Media city

These are the few images I took whilst on our trip to the BBC studios on the 31st of January this was one of the most enjoyable school trips I have been on during my time in cardinal heenan it was really interesting and gave me a good insight of everything that happens in a TV studio the top image is of the BBC radio 6 studio where Arctic Monkeys have once played I think this studio was very unique and the station itself because we also learnt that they support young upcoming bands and if you were in a band and to send music to them they will play your songs they said they're a radio station who are all about the music. The second image is George sitting in an interview seat next to a microphone this room was a really interesting part of the trip getting to see what happens behind the scenes in a radio studio. The third image is radio 6s studio set up the computers etc. not a very good image, I know but just a small one.

 The way radio stations worked was really intriguing in my opinion the way they find all the songs that they play and they told us that they have a lot of songs to choose from, the tour guide told us they have access to over 2.2 million songs, anything you can think of they have it they also explained how they can have interviews in the studio and they can have them 'down the line' and that they can make it sound like its in the studio. It was very eye opening to what happens inside all these studios. The 4th image is the instantly recognisable BBC breakfast studio the red couch makes this instantly recognisable of course because it is watched by millions up and down the country. This is also very deceiving in my opinion because on the television this studio looks huge when in reality or in person it is actually really small also this studio wasn't the original planned studio it was actually downstairs below the studio where the original planned studio was but they decided not to use it because they thought it would be a bad idea to have an open window with people always walking past. Also the studio used the window is actually fake and the people said the image used is probably from 8 years ago and the buildings and skyline has probably changed drastically. It was also very interesting about how much the cameras were each one used for the television broadcast are 150,00 pounds each 80,000 just for the lenses of the camera this gives us a clear insight of how far they go to make the broadcast as good as possible. My favourite part of the visit to the BBC studios was getting to sit on that red couch and me and George were able to read the news and understand how much pressure was put onto them news anchors they simply cant make a mistake because the whole nation is watching them and relying on them. I think that the weather reporter would be the hardest part of the being on the news because they cant turn around and look at the big screen they have to watch themselves on a tiny little screen.