2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

When listening to real radio I made notes about representation and in particular the differences between the ways that the show presenter, news presenter, members of the public and characters in the adverts were represented. I thought about the tone of their voices, the language that they used and the ways I though they connected with the audience. For example, voxpops were usually delivered in a colloquial way, whereas, a news presenter would deliver the news with a tone of authority and seriousness in his or her voice. I noticed lots of different representations in the radio I listened to and thought very carefully about representation when choosing the actors to play my characters. I chose Alan to read the part of the MP because his voice sounds like that. When recording a soundbite of an athlete that I needed for a news story, I recorded Rafi for the part of the athlete but when I heard it back I decided that it didn't sound right so I changed the actor to Niall. 

 

  It was important that different parts of the show sounded real and were recorded in the right way. I wanted the main show to sound chatty and friendly, but the news to sound serious