For this task I was asked to listen to a radio program or documentary and deconstruct the program in order to understand in greater detail how it was put together.
After listening to various different podcasts I decided to use this from the Blues Journey it is the first of four episodes telling the story of the blues as it travel across africa the Mississippi cotton fields to the streets of Chicargo.
I found the pod cast to be well presented and very informative. With a collection of interviews, blues music and narration the story is told well in only15 minuets.
Presented by Kipp Cornell, Titled ;Got them blues a history;
The events making up the podcast went as follows;
- Introduction to the title of the story and the presenter,with blues music playing in the background
- music fades in plays for half a minute fades back out into the background
- The presenter describes how the roots of blues music lie in the call and response slavery songs .
- cuts to a spiritual 1890s slave song plays for 20 seconds.
- presenter narrates over the song comparing hiphop and rap to the blues as they are all the voice of the black community.
- blues rift
- Interview with Mr l Hoppikins Texas blues player,describes his time in prison.
- presenter gives a short history about how the blues were said to help deflect the hard times
- Interview with Big Bill Brunsey who speaks of his experience of the blues
- cuts to a relevant blues track.
The format carries on in the same way for the remainder of the podcast, the presenter introduces the subject then a short clip of an interview discussing the same subject is played, cutting to a relative piece of music also telling the same story through song. The podcast goes on to talk about the klu klux clan and interviews migrants who headed north. The pod cast fades out with a blues tune and credits.
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