one hour show - completed. the work-up.

that's the one hour show, done and out of the way. i'm very happy with how it went, apart from maybe one thing, which i'll touch on in a later blog. i didn't have a chance to blog about the coming together of the show, due to being too busy working on it, but i'll cover it here.

So there you can see a message that I sent to Liam and Allan, about what needed to be done in the morning, before the one hour show. I also put some rough questions for Gareth in there. I also sent an email with the rough script to Liam, Allan and Hassan.

In those messages to Liam and Allan, I talk about what the rough time for the show was; I couldn't work it out exactly, due to not having everyone's intro and the running time of Liam's package. I also mention that I'd worked out exactly how much time we need to get through the rest of the show, post-interview; which helps us work out how long the interview is going to last. I can't find a copy of the rough ones, but here are the final ones; there really isn't much difference, just the addition of peoples intro to their packages. This first one features all the introductions, and how long everything lasts:

Jingle (11 seconds)

Intro to the Show (0.5 minute)

Welcome to the Culture Café here on Radio Wow. A weekly look at what’s culturally relevant in Scotland today. This week we’re taking a look at some of Scotland’s exports. Several of our best reporters have produced some packages about some things you’ll probably recognize to be Scottish as well as some things that may surprise you.

But to start us off I hosted a discussion with two students about what they believe to be Scotland’s most important exports.

Group Discussion - what is scotland’s greatest export. etc. (5.20 minutes)

In: ‘Hello, and welcome...

Out: ‘...about scottish exports’

Hassan’s intro to his package (0.5 minutes)

Next is a package about one of the most important Scottish exports, the tartan.

As you know the status of tartan in history, culture and society in Scotland

It's also one of the important Scottish exports

Which supports the national economy of Scotland nearly to 350 million pounds per year.

We will know more information about Tartan and listen to some of interviews about this old Scottish industry through this package.

Hassan’s package (8 minutes)

                In: ‘The tartan industry...’

                

Out: ‘...many years to come.’

Jingle (4 seconds)

Intro Liam Package (0.5 minutes)

When discussing Scottish exports I wanted to highlight some of my personal favorite Scottish writers, and while writers such as Christopher Brookmyer and Ian Rankin have found both critical acclaim as well as a degree of celebrity in their homeland, however there are writers who sell double the amount books that Brookmyer and Rankin do. 

Why haven’t you heard of them? Because the majority of their readers can be found in the United States of America. In my piece I’d like to highlight the work of comic book writer Grant Morrison

Liam’s package (6.48 minutes)

Liam - Comic Excerpt/Interview with Grant Morrison (1.50)

Interview with Liam (pre-recorded) - make package why? etc. (1.10)

Jingle (4 seconds)

Intro James’ package (0.5 minutes)

The comedy that comes from scotland is something that we, as a country, are very proud of. Not just because we are in scotland, but because there’s something really original about it. But a lot of the great tv shows made in scotland, don’t get an airing elsewhere, and a lot of the comedians from scotland don’t get enough exposure outside of it. This package is about why it’s so hard for scottish creators to get their work networked and appreciated, across the nation.

James’ package (7.32)

In: ‘When you travel...’

Out: ‘...selected a floor’.

Interview with James - (1.25)

Interview with Gareth Waugh (10 minutes)

Where outside of Scotland have you performed?

How did you find it/those gigs, etc?

Did you feel the need to alter your material for the place/country you were playing in?

Did you take in to account local references, to get more of a laugh?

Do you feel that the audience had a certain expectation when they found out/knew you were from Scotland?

James Outro 

Now, to get you prepared for the next package, here are The Asps with 

The Asps (4 minutes; 3.58 exact)

Intro Allan’s package (20 seconds)

Music has been around in Scotland for thousands of years, so to say it is an important matter in this country would be an understatement. Even today there are Scottish artists who are in the charts. But how can someone go from busking on the streets of Glenrothes to selling out arenas in Rio. Hopefully this package will give you little insight into how people already in the business have achieved their dreams.

Allan’s package (6.36) 

           In: ‘Scotland has produced...’

        Out: ‘....be original and enjoy it.’

Interview with Allan (pre-recorded) - why package? (3.15)

Wrap-up. (1 minute)

Well folks thank you for joining us today on the Culture Cafe. Our thanks to Gareth for joining us today and a big thanks to my fellow colleagues James, Hassan and Liam for their individual insights into some of Scotlands greatest exports. We will leave you now with a woman who has done Scotland proud over the last decade, you heard her earlier on my music exports package. This is KT Tunstall with Black Horse and the Cherry Tree. Goodbye 

KT Tunstall (3 minutes)

And this one, features the times we should be at, after every element of the show:

Jingle - 11 seconds 

(0.11)

Intro - 30 seconds

(0.41)

Group Discussion - 5 minutes 20 seconds

(6.01)

Jingle - 4 seconds

(6.05)

Hassan Intro - 40 seconds

(6.45)

Hassan Package - 8 minutes

(14.45)

Jingle - 4 seconds

(14.49)

Liam intro - 30 seconds

(15.19)

Liam package - 6.48

(22.07)

Liam Grant Morrison Clip - 1 min 50

(23.57)

Interview with Liam - 1 minute 15 seconds

(25.12)

Jingle - 4 seconds

(25.18)

James Intro - 20 seconds

(25.38)

James Package - 7 minutes 20 seconds

(32.58)

Interview with James - 2 minutes

(34.58)

Gareth Waugh + intro to Asps - 5/10 minutes

(39.58/44.58)

Jingle - 2 seconds

(40.00/45.00)

The Asps - 4 minutes

(44.00/49.00)

Allan Intro - 20 seconds

(44.20/49.20)

Allan Package - 6 minutes 36

(51.56/56.56)

Interview with Allan - 3 minutes

(54.56/59.56)

Outro - 30 seconds

(55.16/1.00.16)

KT Tunstall - 3 minutes.

(58.16/1.03.16)

Notes: Where I’ve put the two times, that’s taking in to account

the interview with Gareth being either 5 or 10 minutes. As you can see,

if the interview lasts 10 minutes, that’s going to cause trouble.

As it stands, about 7 minutes is looking about right.

But we’ll deal with it as it comes.

I was a bit worried about there being a lot of mistakes in it, as I typed it all up the day/couple of days before. Luckily, we'd already worked out the outline and it was really just a matter of timings.

We also recorded the little mini interviews with each other on Monday. The questions I wrote up for us to ask each other were:

Why did you decide to make a package on this?

Did you have any troubles along the way?

What would you like people to take away with them, after listening to your package?

Unfortunately Hassan had left that day, by the time we recorded them, and we didn't have enough time to do it the following morning, so we had to leave it without his interview.