Evaluation of afternoon delight

For our children in need radio assignment we decided to split the groups up, as we had one of the largest. Therefore we created 2 radio shows. Unfortunately the other group, who created the “Morning Glory Show” had so little input into our show – that we created it ourselves. this is also the case with us having input into their show as they did all their work off there own backs, telling us they didn’t need any input.

This is bad as it shows a clear breakdown in communication within the group. I worked with a group who were very independent with the way they worked, and often did the work I had been assigned to do – this meant that when it came to broadcast day, the only role I actively had to do was to guest present the show. I felt left out, and not trusted to do to work, despite being in more frequently than other members of the group. I didn’t even know what we were playing in the show until broadcast day was upon us! I was hardly up to date with the required work.

When it came to broadcast day, and our shows debut – we immediately messed up, launching too fast and skipping topics, resulting in us being almost 3 minutes ahead of ourselves – this was resolved by a huge amount of conversation which followed shortly. Among other mistakes, we played the wrong songs, cut games short and generally screwed timings up. I felt like the show was a disaster, although we had rehearsed it several times. Despite all this, we laughed and created a very airy atmosphere that in my opinion would have been a pleasure to listen too. It was obvious that we were amateurs and had no experience – unlike the other half of the course who had a whole year’s experience and will have obtained better grades, which we all felt unfair.

If we were to do this again, I wouldn’t suggest splitting our larger group up. This would bad communication, and I would recommend that we are all assigned specific parts to work on so we all have an equal input, as opposed to the 2 presents doing it all and leaving the rest of us clueless.

Ella and chelsey did do great jobs of presenting, and you could hear the real chemistry that they obviously shared. Had it not been for them its safe to say we would have been completely lost.