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Museumweek talkshow

Original music, sound design, and full post-production for the broadcast talkshow that gave 120,000+ people a way to share Museum Week, without being in the same room.

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Online viewers reached through the broadcast talkshow
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Produced to full TV broadcast quality standards
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Made entirely during lockdown
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The challenge

A live broadcast without a live audience

When lockdown forced Museum Week 2020 online, the Museumvereniging created a broadcast talkshow designed to let people share the experience. Studio ZK was brought in to make it sound like real television: intimate enough for a living room, polished enough for national broadcast.

The approach

Talkshow audio from the inside out

We approached the talkshow the same way we'd approach any broadcast format: dialogue clarity first, music and atmosphere in support. The original music had to feel connected to the Museumweek sonic world without being a copy of it. The sound design layered atmosphere and transitions to give the show a sense of physical place, even though it existed entirely online.

The solution

Broadcast-quality audio, built for an online world

Original music

Theme and incidental music written for the talkshow format, rooted in the Museumweek sonic identity, adapted for a long-form viewing experience.

Sound design

Transitions, atmosphere, and textural layers that gave the show a sense of place and movement, making it feel like television even in a browser.

Post-production

Full audio post from rough edit to broadcast master, dialogue clarity, spatial mixing, and consistent loudness across platforms.

Why it matters

Sound that made a screen feel like a shared space

120,000+ people experienced Museumweek 2020 through this talkshow. The audio was built to make that feel like a genuine cultural event, not just a stream.

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Viewers reached through the broadcast talkshow format
Museumvereniging
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Of consumers find audio more memorable than visuals
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More effective than visuals alone at producing standout content
Ipsos, 2020
ClientMuseumvereniging
DisciplineSound design, post-production, original music
StudioStudio ZK. Amsterdam