Recorded Interviews

When choosing the actors and actresses for our recorded sections of our radio show, we had to consider the voices and accents of the people we were using to ensure that their voices matched the character we intended them to play.
For example, the police man had to sound authorititive, formal, and older. We sampled a few male members of our class by asking them to speak a short line out of our script, so we could see how their voices sounded, yet concluded that an older male teacher suited the part better.

Next, the part of Becky Owens who reached the final stages of a talent show was chosen by selecting somebody who sounded young, and who made her excitement seem believable. We didnt feel the need to sample some possible candidates for this part as we already had a friend in mind who would fit in with the qualities we needed for this role.

However, the parts of Rob and Jenny, the passers by on a night out during our outside broadcast, needed to sound young and accessible by our viewers. After sampling many class members and friends by again asking them to record a short section of our script, we settled on a male and a female who sounded from the local area, and were successful in sounding like they had actually just been stopped on a night out.

Finally, Laura, the main recorded interview of a drink spike victim. We required somebody dynamic to make the part seem authentic and unrehearsed. We believed a real drink spike victim would sound vulnerable, we looked for this quality in the actresses, as well as wanting her to sound pleasant, so the listeners would relate to her. We knew the girl who we wanted to play this part immediatley, as when we sampled her, her voice sounded sweet and like the character that we intended her to play.

Below is 3 samples of other potential characters.