Jessica Owen is presenting her radio drama project titled "The Undead". The radio drama is a horror/drama genre that follows two main characters, Dan and Matt, as they record their experiences during a zombie apocalypse on tape recordings. These tapes are later discovered after the apocalypse and broadcast on the news. The radio drama is intended to air on BBC Radio 4 Extra on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6pm over four weeks. After broadcasting, the radio drama would be made available for digital download and could potentially be adapted to other media like a graphic novel.

1. RADIO DRAMA PROJECT
TASK 12
PRESENTATION
JESSICA OWEN

2. “THE UNDEAD”
• THE TITLE OF MY RADIO DRAMA IS “THE UNDEAD”. IT IS A HORROR/DRAMA SO
IT WILL APPEAL TO A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT
ASPECTS OF THE MEDIA PRODUCT. I HAVE CHOSEN THE IDEA BECAUSE THERE
ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES WHERE MY RADIO DRAMA COULD DEVELOP WITH
THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE DRAMA. THIS RADIO DRAMA HAS A
DOCUMENTARY STYLISTIC APPROACH, THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE RECORDING
THEIR JOURNEY DURING THE APOCALYPSE. THESE TAPE RECORDINGS WERE
DISCOVERED AFTER THE APOCALYPSE AND ARE NOW BEING BROADCASTED ON
THE NEWS. THE NEW REPORTER INTRODUCES THE RADIO DRAMA WITH A
PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING WHAT THE RADIO DRAMA IS BASICALLY ABOUT AND
WHEN IT WILL BE PLAYED.

3. “THE UNDEAD”
• THERE ARE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS THAT WILL BE ON THE TAPE
RECORDINGS, THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF FRIENDSHIP THAT WOULD MAKE
THE AUDIENCE LOVE BOTH OF THEM AND IT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO
KEEP LISTENING TO THE RADIO SHOW WHILE ITS BEING BROADCASTED. I
THINK THE SHOW WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING BIGGER,
LIKE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS BEING IN SERIOUS DANGER. THIS WILL
CREATE A GRIPPING ATMOSPHERE AND IF IT HAPPENS AT THE END OF AN
EPISODE IT WILL LEAVE A CLIFF HANGER FOR THE AUDIENCE.

4. “THE UNDEAD”
• CHARACTER PROFILES:
• DAN – BETWEEN DAN AND MATT, I DON’T THINK THERE IS AN ALPHA MALE OF
THE TWO, THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD SURVIVAL INSTINCTS BUT DAN RELIES ON
MATT TO BRIGHTEN UP HIS DAY A BIT. HE ACTS LIKE IT DOESN’T BOTHER HIM
BUT HE KNOWS IT WOULDN’T BE WORTH SURVIVING WITHOUT MATT.
• MATT – MATT IS THE FUNNIER ONE OUT OF THE TWO, HE DOES TAKE THE
WHOLE SITUATION SERIOUSLY BECAUSE HE KNOWS IF THEY MESS UP IT COULD
BE A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, BUT HE APPRECIATES THE LITTLE THINGS IN
LIKE. SO FINDING THIS WORKING TAPE RECORDER ALLOWS HIM TO KEEP HIS
HIGH SPIRITS UP AND BRING EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF JOY TO DANS LIFE.

5. “THE UNDEAD”
• THE SCHEDULING INFORMATION INCLUDES THE STATION THAT MY RADIO
DRAMA IS INTENDED TO BE BROADCASTED ON, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE
BROADCASTING PLANS AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE BROADCASTS. I
INTEND FOR MY RADIO DRAMA TO BE BROADCASTED ON BBC RADIO 4
EXTRA, THIS IS BECAUSE IT APPLIES WELL TO MY TARGET AUDIENCE AN IT
IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RADIO STATIONS THAT IS DEDICATED TO
BROADCASTING RADIO DRAMAS. I WOULD WANT MY RADIO DRAMA TO BE
BROADCASTED EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AT 6PM OVER A FOUR
WEEK PERIOD.

6. “THE UNDEAD”
• MY PLANS FOR POST-BROADCAST DISTRIBUTION, WHICH MEANS WHAT
WILL HAPPEN WITH THE RADIO DRAMA AFTER ALL THE EPISODES HAVE
BEEN BROADCASTED, I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY EPISODES
OF THE RADIO DRAMA ONLINE. I THINK THIS WILL BE BEST FOR MY RADIO
DRAMA BECAUSE OF THE AGO OF MY INTENDED AUDIENCE. THIS IS
BECAUSE 15-25 YEAR OLDS, IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BUY IT, THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO BUY IT DIGITALLY THAN BUY A PHYSICAL COPY OF IT. SO I
THINK HAVING MY RADIO DRAMA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD WOULD BE
THE BEST OPTION FOR MY RADIO DRAMA. IN ADDITION, I ALSO THINK MY
RADIO DRAMA CAN BE ADAPTED INTO DIFFERENT MEDIA PRODUCTS LIKE A
RECREATION OR A GRAPHIC NOVEL.

7. SAMPLE MATERIAL
Task 6