting as you will need to ensure to start the recording at the right moment. The reporter will need to ensure they have the smartphone equipped with a mic and that they press ‘record’ before beginning. They can mix it later on Audacity.
Don’t forget to prepare in advance the news brief and the facilitation of the show (which are aspects not specifically elaborated on in the workshop series).
Mix/Produce/Edit the audio
Each participant or group will produce and upload the part they are in charge of on Soundcloud. This will put in practice, for those who were not there, the previous workshop on audio production. If participants feel they can do it, let them.
To finish everyone listens to the completed podcast!
Going further
This workshop will be much easier if participants have prior experience in some of the areas elaborated in this series. It would not be a bad idea to do some introductory workshops beforehand. You could refer to other workshop plans, for example ‘What is a Source?‘ and ‘Knowing, Using Search Engines‘.