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Serial season 1 episode 1

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Blessing Anakambi

This document summarizes key elements of Serial Season 1 Episode 1, including: - Music is used to set themes and draw in listeners, but copyright permission is needed. - Dialogue introduces Serial and provides context for the missing girl's case. The episode aims to understand what happened to her. - Interviews were conducted to learn people's whereabouts and determine who may have been involved in her disappearance. - Phone-ins allowed people unable to meet in person to share information. They were limited to 5 minutes to avoid overlapping. - An aural motif in the form of repetitive incidental music made sections more familiar and branded the podcast.

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Serial- Season 1 Episode 1 By Blessing Anakambi
Music Music is used within certain parts of the podcast to set the theme according to the conversation occurring. However, when using instrumentals within a podcast; they must make sure they ask for permission for using another artists piece of music therefore they will not violate the copyright legislation. Music used within podcast make it seem a bit more lively and it may draw a wider audience in as there is a different range of sound used in the podcast and it isn’t very dull.
Dialogue There is dialogue used within the podcast to introduce Serial to new members of the audience. Dialogue is also used within the beginning of the podcast to give a brief history check to those who may not know what Serial is about. There is also dialogue used within the podcast to tell the audience what has been going on and what is there aim. Within this episode they are trying to find out what happened to a girl who seemed to have disappeared one January afternoon and to have the alibi of a young man who may be involved in what may be seen as a terrible murder case. Although, the speaker is not a detective she had to ask as many questions to people who knew the missing girl just to get an understanding of what may be going on and why.
Interview Interviews were made during the podcast so that the interviewer could find out every ones whereabouts and realise for herself who may or may not be involved. She also held this interview to show that most people she interviewed may not remember where they were during the night of the girls disappearance. However, she soon realised that not everyone will have a clear remembrance of where they were that January afternoon because nothing significant happened that afternoon to be remembered. There was only one teenager who remembered his whereabouts that day because it was the night to remember.
Phone-Ins There were some people who may of not been able to meet the speaker due to personal reasons therefore they would phone in as it may have been easier. Radio phone-in shows are a staple of stations across the country, addressing current news stories, stimulating debate and bringing valuable stories to light. However, it takes a certain skill to avoid clichés, rants and the odd expletive dominating the airwaves. Phone-Ins also have a set time that the phone call can happen for example, 5 minutes. Therefore, the person on the phone call will have enough time to say what is needed and due to timing they may be cut quickly therefore they avoid time overlapping.
Incidental music/ Aural motifs An aural motif behaves as if it is a theme tune. They use the same music instrumental within the podcast to make it familiar to the audience as it is repetitive throughout particular sections of the podcast for a short amount of time. Hiring a composer to provide you with customized theme music is a great branding idea if you have the resources to employ a professional. You can also find free Podcast music for all of these musical genres. We’ll explore both ideas in this chapter. There are several instrument families that you can use in your podcast branding. Instrument families to consider are strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. Strings include instruments like the guitar, bass, violin, viola, cello, harp, and piano. The Brass family includes instruments such as the trumpet, tuba, trombone, and French horn. Woodwinds include instruments like the bassoon, flute, piccolo, saxophone, the clarinet, and the oboe. Some percussion instruments include the drums, glockenspiel, and hand bells.

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Serial season 1 episode 1

  • 1. Serial- Season 1 Episode 1 By Blessing Anakambi
  • 2. Music Music is used within certain parts of the podcast to set the theme according to the conversation occurring. However, when using instrumentals within a podcast; they must make sure they ask for permission for using another artists piece of music therefore they will not violate the copyright legislation. Music used within podcast make it seem a bit more lively and it may draw a wider audience in as there is a different range of sound used in the podcast and it isn’t very dull.
  • 3. Dialogue There is dialogue used within the podcast to introduce Serial to new members of the audience. Dialogue is also used within the beginning of the podcast to give a brief history check to those who may not know what Serial is about. There is also dialogue used within the podcast to tell the audience what has been going on and what is there aim. Within this episode they are trying to find out what happened to a girl who seemed to have disappeared one January afternoon and to have the alibi of a young man who may be involved in what may be seen as a terrible murder case. Although, the speaker is not a detective she had to ask as many questions to people who knew the missing girl just to get an understanding of what may be going on and why.
  • 4. Interview Interviews were made during the podcast so that the interviewer could find out every ones whereabouts and realise for herself who may or may not be involved. She also held this interview to show that most people she interviewed may not remember where they were during the night of the girls disappearance. However, she soon realised that not everyone will have a clear remembrance of where they were that January afternoon because nothing significant happened that afternoon to be remembered. There was only one teenager who remembered his whereabouts that day because it was the night to remember.
  • 5. Phone-Ins There were some people who may of not been able to meet the speaker due to personal reasons therefore they would phone in as it may have been easier. Radio phone-in shows are a staple of stations across the country, addressing current news stories, stimulating debate and bringing valuable stories to light. However, it takes a certain skill to avoid clichés, rants and the odd expletive dominating the airwaves. Phone-Ins also have a set time that the phone call can happen for example, 5 minutes. Therefore, the person on the phone call will have enough time to say what is needed and due to timing they may be cut quickly therefore they avoid time overlapping.
  • 6. Incidental music/ Aural motifs An aural motif behaves as if it is a theme tune. They use the same music instrumental within the podcast to make it familiar to the audience as it is repetitive throughout particular sections of the podcast for a short amount of time. Hiring a composer to provide you with customized theme music is a great branding idea if you have the resources to employ a professional. You can also find free Podcast music for all of these musical genres. We’ll explore both ideas in this chapter. There are several instrument families that you can use in your podcast branding. Instrument families to consider are strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. Strings include instruments like the guitar, bass, violin, viola, cello, harp, and piano. The Brass family includes instruments such as the trumpet, tuba, trombone, and French horn. Woodwinds include instruments like the bassoon, flute, piccolo, saxophone, the clarinet, and the oboe. Some percussion instruments include the drums, glockenspiel, and hand bells.