Crit Feedback

This is where you will find all the feedback from the crits that we had. My comments are in green.

2nd Interim Crit feedback

Positive

• Great For target audience, the voices work well, Very Impressed.
• Like the bug bunch link
• Worked well for young children
• Clever, witty pace will defiantly keep the attention of the children]
• Appeals to your target audience
• Good sting
• Voices are fun for children. Innovative idea
• Informative
• Enjoyable
• Entertaining and memorable, characters great audience participation
• Well researched, very educational
• Seems well scripted and structured
• Good Characters
• Educative, entertaining to the target audience, it’s obvious that research has been carried out in relating to children’s shows.
• Well scripted
• Characterised
• Very playful
• Well aimed at target audience
• I learned that ants have six legs- thanks
• Very funny
• Made me laugh. The use of the bug bunch ident thing works really well. Actually impressed, think kids would love it.
• Varied topics, educational, Voices are clear.

Negative

• Watch how things are said eg working/ tone of voice be careful not to patronise
• Maybe more cheerful narrator, have some red bull.
• Is it engaging enough to keep kids attention
• Voice= Uber annoying
• Children’s voices to quiet
• Logo could be better
• “Bug Bunch” Volumes were a little low
• Avoid using big words, this is three to six years olds
• Some voices a little too much turn down a little bit
• Content? “playing with my brother” Brand marketing? Try Different Graphics.
• Levels of your sting
• Levels are a bit off
• Needs Background effects/ Music
• ‘Bug Bunch’ needs to be louder needs affects

Other Comments

• Very good, Works well, Different project
• Will there be music?
• Voice actor
• Will it just be speaking or will there be music
• Do kids listen to the radio
• How much Helium did you use?

I think that this feedback was really positive and really inspired us to achieve a better project. We came out of the crit feeling really postive. We found that people that wouldn’t even useually like that sort of thing found it engaing and fun to listen to. I think that there are alot of things still to improve on but at least we know we are still on the right track.  I think that the things to work on are only little things and I think that it will be really achieveable. We have alot of hard work ahead of us after the crit but I think that are end target is really acheivable. Some of the feedback was obivously humours as well which made as all laugh and cheer up a bit after a couple of stressful weeks.

Feedback From Crit 1

You have a very good idea and spoke generally about what you will include in you 10 minutes segments but do you know any specifics?

Probably is a good idea but not well presented

Radios for children, bug themed age 3-6 good creative centre keep it lively maybe test it in a school.

What are the examples of the actual content?
How will its presenters be bugs?

Consider what you might do if radio 4 wont air it.

Very different idea – great- How will it be different to what has already been done.

The fact that you are doing broadcast based is already a difference. You need to get good characters to actually pull it off, good personalities. Needs good presenters. The idea is different.

Well researched, well planned, cute but not my cup of tea.

How will you get it on BBC radio 4? Seem passionate about your work.

Budget? Timescale? What other work have you looked at apart from CBeebies?

Good idea but: How will you convince young people to listen to radio? Research: ‘ Go For it’ BBC radio 4 Sunday evenings. Waffly presentation. Never have stuff playing in the background.

I think that this feedback we have had from the first crit has been very interesting in helping us develop the ideas for our show futher. We have to look at if kids will actually listen to radio or not. Fortunatly I have found an article that says that they do which can be seen in my workbook.  I also think some of the feedback was not particularly helpful. We are told that our project is different, And we are asked how it will be different to what has already been done, thr truth is that nothing like this has really ever been done before which I think is a huge bonus for us because it means we are reaching a totally new market and people want things that are reaching this kind of market. At this point we don’t really have much example of the content that we would put in the show because it is still in the development stages.