Week 8

Week 8: PowerPoint Activity

 The following PowerPoint Task can be seen on the following link:  

http://www.slideshare.net/RebeccaWade4/week-8-61605124 (Slideshare, 2016)

 

 Reflections

After completing Week 8’s Activities I believe I have a better understanding of the task that is required of me for Assessment Task 2 – Parliamentary Maiden Speech. After completing my PowerPoint of the speech I intend to write, I have a better understanding of the layout of my speech, the elements that will need to be addresses within my speech and a better understanding of what a Maiden speech is exactly. Before completing this activity I had only read the task sheet of this assessment task, and I had so many unanswered questions about what needed to be done. However by completing my PowerPoint I have cleared up these unanswered questions and have made a start/plan of what my Maiden speech will entail. Overall I believe that this activity was very supportive and useful to my learning and understanding of Assessment Task 2.

Reference List (Week 8):

SlideShare. (2016). Maiden Speech: A First Look. Available: http://www.slideshare.net/RebeccaWade4/week-8-61605124. Last accessed 2nd of May 2016.

 

 

Week 7

Week 7

Task 1: The Today Show’s interview/ Chat with Hamish and Andy

 

As argued by Tolson, chat based programs often contain features of wit and humour. After watching a short chat program of the Today Show interviewing Hamish and Andy, this statement by Tolson can be seen to be true. During this chat program humour is a main theme presented within the clip as the Today Show interviewers of constantly laughing and smiling throughout the whole interview. Hamish and Andy who are known for their humour, show wit and jokes throughout the interview (The Today Show, 2016). Based on this interview and the elements of humour and wit, to be able to be a host on the Today Show you would need to be able to wrap up a conversation when it’s going to long, have a sense of humour, not be easily offended and the ability to read a script. To be a host on Hamish and Andy’s show, would be slightly different from the Today’s Show. This can be seen as you would need to not only be funny and have a good sense of humour, you would need to be someone who is not afraid to try dangerous stunts and tasks, be a quick thinker (someone who can immediately think on their feet) and be good at improvisation. By possessing these qualities I believe you would be able to be a guest host on one of these two shows.

Reference

The Today Show. (2016). The Today Show Interviews Hamish and Andy. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypyI5r5QsiA. Last accessed 28th of April 2016.

 

Week 7

Activity 2

The following link is a link to my recording of Camera Practice. As I was unable to get some to record me, so I had to do it myself. My Recording is about me showing my audience the new flat I just moved into (Don’t mind the mess!)

 

Week 7

Task 3: Talk to Text

After reading the Talk to Text article the following key points can be seen:

 

 

o   Addresses that source accounts are forms of spoken interaction.

o   The article states that little is known about quotation practices and therefore raises the question, ‘when do sources quotations preserve the local interactional content in which a given statement was originally spoken?’

o   Newspaper and television stories include a variety of sources and were originally culled from speeches and audio.

o   The New York Times stated 70% of their information has come from oral sources (Clayman, 2016).  

 

Reference

Clayman, S. (1990). Talk to Text. Available: http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/soc/faculty/clayman/Site/Publications.html. Last accessed 28th of April 2016.

 

 

 

Additional Task: Extra Task

Additional Task

(Extra Task)

News Script Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dNfttJvA0

After watching the above news interview link, there were many aspects of this news interview that were well throughout and suited the style of interview. The interview is about a young soccer player named Daniel Cappellaro (7 News Perth, 2014). The interview used a range of different approaches. During the beginning of the interview, the interviewer is just heard as a voice over to Daniel Playing soccer. His voice is well spoken as he has a clear voice, uses a range of different levels of sounds, emphasises his voice on certain words he wants to draw attention to and speaks in a very formal tone. However the interviewer isn’t just a voice over throughout the whole interview, as he does appear on the screen during certain sections of the interview. When he appears on the screen he uses many different techniques to engage with his audience. Some of these techniques include, giving direct eye contact to the camera, using his hands to show different gestures and portraying his voice in a way that gets is main message across. The news interviewer also conveys a formal interview by asking Daniel important questions that are related to his soccer career and also addresses and signs off his interview formally by letting his audience know that he is from Channel 7 News. Over all this interview was well constructed and executed.    

 

Reference

7 News Perth . (2014). Interview and Video Shoot with 7 News. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-dNfttJvA0. Last accessed 28th of April 2016.

Week 6

Week 6

Assessment Task 2 Outlined

Purpose: The purpose of this assessment task is to write our Member's parliamentary maiden speech, which will contain key newsworthy points. From here we will need to come up with ideas on how this speech will be delivered and then we must also justify the script/speech.

Audience: The targeted audience for this script/speech will be aimed towards members of the community and other state politicians. The audience for the news story will be every member of the community who as access to a TV and or media devices.

Information: The information that will be recorded within this script/speech will include what the Member is passionate about and what they as a Member aim to achieve while in the positon.  This information will also need to benefit the community and what the community aims to benefit when electing this Member. This same information will need to be seen within the news recording/script, but will also need to be eye catching and bold.

 

Formal and Impromptu Speeches

 

 

 

Formal and Impromptu Speeches Link https://soundcloud.com/beck_anne-user-606680066/week-6-formal-and-impromptu (SoundCloud, 2016).

 

Reference List (Week 6):

 

SoundCloud. (2016). Formal and Impromptu Speeches . Available: https://soundcloud.com/beck_anne-user-606680066/week-6-formal-and-impromptu. Last accessed 18th of April 2016.

 

Week 5

Week 5

Task 1: Notice your own talk

When it comes to my own talk there are many things in which I say and used often. For example when I greet people I was always taught from a young age that it was impolite to not introduce myself. Having this drilled into my mind when I was little from my parents every time I meet someone for the first time I say, ‘Hello, I’m Rebecca. It’s nice to meet you’. When leaving I say the same thing every time, which includes, ‘Aww well it was very nice to meet you/you all again. Thanks for having me and I will see you when I see you’.

When it comes to uncomfortable moments including moments of silence, I tend to panic and over talk, about random stuff and half the time I can tell the other person has stopped listening. When it comes to humour, I tend not to use it with people I only just meet. I don’t use it because I have a fear that they won’t get it or think I’m weird for saying something funny that they don’t get. However having said this, I do use humour around people I feel comfortable around/ or people I know. 

 

Task 2: Comparing a News Interview with an Entertainment Interview

Questions	News Interview	Entertainment Interview
How was the interviewee introduced?	The interview was introduced by giving the viewers a background of the robbery, which was then followed by introducing the interviewee, by first of all thanking them for their time and asking how they were (Today Show, 2016)	Ellen’s interviewee was introduced by dancing her way onto the stage as Ellen introduced her (The Ellen Show, 2015).
What questions were asked?	o   How are you guys? o   What were you doing before the robbery took place? o   What did you do throughout the robbery? o   Did you feel like your life was at risk?	o   Why don’t you move to L.A? o   Do you like it here? o   What did you do last time you were in L.A?
Conflict?	No conflict was seen throughout this interview	No conflict was seen throughout this interview.
How Humour evident?	Throughout the news interview, humour was evident as the interviewees put an Aussie spin when telling their story of the robbery. This humour can be seen by the reactions of the interviewers as they were all laughing and enjoying themselves.	Throughout Ellen’s interview humour was definitely used. This can be seen both Ellen and her live audience laughed along with the interviewee as she told funny stories of her time in L.A.
How was the interview concluded?	The news interview was concluded by thanking the boys for sharing their story with the Today show.	The entertainment interview was concluded by Ellen thanking her guest for joining her show and then letting her audience know what was coming up next.
Differences?	o   More serious interview o   Based on a news event o   Split screen to show both the Today Interviewer and the interviewee as they were not in the same town when interviewed.	o   Less serious interview o   Based on the life events of a famous person. o   The interview took place in Ellen’s studio with both the guest and Ellen within the same room. o   A live audience was used.

 

News Interview Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR2OWrOc8xk

Entertainment Interview Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgX2HY2iyVQ

Reference List (Week 5):  

The Ellen Show. (2015). Amy Schumer. Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgX2HY2iyVQ. Last accessed 4th of April 2016.

Today Show. (2016). Robbery Heroes . Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR2OWrOc8xk. Last accessed 4th April 2016.

Week 5

Task 3: Key Points

After reading Chapter 18: Interaction en Masse: Audiences and Speeches in Heritage, the following key points were seen. These include:

o   Eye contact is essential for effective public speaking, as you gain more attention from your audience.

o   Audiences have the power to ‘make or break’ your speech. This can be judged by their reactions, such as cheering, nodding, writing down notes etc.

o   Applauses can show whether or not your speech was strong and or weak. Atkinson research showed that if an audience applause lasted for 8 or more seconds the speech was strong, however if the applause didn’t last for 8 seconds or more the weak was classified as weak.

o   Lists are important in speeches as they show the kind of emphasis and projectable necessary for audiences to react.

o   Structure of speeches helps maintain the audience’s applause. This is done in three stages and or levels. Arguments, rhetoric and a micro-structural level if intonation, rhythm, timing and gesture.

o   CONTENT DOES MATTER!! (Clayman and Heritage, 1969).

After recoding the key points that emerged from the research of this chapter, there are many points  in which I could and should take into count when writing my own speeches, to ensure that my speeches have the potential to be effective. These points will include the aspects of making sure the content of the speech makes sense and is interesting, ensure that when the speech is being spoken that eye contact and body language will be used to draw the audience attention in and also to structure my speeches effectively to ensure the audience does applauses when needed to.

Reference List (Week 5):

Clayman, S. and Heritage, J. (1969). Talk in Action . Available: http://ezproxy.cqu.edu.au/connect?session=scnGr6kpklL3Ezt5&url=http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au/cro/protected/comm12033/comm12033_cro7870.pdf. Last accessed 4th of April 2016.

Week 4

In a World Film

In a World is a 2013 film that follows the life of a struggling vocal coach, Carol after receiving a job to be the voice over for a movie trailer. The movie addresses many themes and one of these themes includes how a female makes her mark in the voice over world which was originally controlled by males. As the movie progresses we get an understanding of carols life and her family, and it is clear that her father (the voice-over king) is consistently reminding and encouraging carol to give up on the voice-over world as she doesn’t have what it takes and that the industry isn’t for a female. However after the movie trailer is released, carols voice is the one chosen to be used as the voice over. From here carol choses to use her vocal coach training to coach females with squeaky and or too feminie voices, to make their voices heard in a world which was once ruled by man (In a World, 2013).

The performance techniques used within this movie include:

o   The face. This is continuously used by carol, her father and Gust when they are getting ready to speak. It is their warm up.

o   Volume and projection. This is used throughout the film to let the listener know when and what to feel. For example when carol raises her voice we know that she is angry and or excited. Her feeling is then showed by how she projects her volume and the way in which she does it.

o   Breathing. This is shown within the film just before Carol does her voice-over for the movie trailer. This can be seen as she takes a minute to focuses on her breathing before she starts talking.

o   Gesture, eye contact and posture are other techniques used within the film that act as a visual picture to the words being said.

Some important techniques used to alter voice-over include:

o   Creative devices (when a human voice is used over images)

o   Educational or descriptive devices (used when a video is not shown)

o   Commercial devices (used within TV advertisements)

o   Translation (used within TV programs)

o   Character devices (when a narrator tells the story) (Stonely, 2015).


Reference List (Week 4):

Stonely, T. (2015). Voice Over. Available: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice-over. Last accessed 31st March 2016.

Week 4

Week 4

Activity 1: Re-recording of News Script

https://soundcloud.com/beck_anne-user-606680066/week-4-re-recording-of-news (SoundCloud, 2016)

Activity 2: Reflection

After being able to re-record my take on this News Script, there are definitely many areas in which I was able to improve my professional voice and performing techniques. During my first attempt on this recording I summarised that my weakness included:

o   That I spoke to fast

o   I stumbled on words

o   I left words out and sometimes added more words in

o   And also that at times my voice wasn’t very professional and or clear.

However after being able to re-record myself I was able to improve these weakness I had. After listening back to my recording I was able to hear that I slowed my voice right down to a speed that was clear and professional, just as heard within the original recording of this News Script. I didn’t stumble on as many words within this recording and to make my voice sound more professional I emphasised certain words to draw the listener back in. With regards to performance techniques, I believe that my new recording contain a variety of different performance techniques which included:

o   Clarity of my voice. I was able to speak clearly and strongly as I managed to control my nerves and not let them show within my voice.

o   Projection of my voice. I was bale to project my voice clearly and at a volume that would be heard but at the same time was not too loud.

o   Breathing. I was able to control my breathing within this recording, therefore I didn’t sound like I was running out of breath or gasping for air during any point of this recording.

Overall, when comparing my second recording to my first attempt it can be seen that I have improved many areas of my voice.

Reference List (Week 4):

SoundCloud. (2016). Re-recording of News Script. Available: https://soundcloud.com/beck_anne-user-606680066/week-4-re-recording-of-news. Last accessed 29th of March 2016.