The Big Idea

We have been given the opportunity to create a 5 minute radio package on a subject of our choosing. Yet the process isn't as simple as thinking up an idea and hurrying out the door to record what we can. We have to approach this as if it is going to be broadcast so there are many things to consider.

Ideas
Mike set us the individual task of gathering three ideas for this project. At first I thought it was a very straightforward thing for him to ask us to do in a week but the first thing you think of may not actually be that interesting for a 5 minute segment. In fact I trawled through loads of ideas that just didn't quite hit the mark but I finally settled on three ideas.

1. "Fresh Outlook" - This essentially focused on some of the new trials and tribulations facing Bath Spa freshers. Maybe cooking, bills, meeting new people, studying again. I thought 5 mins may be too short a time to focus on large issues so I hoped to follow around a couple of students for a day and hear all the trivial little new things that they were having to get used to.
2. "Going It Alone" - A short piece on starting up an independent record label. I hoped to drag in a few friends who have recently started a label. Ask them why? how? worth it? I also know someone who established a record label many years ago and hoped to pose him similar questions.
3. "Behind The Scene" - A mini documentary about people that work behind the scene somewhere. My ideas for subjects revolved mainly around the entertainment industry, like roadies, waitresses, cooks, sound engineers, lighting, doormen?

In class we had a detailed discussion about everyone's ideas. Picking them apart, suggesting new angles and generally allowing each person to see peoples reaction to their proposed idea. I found this incredibly interesting and was amazed at the variety of ideas our class had come up with. After each set of ideas we spoke up about which one we thought most suited the task at hand. A vote of hands chose my first idea (Fresh Outlook) but as much as I thought it would be fun I was pretty settled on the idea about independent record labels. Oh, how things change.......