University is nothing like I thought it’d be. I mean, when I was younger, I never gave much thought to college because I was mainly focused on high school (also not like my expectations). I did, however, dream about the college extracurriculars I would have loved to join: clubs, festivals, volunteer work, and college radio shows.

I also grew up watching stuff like Radio Rebel, Pitch Perfect, and Kpop radio interviews. Also, y’know, listening to it on the way to and from school (shoutout to 96.5 Radio Bahrain). It’s an appealing idea that I’ve wanted to explore in some format; so why not try it out as a Final Project? 

It’s my final term before I graduate, so this seems like a better time than never to just try out whatever I can. Originally, I had planned on taking courses in videography and scriptwriting, but was unable to due to the conflicts in my schedule, so in a way, doing something akin to that would help fulfil my creative desires. 

How ambitious of me.

I had a small outline of what I wanted to do in mind already, borne of an amalgamation of ideas. Firstly, I need to come up with a script, which should be fun considering my love for writing dialogue. Crafting a short narrative should also be simple enough. The final storyline hasn’t been concretely decided yet, but this skit will follow the typical format for radio shows; i.e an intro, background music, small talk, and an interview portion. This skit will strictly be audio-only, as I am sorely inequipped to execute a video format.

Off the top of my head, I’ll need:

• A radio jingle

• A skit script

• Actors (who will be my best friend, Eishi, and my boyfriend, Aiden; I, too, will be included)

• Instrumentals

• Soundboard effects (potentially)

Let this be my acknowledgement that I am inexperienced in sound production AND post-production in general, so the bulk of my time will be taken up on learning and practising. I’ll be trying my best to keep the project within my means. 

I will be recording and working on the project from a couple of locations, depending on which one is more suitable for my needs. Neither are formal studios. The main locations will be:

I plan on using both the Snowball iCE and Maono XLR microphones in the project, but I am currently unsure for which tracks and which lines. I have little experience with the mics on hand, as I’ve only been using the Snowball for recording video assignments and online calls/meetings for about a month now. I have heard the resulting audio of both mics, and they both are of excellent quality (in my opinion), so it’ll be more of a matter of convenience in choosing which to utilise. Ideally, my actors will use different microphones. As far as I’m aware, the electric guitar prop will be connected to an amp, and the resulting sound will be picked up by one of the microphones. All signal inflow will be put through the HyperX audio mixer interface and into Audacity. 

I consider this high-priority but I have to set time aside to allow for other subjects, which are pretty high-demanding (video essays and the like). I have about 4-5 weeks to execute the project. I don’t intend to cram this but I will be forced to manage my time better!