Website Quality check and Enhancing Features

In this post, I will discuss my website quality check and website enhancing features.

Firstly, I went to SEO which is Search engine optimization where I completed some of the checklists in the SEO so that my website can be seen more in Google.

On the Melancholy page, I added a slider that helps me to showcase the pictures I took.

On the chapbook page, I added a Yumpu embed, to also help showcase my book as a whole.

Lastly, on the podcast page on the Gallery, I added the embed link for Spotify so that people can instantly listen to the podcast on the website.

Free Project : Reflection

 In this post I will be reflecting on my Final project for this term.

This is a very fun experience as I got to do something that I don't traditionally do in everyday-life, alongside the fact that I haven't done a podcast at all nor have posted any of the sort. This is also educational since I got to study more about Japanese culture, their diversity, representations, and ironically, their food. It was also very enjoyable since I got to watch and reference different animes during my podcast. 

On further detail, I have learned more technical knowledge here regarding audio and podcasting, such as how to rent the equipment, what equipment is needed for podcasting, how to set it up, how to record and edit it, as well as publish it as a whole in RSS and Spotify. In particular, I learned that these platforms for podcasts may help with my future career as a VFX artist in spreading the word of my talents and abilities. Ultimately, this has helped me grow as a student, as an entertainer, as an artist, as an audience and as a person who appreciates animation as a whole.

Free Project : Final Work and Uploading to Website

In this post I will be discussing my final work on the podcast by uploading the podcast to RSS and Spotify alongside the process of uploading it to my website.

Firstly, I went to Canva to create my podcast cover. I chose a template for an album cover and changed the photo to fit the subject I were to talk about alongside changing the title to fit my podcast title. Then, I downloaded it as a png file.

Next, I went to RSS, created an account to create my podcast. I put the title of "Food-On!!!", gave a short description of "anime food scenes are underrated" and also created RSS feed link. The next step is to determine the genre of the podcast, which is food and film review.

With that, I have created my podcast in RSS.

Next, I clicked on the new episode button to upload my episode. The title is "Generally Speaking", with the notes being "Let's talk about this" and the episode number being 1. I also added keywords such as food, animation, anime, film, etc. Then, I uploaded the audio file for the episode. As such, I have finished uploading my podcast to RSS.

Moving on, I went to Spotify and pasted the RSS link to create my podcast. I chose the country as United Kingdom, primary language English, the provider RSS.com, and the categories being animation, anime, and entertainment.

As such, I have now finished uploading the podcast to both RSS and Spotify.

Moving on, I went to my website where I created a new page titled the podcast title and made it a subpage. There, I changed the title and description to fit with my project. Then, I went to embed the Spotify link into the website, which added the episode into the site.

After that, I went on to create a new project page, where I add the project's title and description. However, because I can't upload the link or the audio into the project, I only included the cover art for the podcast. The last step I made is to make sure the buttons in the Food-On!!! page work, by linking the read more button into the project page.

Free Project: Editing of Audio

In this post I will be discussing the editing I had done alongside the editing software I had utilized which is Audacity and Shotcut.

After recording my audio clips in Audacity, I edited in the same software before exporting it as a WAV file to be used in Shotcut for the final edit.

From there, I added the WAV file of my podcast to the software Shotcut to be edited alongside the background of music of "Little Root Town" made by Nintendo. I spliced the parts that had dead air and bad audio; I also did the same for the background music of the podcast and extended some of its audio to fit the whole duration of the podcast. I also made sure to let the background music play at the start and at the end before I speak in order to add authenticity to the episode.

Lastly, I exported the file in Shotcut as a WAV file to be uploaded to my chosen platform which is Spotify. 

Free Project: Creation of the Podcast Audio

In this post I will be discussing the creation of the podcast audio.

Firstly, I went to AV Loans website to rent the equipment research on my technical research post. This includes the stand, mic, headphones, XLR cable, and audio interface.

Secondly, I booked a time to pick up and return the equipment. After which I picked up the equipment from AV Loans and went home to begin recording the podcast alongside the script I had made. Please refer to the scriptwriting post to see my process.

Next, I went to Audacity changed the input to mono and made sure the audio setup is connected to the audio interface and headphones I was utilizing. I then simply started recording through the red button in the tools tab of Audacity. Here I made my first recording.

Following this, I spoke the next five paragraphs.

And I finalize the recording with the final paragraphs.