Speech, sounds, music, and silence are used in radio drama to distinguish characters and set the scene. Voices help listeners identify who is speaking, while music and effects convey location and atmosphere. Signposting uses effects at the beginning of scenes to establish where the action is taking place. Cliffhangers create suspense by leaving the audience wanting more at the end of an episode.

1. Hayley McCarthy

2. By using a number of different voices it makes
it clear to the listener who is speaking. Also the
tone in which the narrator is speaking in should
make it clear to the audience of how he or she
is feeling.

3. Speech is also critical in radio drama. So that
the audience can recognize classes; such as
Upper class, Middle class and lower class.
A great example that teenagers use slang which
shows there age and class.
If you have an upper class character your most
likely to pronounce words better. Stereotypically
this would be a posh, rich way of showing
charectorisation.

4. Music is used a lot in Radio Dramas due to
changing scenes. These are called jingles and
by using them it makes it a lot clearer for the
audience to show there location.
An example of this is at a train station as you
can use announcements. By using music and
sound effects it creates the atmosphere and set
the mood.

5. Using ambience you are able to use music to
describe how the characters are feeling. You
can also use the tone of the characters voice.
For example using classical music it can make
the atmosphere uplifting or depressing. Due to
this it make listeners become more observant
of how the character is feeling.

6. The way in which you use sounds is also
another way setting the scene.
For example if you hear a door closing you
know that someone has left the room.
Another example is if you hear an aeroplane
and announcements ‘for departure’ you know
that they are at the Airport.

7. Silence can be used to increase tension. For
example if they are running then you hear a
sudden silence.

8.  Signposting is a way of establishing the location at the
opening of a scene. This is done by effects, spot or FX, and
sometimes supported by description”
Most of the time these effects are introduced at the top of the
scene, before the dialogue begins. It is up to the director whether
speech begins quickly, or more seconds are needed to strengthen
the effect of this signposting on the listener.
 If a new location, especially an outside location, is being
established, the audience will need more time to absorb this
information.
 So for example; this scene would be established in this way:
Airport- using plane FX or announcements used at the airport.

9. A cliff-hanger is used at the ending of the Radio Drama.
The reason for the word ‘hanger’ is because the audience
has to hang on until the next ‘series’ or ‘episode’.
 However there is also a danger in this where audiences
leave the movie feeling frustrated that all loose ends are
not complete.
The Radio Drama below includes a cliff hanger at the ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmPbGXP0v0Q

10.  Shift in a narrative to an earlier event that interrupts
the normal chronological development of a story.
 An example of this is in the hobbit as
displayed below
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Init63GNA
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11.  You can use fades when changing scene
which is again used in the hobbit this is used
at 3:33.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Init63GNA
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 You can also use fades to show Distance, for
example if someone is walking away and you
hear there voice getting quieter you know
how far they have walked away.

12.  To show your Characters throughout the
Radio Drama using speech and sound effects.

13.  Time in literal manner

14.  Narration is done by someone who has a
clear voice so they can be understood by the
listener. They mainly speak in third person.
 Used in the hobbit at 3:36:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Init63GNA
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15.  This is used to tell the listeners the characters
opinions upon something it make the listener
understand the characters more. This is
mainly used by the Main Character.

16.  Credits are for the listeners telling us who the
actors were, and who produced the drama.
This helps the team by promoting the actors,
writers, production team as well.

17.  Music can be used to set the scene or explain
how the character is feeling.

18.  is where an actor will recreate a scene
melodramatically.

19.  Post-modern, radio drama as „theatre of the
mind‟, creation of mood or location (effects,
acoustic)

20.  How long your Radio Drama would last

21.  A Structural framework which tells you the
order and manner in which the narrator is
presented to reader, listener, or viewer.
 The narrative text structures the plot and
location.