Author: Flora Braddell

Sampling, the process of taking an existing source and repurposing it to create something new. A true foundation to hip hop, it developed in the 1980s, when DJs like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash began sampling funk and soul records, often times isolating the drum breaks and looping them live to create new beats. Having…

Having recorded the script, music and sound effects we now have a much clearer idea of how we want the final outcome of our radio show to sound. The use of collage is becoming more and more prominent, although originally only intended for the script, since recording we came to a united decision to collage…

Radiogenic- ‘Well suited in style or subject for broadcasting by radio.’ In Friday’s lecture we were learning about radiogenic factors, and I began thinking about what kinds of work are designed specifically for radio, compositions that don’t work in any other form. How can you utilise the distinctive qualities of radio to create an optimum…

Radiophonic Sound Artist. Gregory Whitehead is an American sound artist, radio producer, and writer. His work focuses on experimental, abstract radio and sound art, blending unique soundscapes with storytelling to create an incredibly emotional and immersive experience for listeners. I first came across Gregory Whitehead through his work “Pressures Of The Unspeakable”. He was invited…

For our script, we decided on a concept where Zain wrote a block of writing, diary entry like writing- circulating a range of different topics that don’t really connect, however all written in first person and linking small factors together. This writing was then given to me as this ‘raw’ material which I printed out…

In terms of references for this radio project, as a group we decided we wanted to use multi media references to each portray how we have interpreted the ideas we created for the piece. Making sure to references music, films, artworks, etc. This diversity in references means that when it comes to making the radio…

Filemail.com – screaming students Having used foley before in filmmaking, I am aware of just how hard it can be to create an accurate representation of the sound you are visually conveying. The slightest increase of a movement or positioning of a mic can completely destroy the sonic image you’re trying to create. In todays…