Research

Radio Dramas I've listened to:

The Lamp:

Murder by the Book:

There 2 dramas will help with my overall idea as they have given me some insight as to how it should sound overall and helped me to know how to create a piece in which people will clearly be able to hear/understand what's happening throughout. I feel as though by listening to these I have a greater knowledge of what a radio drama is, as well as how to write my own.

• >: Quieter, getting quieter
• <: Louder, getting louder
• /: Small pause
• //: Long pause
• Use brackets for longer pauses- "//(5 minutes)"
• Underline: Emphasis or weight implied to word in a sentence. E.g. "I didn't go" This isn't volume or loudness but emphasis.
• Up arrow: Higher intonation of the voice to change feel/meaning of sentence.
• Down arrow: Lower intonation of the voice to change feel/meaning of sentence.
• Emotions: Use emoticons to indicate mood in line in your scripts-this is a new idea-but works as they are universal. Can type them in or draw own.
• Can use simple ring of words+attach a line to a key that details the way it is said-for example, it might say "sing" or "shout" or "spoken in a posh voice".

• (CLOSE)-close to the microphone=lower voice,more intimate.
• (FAR)-further away from the microphone to create a distant and different voice characteristic-good for shouting.
• (LOW)-low voice level, like a whisper.
• (VO)-voice over, narrating over music or other descriptive complex sound.
• (D)-distort,loud,clipping sound for the voice.
• (OFF)-speaks away from the microphone,creates a distant and non-connected sound.