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Radio drama Production Planning.

Radio drama Production Planning. By Malika Yohannes A2 Media Studies. Radio play. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d6nds/Afternoon_Play_Peter_Lorre_vs_Peter_Lorre /. Analysis of radio play. I visited the BBC Radio 4 website in search of a radio drama to analyse.

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Radio drama Production Planning.

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  1. Radio drama Production Planning. By Malika Yohannes A2 Media Studies.

  2. Radio play. • http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00d6nds/Afternoon_Play_Peter_Lorre_vs_Peter_Lorre/

  3. Analysis of radio play. • I visited the BBC Radio 4 website in search of a radio drama to analyse. • I decided to choose ‘ Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre’. • The use of different accents allows the audience to differentiate between characters. Radio plays don’t provide the audience with visual expressions or imagery to represent the characters, therefore having to identify each character via their accents and language technique. • Peter Lorre’s voice had connotations of higher prestige, giving him qualities of superiority and higher status than everyone else. • All scene changes were suggested by dialogue and narration e.g. the use of atmospheric music (background music – classical, there was a range in speed creating an on edge atmosphere).

  4. Layout of my script. • I made sure that my script was easily read by all characters and so no-one would have problems with reading the lines when recording. • I had to ensure that all characters had a script so I made a separate copy for each individual plus extra copies just in case anyone lost one of the pages. • I made sure that each characters names on the script was in bold so it wouldn’t be difficult for them to know when it was their turn to talk. • Before every recording, I made sure that the characters would have a practice run through so they knew when they would need to speak, how they were saying the lines and for them to feel comfortable within their character.

  5. Analysis of other radio dramas. • Radio is defined by four codes : • Sounds • Words • Silence • Music • Generally people use the term intimate medium to describe a radio drama simply because it seems to be directed straight at you rather than the audience as a whole. • I plan to use all four in my radio drama to create meaning.

  6. Words • The language I used for Mr Taylor was very informal, vile and youth slang orientated. I decided to create this type of dialogue for Mr Taylor because I thought that it would be a perfect way to represent his character to the audience e.g. ‘yeah I did actually but she brushed me off so I left it but tried again a couple hours later when I knew she would av had more alcohol in her system, u get me?’ Whereas in Peter Lorre vs Peter Lorre (the radio drama that I analysed) doesn’t have a word of slang, it has quite the opposite, the way in which they talk to each other at times can be quite formal e.g. • Mr Taylor also shows a hint of sarcasm and disrespect towards officer 2, ‘ I went to da toilet, where dyu fink I went Sherlock.’ Showing that he is being rude and cocky towards the officer and showing signs of disrespect.

  7. However, the boss’ language in comparison creates quite a good juxtaposition between himself and Mr Taylor. His northern accent not only depicting that he is from a different region but also showing his dedication to his job as a boss, ‘ You’ll treat this case as any other case that you’ve handled, do you know why, it’s because you’re a professional, you’re a lawyer and you’re a bloody good one. Your not an FLO for gods sake.’ • I decided to make Janet’s character (suspect’s lawyer) the audience could empathise for and understand why she’s saying and acting the way she is. The way in which I am going to portray this is by her dialogue, ‘ I can’t promise anything. I can’t make a strong defence when I don’t believe in this man’s innocence especially when it’s such a sever and delicate case. I’m a woman to you know’ , with this quote I wanted her to sound emotionally taken back by the case and that she passionately doesn’t want to defend Mr Taylor.

  8. Officers 1 was represented as uninterested and fully committed to the belief that Mr Taylor was guilty. This shows through her dialogue, ‘ we’re clearly not getting anywhere with this interview. Why don’t you try and tell the truth for once in your pathetic little life of yours.’ This decodes that she obviously doesn’t believe a word that Mr Taylor is saying to her and is frustrated at the fact that he will not admit to the rape.

  9. Sound effects. • I decided to print screen the file I put up on my blog of my sound effects that I used in my final radio drama. It’s also showing you what sound effects I used in what scene.

  10. Narrative of radio drama. • The narrative of my radio drama lies between linear and non-linear. • The use of my flashbacks and different settings indicate that it’s disjointed and the sense of a fragmented structure, linking to the postmodern effect. • The code of character – ‘don’t care’ type of persona indicating that he doesn’t care about anyone but himself. • The code of symbolic codes – the ‘judge’s voice and the banging of his hammer’ representing authority and superiority. This story can be seen as very conventional and at times can stretch the norms of the conventions. However, it doesn’t adhere to the stereotypical ending of ‘happily ever after’, making this drama conform to the enigma code (Barthes codes)

  11. Direction. • The aim of my radio drama was to get the preferred reading from the audience. To see how evil and malicious Mr Taylor is and how hurt the mother of the victim is. • The way in which I tried to represent this was the way in which Mr Taylor was talking in the last scene of the radio drama. You could sense that he wasn’t bothered, he didn’t care about the girl and what he did to her and seems very arrogant. • I tried to portray him in this way so the audience can have a feel of how the mother was feeling in court and his body language.

  12. Potential target audience. • My target audience is pretty much for everyone apart from minors. • The reason as to why my audience is so broad is because I find that my subject matter can relate to quite a lot of people no matter what age, the different ages of the characters show that it’s a versatile radio drama. • By making my radio play time in the afternoon enables the majority of the target audience to listen to it, whereas if it was on late at night there would be a small majority of the target audience listening.

  13. Technology and organisation of my characters. • When writing my script I decided to do it on Microsoft word because it’s easier for me to edit more so if I was to use any other source of technology. • Before recording anything I had to figure out which actors I needed, whether they were in groups, pairs or singles. I had to ensure that everything was prepared for when they came and that I made sure I had booked the equipment in advance to avoid disappointment or confusion. • I ended up calling up some of the characters or asking them in person to be at a certain place at a certain time ready to record. • I asked my teacher to quickly show me how to use the equipment i.e. Knowing how to turn it on, when to press play, pause, stop and record. • Each scene didn’t take that long for me to record due to the fact that none of my scenes were over dramatised.

  14. I ensured that all of the actors weren’t in the same room at once, obviously trying to avoid any unnecessary background noises that would affect the recording. • I also had to make sure I had enough stands to hold up the each page of the script so none of the actors felt the need to touch them therefore preventing any effective noises that would disrupt the flow of the recording. • When a mistake would occur with the actor (s) speaking I would ask them to repeat their lines again or from the top of the page, to make it easier for me to edit out the mistakes and make it flow nicely. • I had a few problems with the recorders but nothing that wasn’t fixable. Minor problems like not being able to find the document it was in.

  15. D rafting and re-drafting of scripts. • I have made a lot of alterations to my script whether they are small little detailed changes or significantly large changes to the dialogue. All of the changes I made enabled me to create my radio drama into what it is now. • I read through the scripts over and over again ensuring I haven’t missed anything out that I wanted to extract. • There were several occasions where I spoke to my teacher Mr Milliken about my scripts and he helped me have a rough idea of what I needed to cut out and what I needed to put in. • Seeing the drastic changes between my 1st ever draft to my final draft now, you can see the difference and how re-reading your script over and over again helped me.

  16. First draft Final draft

  17. Another change I made as shown on the slide before, that I decided to take out the sound effects that I didn’t want to use in my final radio drama. • Another reason as to why I decided to take the unnecessary sound effects away was for the audience’s benefit. I didn’t want to confuse or overpower them with a range of sound effects all merging together. • I therefore decided that it would have a much better final outcome if I cut down on the amount of sound effects used.

  18. I would say this is one of my drastic changes that I made on my script. • As you can see I have majorly decreased the lines from the first draft to the final. • This change was made because I wanted there to be strong representation of the court scene and was hoping by cutting it down it would act to the suspense or urgency. Final draft^ 1st draft^

  19. This is the final draft of my script and you can see there is a major difference in the writing and font. • This is only a section from my final draft. The reason as to why I changed the font type for the names was because it was a lot clearer for the actors to know when they have to read their lines. • To prevent confusion between themselves

  20. Communication through play and blog. • My radio drama was successful in communicating the message I wanted. This is for the reason that I was able to make my scenes as simple as I could with some minor adjustments involving editing and sound effects. • I found the blog to be a very interesting source of portraying my work. At the beginning I found it hard to know what sorts of stuff I should put on there but now I know that everything I do has had some sort of effect on my final radio drama so everything should be included. • I also like the fact that people could go on your blog page and look at your work and comment on the things they like and the things they think you should improve on.

  21. I decided to print screen again to show that I used YouTube as one of my primary sources in collecting information or ideas for my radio drama. • I used this YouTube video to communicate to the audience where my inspiration for my own story came from.

  22. Sound effects. • I decided to print screen the file I put up on my blog of my sound effects that I used in my final radio drama. It’s also showing you what sound effects I used in what scene.

  23. CONVENTIONS OF GENRE, OF LANGUAGE, OF REGISTER, OF NARRATIVE, OFREPRESENTATION • All PLAYS you analysed • You must give detailed examples of these conventions and explain them fully • Cut and paste EXAMPLES into the powerpoint.

  24. WHO IS THIS PLAY AND WHO WOULD IT BE TARGETTED AT? • HISTORY OF RADIO DRAMA • RADIO 4 AUDIENCE • THE AUDIENCE OF THE STATION THAT WOULD BROADCAST YOUR PLAY

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