Webcasts

A webcast is a media presentation distributed over the internet using stream media technology to distribute a single content source to many simultaneous listeners or viewers. This can be live or on demand. The largest webcasters include radio and t.v stations who simulcast their output through online TV or online radio streaming as well as a multitude of internet only stations. The term webcasting usually refers to non interactive linear streams or events. Eg Iplayer, Radio one etc.

Webcasting is also used in commercials for investor relations presentations such as annual general meetings In E learning and for related communications activities Eg of this is Skype. However webcasting does not bear much, if any, relationship to web conferencing, which is designed for many to many interaction.

The ability to webcast is usually cheap and accessible technology that has allowed independent media to flourish. There are many independent shows that broadcast regularly online. Often produced by average citizens in their homes talking about interests and topics.

We was shown three websites and apps that able you to upload and edit your webcasts for three on the internet.

These were:

• http://www.ustream.tv/new
• http://www.telestream.net/
• Collabracam

These were interesting as I knew that you could produce your own webcast online but I never realised that some of the sites are free. This is something I would love to develop on in the future

Thoughts..

I thought I would produce a second script, as a back up. As my role is camera women, I feel that my input into the pre production is a little weak. This is why I have took it upon myself to produce scripts and a logo for the program. 

I have designed a logo which I have named student seconds, as this is a quick cookery show aimed at students. I didn't want to over complicate the logo as we will be using it on our film. As we are doing a program which will be aired on E4, I have kept the purple colour theme to reinforce this factor. I felt typography wasn't exciting enough so I wanted to remind the viewer that it was a cookery show so I added a old fashioned egg timer. I feel this brings the composition together nicely. I will be showing this to the rest of my group to see what they think of it. 

The script I've produced is light and humorous is some parts. My original thought of this program when we come up with the idea was light, airy and simple as I wanted to make it clear to all kinds of viewers. As a group we all discussed that we would do a pasta dish and this is popular along students. I have asked friends and family if they feel the same and they all agreed. I decided to use a recipe that I eat regularly, which is a tuna pasta bake. I chose this one as all the ingredients are cheap to buy and will last for a long time in your cupboard. The list includes pasta, onion, tomatoes, sweetcorn, tuna and cheese. I went shopping the other day and I added the price of all these ingredients and it came to roughly four pound. This is reasonable for a student budget. Another reason for picking this recipe is that its quick and healthy. The perfect match for a lazy student. 

My only issue when producing the script is the time length as I don't want the film to be too short, however I reverted to looking at the cooking shows I had previously watched and there was a lot of shots of the food itself. So this element should bulk up our list of shots and time. 

Script for cookery show

"Hello and welcome to student seconds and I will be showing you how to cook cheap, healthy easy meals. As all you students know it's hard to stay healthy on a budget. We have been keeping a record of all the recipes you have sent in at home, so if you want you're recipe to be on next weeks show send it to us at StudentSeconds@live.co.uk. and keep watching to see you're recipe has tickled our taste buds" 

"So what have we got on the menu today? Well it’s a simple yet effective pasta dish which was sent by Sam Hill from Derbyshire. Pasta is an ingredient that keeps for a long time, so there's no worry of finding any mold in this goodie bag. However this is a great dish to impress you're friends and family with and the amount of ingredients can be easily changed to allow for more hungry mouths." 

" This will be the list of ingredients which you will need for two people. You can buy these items cheaply from you're nearest supermarket." 

250g pasta 1/2 tin chopped tomatoes 1/2 tin sweetcorn 1 tin of tuna  1 onion chopped into pieces 100g grated cheddar cheese (optional) 

"Right the first step is put some oil in a frying pan, olive or vegetable oil it doesn't matter which and fry onions until there soft and golden brown. Whilst this is happening add boiling water into a saucepan of pasta and keep stirring as you don't want the pasta to stick to the bottom of the pan. That’s the worst thing that could happen, however if you add a little bit of salt to the water this helps the pasta from sticking. One of student seconds sneaky tips." 

"As you can see the onions are nice and golden brown so this is when we add the chopped tomatoes, sweetcorn and tuna and give it a good old stir. By now the pasta should be cooked and ready to be drained so use a colander for this. Some people like their pasta el dente if this is the case, drain the pasta a little sooner. So we throw the pasta into the frying pan with all of the other lovely ingredients, give it a good old mix up, making sure you cover all of the pasta with the sauce" 

"If you're a big cheese lover like myself you can transfer the pasta into a oven proof dish and top with cheese and grill for several minutes until the cheese has melted nicely, oozing between all the pasta. I recommend you add a side salad or if you're really hungry some garlic bread" 

"That concludes today's episode, I hope you have founds Sam's recipe inspiring. Try this recipe out for yourselves at home and share with your family and friends. And remember keep sending in your own recipes. See you tomorrow"

examples of other cookery programmes

Jamie's 15 minute meals example 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq_riKkPDQg&feature=BFa&list=ELmqvju1y8cQM

Jamie's 15 minute meals example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A4a_SNSSIY&feature=BFa&list=ELmqvju1y8cQM

Daily cooks challenge example 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wskrx7jaZEo

Daily cooks challenge example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDRlL1IUVGk&feature=fvwrel

student cookery programmes example 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HtAx78pNtQ

student cookery programmes example 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtSKnN04dt4&list=UULmpmpl-CNzyN1XKXUpvYhw&index=1&feature=plcp

Cookery show

As a group we have decided to do a ten minute cooking show aimed at students. The idea is that students send in their recipes and the chefs cooks a recipe each week. As its mainly aimed at student the target age range is between 18 to 25. I feel that if the programme was to go live I would have it after hollyoaks as many students watch it as it relates to them. 

We are all designing a logo and coming up with a name for our programme as we want to add graphics to the show, like the ingredients and how much it would cost. We are all coming up with simple recipes for our programme, I think a pasta dish will the best starting point. I was thinking we could do breakfast, lunch and dinner meals for a student in a rush. I will put this forward to my other team members and see if they like this idea. The reasoning behind this is because I feel that one meal isn't going to cover the whole ten minutes. I have noticed whilst watching other cookery programmes, that they show several clips of the food cooked and ready to eat. After taking this into consideration, I still feel we will have loads of time spare. So this is why I feel we add more meals to our programme.

As we need a kitchen to make this production look professional we will be using one of the food technology rooms inside university. The only problem we will have with using a different location is that we will have to move all the cameras and equipment to the cookery room, this will take a lot our time up. This is why we will have to be well organized before we set up. I think the main issues are the angles of the cameras and setting up the vision mixer in a separate room as we have to be careful and think of all risks that could occur during filming. 

I will be researching and looking at other cookery programmes throughout the coming weeks to see what I would like to include in our own production.