Monday 17 March 2008

Writing Radio Drama Scripts in Specific Genres

Principals of Writing Radio Drama

Task 6:You should produce 2 scripts, one for each of the treatments from the previous task.

For example Scripts have a browse through the ones listed on the websites below.

Vintage Radio Scripts
Golden Age Scripts
Simply Scripts

Tony Palermo's website has some very good advice and downloadable templates:
ruyasonic.com

Click on the Pictures below for an example of a script produced for this course.


(Dark music – a series of deep bas chords. Followed by a clatter of drums.

Ambience – the crackle of a fire. )

Thomas – People say there is a fine line between civilisation and barbarism. A thin gap between trust and fear, peace and war. I never used to believe that – I saw the good in people. But then there was the outbreak, and it changes us.

Cut to news report – (Sfx of sirens and ambience of crowd noise. Fade in reporter)

Reporter – ‘And more news of widespread disruption in Northern Cities this afternoon…… This is difficult to make sense o at the time but it appears that normally peaceful towns have descended into chaos. There are reports of the residents randomly attacking and in some cases even acts of cannibalism have been reported. This seems to be the result of……….(Fade out to ambience of the fire).

Thomas – Nobody really believed the reports at first and for a while down in the South life carried on as normal. I lived in Bristol then and worked as a solicitor in a small office – nothing exciting. But it seemed strange to carry on – even then it felt like we were about to fall into a precipice. Before long though, the trouble got to us. First in the villages then in the towns. (Transition)

(Sfx – breaking glass/car alarms/ shouts)

Man 1 - help me ……help ………….

Woman 1 - John………John………What’s wrong………Oh my……..

Fade out

Thomas (slow/solemn tone) – There was nothing we could do…….




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