The document describes the process the author took to produce a two-part crime podcast. This included researching technical elements, developing story ideas, recording voice actors, acquiring sound effects and music, and editing the audio files together in Premiere Pro. The author aimed to make the story authentic by researching appropriate terms and acquiring effects related to specific events. He also varied the narration between parts and voice actors to keep it engaging for the audience.

1. Production
Reflection
Benjamin Birney

2. Process
• Before I started writing up the script for the
story, I did a little research into certain elements
of the story, like specific parts of a boiler heater
because how that part will work would play a
vital part in the story.
• In my research I found technical terms that
would help make the story more authentic, for
example describing certain parts of a pressure
regulator, like a diaphragm that help regulate the
gas flow.
• During the easter holidays I have been spit
balling some ideas for the potential story, like
maybe one of the detectives old war buddy open
a heating company causing some intrigue as
listener won’t know if he’s friend or foe until
later.
• After I got back to college, I wrote down the
ideas I formulated while also adding in the
research to create the perfect scene to start the
story.

3. Process
• When I got all the story ideas written
down, I then started to assign who should
voice who in the story, like from my
pervious product from audio I would play
the role of one of the detective coloured
blue and my friend Harrison would also
play the role of the other detective
coloured in red because it would be stay
true to the original source material from
the audio project.
• I have decided that the narrator in this
story will be different compared to the
pervious product where I voice the
narration, I voiced the narration and one
the detectives in the last project, but in
one I will have someone different be the
narrator as it will be told in a 3rd person
point of view.

4. Process
• I have acquired these sound effects
from various websites, an important
one being Freesound.org mainly
because the sound effects are free
and easy to download.
• I chose these specific sounds, such as
car door and old telephone ringing
etc because I would like my story to
sound authentic like they are actually
there.

5. Process
• After the sound effects were
downloaded, I then sent out to find
the specific music to go along with
my story. So, I went to a specific
website that specialized in
background music for all forms of
media it was called khinsider mp3.
• Along with a word document of the
script and my phone, I set out to
record my friends doing different
voice lines to show that it wasn’t
just me that did the voice acting.

6. Process
• The way me and my voice actors
recorded our voice lines was ok
with a few bumps, first I printed
out the script so they could read
off their lines so they don’t get
lost.
• Next we recorded our voice lines
onto my phone so could
download them straight to my
one drive to use in my
production.

7. Process
• When all the voice lines,
music and sound effects
were either downloaded or
recorded, I then went onto
editing on premiere pro to
put all those elements
together to create my
finished part 1 audio story.
• I originally wanted my
brother to do voice lines of
the narrator but was change
to my dad filling the role
instead.

8. Process
• After part 1 of my audio work
was complete, I went to work on
making part 2 of my crime story,
by following the same way as
part 1, by doing some research
for the start of which goes back
to a time where ww2 was still
going on, and also researching
what type of weapons were used
back then.
• I also used the technique of a
flashback to make some good
character development and
would be a new way to start off
the story.

9. Process
• Like the process for part 1, I
assigned different colour
coded roles for my voice
actors, some remained the
same. Myself and my friend
Harrison would be the role of
the main detectives, and my
friend would return to the role
of the crime scene
investigator.
• Like last time I will get
someone else to voice the
lines of the narrator, so I can
keep my word to my audience.

10. Process
• I have acquired these sound
effects from various websites,
an important one being
Freesound.org mainly
because the sound effects are
free and easy to download.
• The sound effects I have
acquired are linked to specific
action and events in the story,
like the weapons and
screaming will take place
during a flashback to WW2.

11. Process
• After the sound effects were
downloaded, I then sent out
to find the specific music to
go along with my story. So, I
went to a specific website
that specialized in
background music for all
forms of media it was called
khinsider mp3.

12. Process
• When all my assets were
downloaded onto the file, I soon
got to work complete the entire
audio story for my crime podcast,
with so many sound effects and
music I had to make another audio
track in order for my work to fit
completely and not seem hastily
put together.
• On some sound effects and music I
had to add some effects to them to
help them sound better and run
smoother, one of those effects was
lowering and highting the pitch
and the last effect was adding
fading audio so the music and
sounds so they could transition for
one moment to another.

13. Process
• When all was said and done I
saved my work and exported it
into an audio file and
downloaded it onto the
production reflection.
• I had originally planned for my
dad to voice the closing line of
the story, but some files went
missing so I opted to voice the
closing lines, as this would also
give the audience some
narration from a 3rd and 1st
person point of view from the
detectives mind.