This is radio documentary which I and another student produced for our final year media production project.

Formula One is much more than twenty-two drivers racing each other on a race weekend. In order for a team to function and be completive, it takes the skill and brains of a number of other people. From the mechanics who build and maintain the cars at every race, to those taking care of the management side of the team, they are all just as important as the drivers.  Behind The Wheel looks at the lives of people in such positions and what it is like working in one of the fastest sports on the planet.

Presented by Colin Mason
Produced by Sean Terry 
Co Produced by Richard Anderson
Edited by Richard Anderson

The music in this programme:

Fistful of Silence by The Glitch Mob
City of Angels by Thirty Seconds to Mars
Emkay by Bonobo
Clutter by Ronald Jenkees
Box of Ghosts by Magnetic Man
Souls Apart by Etherwood
Flying into Tokyo by Magnetic Man
Outro by M83
Guitar Sound by Ronald Jenkees

is the property of its rightful owners and has not been used in anyway to generate any income. This programme was made strictly educational purposes.

With thanks to
Marc & Leo Priestley
Alastair Caldwell
Dominic Harlow
Mark Gallagher 
F1 In Schools
Michael Johnson Performance

Behind The Wheel

This is a re-edited version of an intro for 'Dance Revolution', a radio show broadcast on 107 Spark FM in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. 

The show specialises in all things dance music, playing both brand new tracks and also classics from years gone by. 
This version of the intro includes changes you may not initially notice, but includes shortened effects (mainly at the end of the production) and level changes. Like the original version (available below), the idea for the intro was to give listeners an image of the show within 30 seconds. To achieve this, I included samples from dance tracks which proved popular at the time the piece was made, as well as including sound effects linked to the world of dance music (e.g turntable scratching). I also included various artists who are linked with the genre of dance music, welcoming listeners to the show which I think reflects just how big the show is.

Spark FM's Dance Revolution - 2015 Show Intro (Re Edited)

This production is a re-edit for a sweeper produced for Dance Revolution, a radio programme aired on 107 Spark FM in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. The show specialises in all things dance music, playing both brand new tracks and also classics from years gone by.

As you will hear, the sweeper works around the phrase, 'Your Friday night starts here. This is Dance Revolution'. Because of this, I thought the production would be best placed at the beginning of the show, after the first link and before the first song, working as somewhat of a second part to the intro I created for the show (available below).

Just like the intro jingle, as well as using effects, I incorporated samples from tracks which proved popular in the genre of Dance music at the time the production was created. The idea behind this was to allow listeners to grab a taster of what they can expect from the show.

This edit features shortened effects in order to make the production flow faster between the music tracks and vocals used.

Spark FM's Dance Revolution - 'Your Friday Night Starts Here' Post Intro Link Sweeper (Re-Edit)

This is the first edit of a sweeper I created for Dance Revolution, a specialist radio show which focuses on dance music. The show is aired on 107 Spark FM in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

The idea for the sweeper is to be able to play it into, and also over part of the intro of songs. This means avoiding the use of any drones or tracks, in order to keep the sweeper 'hollow' so a song can be heard reasonably under the production. It also meant that the sweeper had to match the tempo of the track playing under it. As most dance music is timed at around 128bpm, I created the production at this tempo as I thought it would allow the track to be used for the majority of the music played on the show.

Two versions of the sweeper have been included; one with and the other without a guide track to give an example of how the piece sounds in both circumstances.

The music in this production:

'Pressure' by Alex Kenji, Starkillers, & Nadia Ali (Alesso Extended Remix)

is the property of its rightful owner's and has been used to benefit the production value of this programme which was not created for any profit.

Dance Revolution: 'This Is Scott McGerty and this Is Dance Revolution' sweeper (1st Edit)

These are a selection of sweepers I produced for Spark FM for their coverage of International Women's Day. 

In order to fit in with the station's plans for a day of only women lead presenting, the idea was to create sweepers which followed the same agenda, hence why all the vocals used in the sweepers themselves are female.

Tracks used:
'Sorry' by Justin Bieber
'Girls Like' by Tinie Tempah (feat. Zara Larsson)
'Light It Up' by Major Lazer (feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG) [Remix]

Created in Adobe Audition.

Spark Sunderland - International Women's Day Sweeper Package

A 'Top of hour' ID I produced for Spark FM

Spark Sunderland - Top of Hour

This is a production I created for Spark FM's specialist show, Dance Revolution.

The point of the feature is to inform those in the local area of Sunderland, of up coming events and concerts linked to dance music, around the North East.

Created in Adobe Audition.

Spark Sunderland - Dance Revolution - Whats On Guide 2016 Production

These are two promotional sweepers I produced for Spark FM. Both have the intention of attracting potential volunteers for the station by informing them how to go about joining.

Spark Sunderland - 'Join Spark' Promo Sweepers

Spark Sunderland - Top of Hour 2

Promotional sweeper for Spark Sunderland's specialist show, Dance Revolution

Spark Sunderland - Dance Revolution Promo

Top of Hour I put together for Spark Sunderland which includes artist drops from Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Twenty One Pilots.

Spark Sunderland - TOH - Bieber, Ariana Grande & Twenty One Pilots

Final version of the Formula 1 advert that I created to advertise the 2013 Fomula 1 British Grand Prix. All that was really changed in this version was a few tweeks to volume settings

Formula 1 Driver advert - Final Edit

Graduate in Broadcast Media Production. Aspiring Radio Imaging & Production Producer. Currently Imaging Producer at Spark Sunderland

Contact me: Twitter (@19richie91) or, email richardanderson1991@live.co.uk  Always willing to assist on audio productions.

Richard Anderson

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