2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 107 Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission SERIES: COMMERCIAL DESIGN A CONTEST: CONTEST: AUDIO/RADIO PRODUCTION AUDIO/RADIO PRODUCTION Series Director: MICHELLE ALEXANDER • 508-998-3321 ext. 887 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Room 521 & 522 with Event Manager: Marc Theriault REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes or Professional Business Attire NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty Supplied by the technical committee: a. The theme and objective for production Supplied by the contestants: Computers should be tested outside of the school’s environment, to make sure student access and software will function at the contest Computers should be tested outside of the school’s environment, to make sure student access and software will function at the contest location. The sending school’s Technology Coordinator should also be on stand-by to assist a contestant over the phone, if problems arise. location. The sending school’s Technology Coordinator should also be on stand-by to assist a contestant over the phone, if problems arise. a. Facilities and power to edit final product b. Audio equipment, cables and connectors c. Portable digital audio recorder with removable recording media d. Microphone with audio cable e. Method of importing digital audio from field recorder to editing system f. Audio editing software/system (use of laptops is strongly encouraged) g. Writing implement (pen, pencil, marker, etc.) h. Scratch paper for notes i. Full cover, over-the-ear Headphones (not ear buds) j. Surge-protected power strip k. 8GB Empty Flash Drive or larger (Failure to supply own flash drive will result in a point penalty) (Failure to supply own flash drive will result in a point penalty) l. Production music (Production music is not commercial music purchased in stores. It is music created for use in audio and video productions. Some production music companies are: Music Bakery, Production Garden, TM Studios and Omnimusic. Production music may also be created using programs such as GarageBand, Soundtrack or ACID) m. Prohibited devices: Cellphone and electronic watches are not approved devices in this competition. Contest Overview: Project (1000 points) Each team will be composed of two (2) student members, one specializing in Radio and the other in Audio Production. Aside from interviews, these should be the ONLY two voices “On-Air.” The contestants will record, mix and edit a Radio Production consisting of one 60 second Infomercial applicable to online streaming about SkillsUSA and the following theme “No Limits”, a 2-minute Radio story that focusses on one of the Vocational Trades in today’s competition, its importance and behind-the-scene insight to the trade, and a 30 second Commercial spot that is applicable to Broadcast Radio, and the topic will be shared on contest day. Students will be interviewed during their project presentation.
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