LO3: Evolve Treatment

Evolve.

Name or title of program:

Evolve.

Length of show (minimum 60 minutes):

The length of each show will be 20 minutes long.

Five minutes on each topic

Genre or type of program:

A gaming preview and review.

Brief description / synopsis:

Within the podcast, there will be an introduction of the game that I will be looking at or a round up of what happened at an event. If the game is new then there will be a breakdown of trailer and a talk about all of the latest news about the game. If the game has been released then I will be reviewing the game and then giving my personal views on it and if it is worth buying. I would then talk about if there is any sort of special content within the game that could be useful for the gamer.

Production method: Recorded

Target audience:

Time of day: The time of each podcast will be at 7:00pm GMT +0.

Day(s) of the week: The podcast will be updated every.

Intended age of audience: (15-24)

Other target details:

Peer assessment:

-          In depth description of what the podcast will include, everything is answered clearly

-          Add other target details (talk about demographics etc.) cx

Show Presenters/Hosts # of Hosts: 2

Name/Descriptions of hosts:

Andre

Ken 

Delivery style:

Is it going to be delivered is a very informal way, this is because the target audience is very young so being informal would allow me to be more open with the audience.

Resources required

Human:

Two people: Andre, Ken

Equipment (Do you have your own setup, or do you need to use LukeRadio resources?):

Both sets of consoles Xbox and PlayStation. There are some games that are only available on a certain platform.

Hire a Studio so that all of the equipment that we need is included in the cost .

Location:

G2 Studios, Sheffield.

Production time (recording and editing):

The production time will be around 1 hour and half minutes, 10 of those minutes will be setting up the equipment and getting settled. It should take around 20 minutes to record the and the last hour will be spent on editing the audio.

Additional information 

Content of show (items, features and articles):

• Introduce what game I will be reviewing.
• Talk about the positives and the negatives of the game.
• My personal experience.
• Discuss any Easter eggs (special content) that is within the game.
• Close the episode by briefly mentioning what the next game is going to be.

Examples of questions and issues to be raised for interviews:

The makers of assassins creed have removed some features of there new game to make the overall experience more realistic, do you think this has been a positive improvement on the franchise.

Do you think that it is important for Rockstar to continue with franchises like GTA to satisfy their audiences or do you think that they should do something new.

Styles of music to be used:

The music that will be used in the podcast will be some of the soundtracks of the games that will be reviewed, for example soundtracks from League of legends. 

Will your program use advertising to make a profit?   Yes.

Legal and ethical:

One of main things that I need to consider is I’m I breaking any copyright laws. Since I am planning to have the external sources of audio that I would have gathered from the internet, I would find out whether it is free to use or not. Therefore I will need to contact the relevant people regarding audio. Another thing that I would have to consider is that is the content suitable for the audience, sometime in the future there may be games that are controversial to the public for being too explicit, if we decide to review the game it may lead to some backlash with our audience. One why we could combat this is to include a warning before the podcast so that stop listening to that particular if it might cause offence to them. To add to this the other thing that I need to consider is that are the games appropriate for me,  since I am only seventeen and some of the game out there have an eighteen rating it wold be right for me to review it, this is because it would set up a bad example to the audience as it would seem that I am encouraging young people to go out and play the games. Having a radio show or podcast means that you have a certain level of responsibility for the public.

Profits/Costs

Write a summary of your costs and profits here…

Resources.	Cost.
Studio hire	£30 per hour, £60 for 2 hours.
Guests	£15 per person
Production assistant	Minimum wage
PRS License	£43.50 per year
PlayStation 4	£349.99
Xbox one	£329.99
Total	£802.23

Profits.	Cost.
Per episode	£0.70
Rate card	£51.00

Sponsorship – in the gaming sector.

Sample of the script:
P1: Welcome back. So back on topic: GTA V. 

P2: It is now the year 2015 and Rockstar North have finally released GTA v for PC, the re-release for this version was made available for PC on the 14th of April. The re-release changes little from the basic gameplay of the original version however, one of the more significant changes that have been made is that the online multiplier mode has now been increase from 16 to 30. The latest version of GTA V also includes a first person option, this seems great at first however after playing around with it a while you begin to notice that everything has become a lot harder. For example when driving you can only see what is in front of you, so you end up constantly crashing into things every time you want to turn. Although this is a setback, it also enhances other aspects of the game. An example of this is shooting, when you shooting up the place if feels like you’re playing call of duty I think that it is amazing that you can actually aim down your sights now.

P1: There's been a lot of concern about the game not running in its promised 60 frames per second. The reason? People's computers.

P2: One of the other things that I notice when playing this is that the Pc version can support 60fps and it is also 4K resolution compatible, this is good news for anyone that has the equipment to support this that wants to really bring the game alive.