For
the group podcast assignment I was in a group with Tara Simons, Sarah-Jayne Beynon
and Sheridan Wood. For our podcast assignment, me, Sheridan, Tara and Sarah-Jayne
decided that we wanted to do our podcast on the Waterfront Museum in Swansea.
"The National Waterfront Museum tells the story of industry and
innovation in Wales, now and over the last 300 years." (Museums Wales)
Once
all four of us had some spare time, we went down to the museum, where we walked
ourselves around, took pictures and videos and looked at the different
activities. We decided we would only use Sheridan's phone
for this so it would be easier to upload on to the computer to put it all together. On our first visit to the museum, we wanted to
ask a member of staff a series of questions to help u with our podcast but as
no one was available at the time we arranged to come back within a week. Sheridan
took the phone number so she could phone and arrange at time that suits them
best, as well as us.
On
our second visit to the Waterfront Museum, we spoke to one of the gentlemen
that worked there called Ian Smith. We found a nice place to interview him, I
interviewed Ian Smith while Sheridan videoed the interview. I asked him three
questions. Once we had finished Sheridan went home to add the video to the
podcast that we had already started. As we couldn't upload the video, we had to
record it from Sheridan's phone to the laptop. As the recording was bad, we had
to repeat what Ian Smith said, so people could understand what was said.
We
needed to finish our podcast, so me, Tara and Sarah-Jayne went over Sheridan's.
While at Sheridan's we searched for research on museums and on how the
government helps museums, concentrating more on the welsh government. While at Sheridan's we all took it in turns to
video ourselves saying certain information on the Waterfront Museum as well as
voice over's on certain pictures to explain what they are and what they do. We also explained how it helped children with
their innovation skills.
I did some research on the Welsh Government
site and found out that the National Museum Wales was founded by Royal Charter
in 1907 and now has 7 sites, one of these including the Waterfront Museum. All
7 of the sites are free entry which has had an impact on all of the museums
including the Waterfront Museum. Once I researched all the information that I
needed too, I videoed myself on Sheridan's laptop and added it to the podcast. (Welsh Government, 2014)
Here is the link to our Podcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTZb9rD0AgI&feature=youtu.be
Bibliography
Museums Wales. (n.d.).
Retrieved February 18, 2015, from National Waterfront Museums:
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/swansea/about/
Welsh Government. (2014, November 19). Retrieved
February 18, 2015, from National Museum Wales:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/cultureandsport/museumsarchiveslibraries/acnmw/?lang=en
