The podcast uses mysterious music at the start to set the tone that it will be a mystery story. The narrator discusses the case of a man in prison for murder as she tries to determine the truth through interviews and facts. The music and tone change based on the content, with slower music when discussing the death and upbeat music when presenting new evidence. Though some phone call audio quality is poor, it implies the story is true. The overall mood is one of tension as the narrator seeks the truth through interviews that may or may not be helpful. Distinctive theme songs are used to create brand identity.
2. The music at the start of serial is mysterious, it shows the audience that the story is starting and it will be a mystery
story, which it was. This music was repeated throughout the podcast in some sections.
The dialogue is the narrator talking about a guy who got arrested and sentenced to prison for murder. She is trying to
find out the truth, so the dialogue is mainly facts and some opinions. There was some phone call sound as well in the
dialogue from different people such as the guy in prison. When she talks about the death the music becomes slower
which sets the mood to the audience as sad.
The music comes on again and is upbeat when the narrator is about to tell us more evidence, this gives us hope that
we will find out if the guy is guilty or not. she showed audio interviews which had a voiceover because there was a bit
of music in the background.
Sometimes the sound quality is bad and that’s because it’s a phone call. They didn’t edit the phone call to make it
sound a bit better. This implies they are trying to show the audience that it is a true story.
The mood of the story is tension because she is trying to find the truth out about the murder with interviews which
creates tension because people can help a lot or be no help at all and we want to hear her find out the truth.
The aural sound of the podcast is distinctive because they use the same theme songs to create brand identity.
3. The radio 1 breakfast shows purpose is to entertain the audience, the music is
happy and the mood. They talk about celebrity's and trending topics. The
dialogue is interviews with celebrity's. it is meant to be funny to the audience
because they are talking about the movie Baywatch and that’s a comedy
movie. So they had Zac effron to talk about it for the audience. The interviews
are not scripted because they sometimes all talk at the same time as each
other. The music in the background of the interviews are low in sound but is
upbeat and happy.