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Code Level Programme Credit rating Pre-requisites Aim/s Learning outcomes
Radio Drama Production LB111 1 Foundation Degree (Radio) 20 None To give students a knowledge of the principles and techniques of radio drama planning, production and post production. At the end of the module, students should be able to demonstrate: 1. A technical proficiency in recording and mixing drama content; 2. An ability to edit fiction for radio, using effects and music; 3. A knowledge and awareness of auditioning, producing, rehearsing and directing actors for radio drama content including plays, readings and fictional content; 4. An ability to work in a team environment; 5. An ability to reflect and evaluate upon the process of radio drama creation and the experience of working in a production team.
Content
Teaching and learning strategies Learning support (Key)
Indicative content: • Listening to drama, readings and comedy on radio •
Techniques for producing drama and readings on radio
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The use of drama and dramatisations in factual programmes
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Writing successful dialogue in radio
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Casting actors
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Editing and adapting texts, copyright and permissions
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Creativity in radio sound
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Working in a production team
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Working with, and directing actors, giving notes.
Total learner hours: 200 Contact hours: Typically 50 including lectures, workshops and tutorials Private and directed study: 150 Guardian newspaper The Best Plays You've Never Seen, 5 July 2003 www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2003/jul/05/theatre.artsfeatures Radio/audio Orson Welles production of The War of the Worlds 1938 http://www.archive.org/details/WAROFTHEWORLDS2 Radio 4 Classic Serial
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qfz6 Radio 4 soap opera The Archers http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr Drama on Radio 3 http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/dramaon3/ Hub page of all BBC radio drama: http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/radio.shtml Wireless Theatre Company free audio plays to download/pre-listen http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/ Radio drama enthusiasts' site for lots of drama downloads: www.geocities.com/markleeper/radio.htm Hub page of all BBC radio comedy www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/ High Speed Dubbing, 'audio shorts' short audio drama pieces, available on iTunes or to listen to a sample go to www.myspace.com/hsdlondon Experimental Radio Station Resonance FM http://resonancefm.com/ Websites: Independent Radio Drama Productions web resources on radio drama www.irdp.co.uk/ includes articles by Tim Crook BBC advice for drama writing www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/writing/tips_radiodrama.shtml Radio Drama site by Drama lecturer Alan Beck of the University of Kent http://www.savoyhill.co.uk/technique/ Learning support (additional)
Books: Weiss, Allen S (2001) Experimental sound & radio MIT Press, London Radio/Audio Classic radio comedy Hancock's Half Hour Radio 4 sitcom Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting Radio 4 sitcom The league of Gentlemen
Assessment strategy and criteria (mapping of Learning Outcomes) Area examination board
Students will work in groups to prepare and produce a 5-10 minute excerpt of a story or drama for radio. (Learning Outcomes 1,2, 3 and 4) (60%) Students will keep a weekly reflective journal throughout this process which documents and reflects upon the experience (Learning outcome 5) (40%).
Module authors/advisors Date of first approval
Abigail Wincott and Kathleen Griffin
CMIS Division of Information and Media Studies
3/4/09
Date of last revision Date of approval of this version Version number Replacement for previous module School home
N/A 3/4/09 1.0 N/A Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences
