I noticed that the representation of people is different depending on the audience and the type of station. In my final script, I know that I am going to have a number of voices in my extract. I know that it will be import to choose the appropriate actors to represent my characters in order to make it sound authentic, and so that the representations appeal to my target audience. I am going to carry out a series of listening tasks, where I will be focusing on the representation of news presenters, but also show presenters, and people in voxpops and adverts.
The first factor I noticed when analyzing both news bulletins is that Radio 2 is less formal in comparison to Radio 4. I noticed this as Radio 4 uses longer sentences, a higher range of more sophisticated vocabulary and accurate pronunciation. Whereas, Radio 2 uses more colloquial language in comparison to Radio 4.
The second factor I noticed is that Radio 2 uses a younger range of presenters, whereas Radio 4
does not. Radio 2 tends to use female voices as they are trying to address a more diverse audience in terms of gender. Radio 2, has three main presenters; one for the main news stories, the second for the gossip stories and the third for sport stories. However, in comparison,Radio 4 only had two main presenters. The first presenter focused on general news stories and the second presenter focused on political news stories.
The tone of voice differs in both news bulletins. The tone of Radio 2 seems to be animated, whereas Radio 4 uses a more serious tone of voice. This has the effect of making Radio 2 sound more cheerful and less formal and indicates that the station targets younger listeners than Radio 4.
Radio 2 also incorporate music bedding behind the reading of their news headlines and news stories. However Radio 4 does not contain any 'music bedding' in their news bulletins. This can have the effect of making Radio 2 sound a lot more informal in comparison to Radio 4, again appealing to a younger audience.
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