Podcasting

When planning a podcast one of the more important things to do is to set up an outline. Write a few topics that can be discussed that way you and if others are participating they too can know what the genera topics of the conversation will be for that particular episode. By targeting specific topics - usually ones based on current events or key parts of special interests - readers and listeners can grasp the podcast ahead of time without having to listen to the entire thing to understand what it is all about. The more popular podcasts tend to release on a weekly basis so it's important to let listeners know who will take part in them and what they will be talking about.

The audience for my specific topic of mobile phone games will be people of all ages - many of them who have not played traditional games before. I planned this topic because it is one that goes largely uncovered in the blogspace so I thought it would be interesting to see if it could attract an audience. If I were to do a podcast for it, I would probably target people in their late twenties and early thirties because a lot of the content discussed would likely be in their interests.

For planning my unit 7 script, I started with an outline and went from there. I have done podcasts before myself so I am familiar with how they work and their typical formats. Usually we tend to ad lib though - I've never worked off a direct script before.