FMP Radio show Transcript

1. RADIO SHOW TRANSCRIPT
SCENE 1
OPEN WITH THE ENDING OF THE SONG ‘STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN’ BY LED ZEPPLIN;
AS THE MUSIC BEGINS TO DIE DOWN WE HEAR THE PRESENTER BEGIN TO TALK
OVER THE MUSIC. THE PRESENTER SOUNDS PROFFESIONAL AND ENTHUSIASTIC,
THE RADIO CHANNEL IS FOR AN 18-24 AGE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS MORE
PROFFESIONAL.
PRESENTER
AND THAT TIMELESS CLASSIC WAS SELECTED BY OUR NEXT
GUEST WHO HAS COME HERE TODAY TO TALK AOBUT HIS
BRAND NEW SHOW, SO COULD YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN
WELCOMING DAVID MAWERS.
AUDIENCE APPLAUSE.
DAVID
THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME I MUST SAY IT’S A
DELIGHT TO BE HERE; IT’S STILL INCOMPREHENABLE TO
THINK THAT IM IN THIS POSITION IN MY LIFE AT THIS
AGE.
PRESENTER
YOUR STORY IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE DAVID, IS IT
TRUE THAT YOU WERE AT UNIVERSITY 5 MONTHS AGO?
DAVID
YEAH IT HAS BEEN ONE HELL OF A TURN AROUND, AND
THE FUNNY THING IS I HAD ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE
SCRIPT FOR THE PILOT ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF YEARS
AGO.
PRESENTER
SO WHAT MADE YOU WAIT UNTIL LATER TO GET THAT
SCRIPT TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE?
DAVID
WELL THAT’S THE THING; I TRIED AT FIRST WHEN I
WROTE THIS AT EIGHTEEN BUT NO-ONE LISTENED AND I
DIDN’T BLAME THEM. THIS WAS MY PIÈCE DE RÉSITANCE
AND I WAS A YOUNG BOY WITH NO EXPERIENCE IN THE
INDUSTRY ASKING FOR A MONSTER BUDGET TO MAKE A
SHOW THAT HAS NO GUARENTEE OF BEING A SUCCESS.
PRESENTER
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS CHANGED THEN?

2. DAVID
GAME OF THRONES
PRESENTER
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ELABORATE A LITTLE DAVID?
DAVID
YEAH SO BASICALLY WITHOUT GAME OF THRONES THE BIG
TV COMPANIES WOULD NEVER DREAM OF MAKING HIGH-
BUDGET FANTASY TV SHOWS. THE POPULARITY OF THAT
SHOW IS UNPRECEDENTED AND HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE
THIS SHOW.
PRESENTER
RIGHT WELL I FEEL THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO EXPLAIN
WHAT YOUR SHOW IS ABOUT?
DAVID
WELL IT’S FUNNY THAT EVEN THOUGH I WROTE THE SHOW
I AM STILL ABSOLUTELY USELESS WHEN IT COMES TO
EXPLAINING IT.
PRESENTER
WELL I WILL START BY TELLING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LISTENING AT HOME THAT I HAVE SEEN THE FIRST
EPISODE AND I THOUGHT IT WAS ABOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
DAVID
THANKYOU CHRIS WELL I WOULD EXPLAIN IT SIMPLY AS A
STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO LIVES IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE
A UTOPIA AT FIRST. BUT AS HE BEGINS TO LOOK
BENEATH THE SURFACE HE DISCOVERS THE HORRIFYING
TRUTH OF THE SO-CALLED UTOPIA THAT HE LIVES IN.
PRESENTER
WOW, THAT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE DAVID AND LUCKILY FOR
YOU WE TOLD PEOPLE ON TWITTER THAT YOU WERE COMING
IN TODAY AND WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FROM OUR
FANTASTIC AUDIENCE LISTENING TO US.
DAVID
CAN’T WAIT TO BEGIN.
PRESENTER
RIGHT WELL THIS QUESTION COMES IN FROM SOPHIE WHO
IS CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR DEPICTION OF WOMEN DUE TO

3. OTHER TV SHOWS SHE HAS SEEN WHERE WOMEN ARE USED
MAINLY FOR THEIR SEXUALITY.
DAVID
WELL SEXUALITY IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT THEME WITHIN
THE SHOW. THE WOMEN WITHIN THE ‘UTOPIAN’ SOCIETY
ARE TREATED AWFULLY. BUT WHATS INCREDIBLE IS THE
PREJUDICE THAT THE WOMEN ENDURE AND OVERCOME AS
THE STORY PROGRESSES.
PRESENTER
SO HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ‘UTOPIAN’ SOCIETY IN
ONE SENTENCE?
DAVID
I WOULD HAVE TO DESCRIBE IT WOULD BE WHAT A PRE-
LUTHERIAN CATHOLIC MALE WOULD IMAGINE HEAVEN TO BE
LIKE.
PRESENTER
SO DO YOU RECKON THAT PEOPLE SUCH AS ‘SOPHIE’ WILL
TAKE ISSUE WITH THE PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN WITHIN THE
SHOW?
DAVID
WELL THAT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT HER ISSUE IS WITH
THE OTHER TV SHOWS SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. THE WOMEN
IN THIS SHOW ARE TREATED IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE
DEEMED SEXIST IN TODAYS SOCIETY. IT NEEDS TO BE
UNDERSTOOD THOUGH THAT I DON’T DEEM THE BEHAVIOUR
ACCEPTABLE.
PRESENTER
SO WHY ARE THE MALE CHARACTERS THE WAY THEY ARE?
DAVID
I KNOW THAT THE SHOW ISN’T A HISTORICAL DRAMA BUT
IT USES THEMES BASED ON OUR OWN HISTORY AND THAT
HISTORY CONTAINS A REGRESSIVE ATTITUDE THAT HAS
ONLY CHANGED RECENTLY.
PRESENTER
IS THIS A WAY OF MAKING THIS FANTASTICAL STORY
MORE GROUNDED AND RELATABLE?
DAVID

4. (DELIBERATES SLIGHTLY) SORT OF, BUT NOT REALLY. I
WOULDN’T SAY THAT THIS STORY IS GROUNDED OR
RELATABLE BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THAT THE AUDIENCE
WILL NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE CHARACTERS.
PRESENTER
SO IS THIS SHOW CHARACTER OR STORY BASED?
DAVID
I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO PICK IF IT IS EITHER. I WILL
SAY THAT THE STORY IS DRIVEN FORWARD BASED ON THE
CHARACTERS, WHICH IS HOW IT SHOULD BE. ESAU WHO IS
THE PROTAGONIST WILL ACT ACCORDING TO HIS
PERSONALITY. BUT AS THE STORY PROGRESSES HIS
PERSONALITY WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY BASED ON HIS
EXPERIENCES.
PRESENTER
ELABORATE ON THESE EXPERIENCES THAT ESAU WILL GO
THROUGH?
DAVID
YEAH SO BASICALLY ESAU IS PUNISHED BY BEING FORCED
INTO HORRIFIC SCENARIOS DESIGNED TO SLOWLY DESTROY
EVERYTHING THAT MAKES HIM ESAU.
PRESENTER
SO COULD YOU GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE
SCENARIOS THAT HE WILL EXPERIENCE?
DAVID
IM AFRAID YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND WATCH,
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THESE SCENARIOS ARE
VARIED.
PRESENTER
WELL THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT AND I CANNOT WAIT TO
WATCH THE SHOW.
DAVID
THAT’S TERRIFIC AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY.
PRESENTER
WELL I CANNOT WAIT, AND NEITHER CAN ANDREW AT HOME
WHO WANTS TO KNOW THE RELEASE DATE?
DAVID

5. WELL I CAN’T TELL YOU THAT IM AFRAID BUT I CAN
TELL YOU THAT TONIGHT AT 5PM THE FIRST 5 MINUTES
WILL BE RELEASED ON YOUTUBE. AND IF YOU WATCH THAT
YOU WILL FIND OUT WHEN IT WILL BE RELEASED.
PRESENTER
WELL YOU HEARD IT HERE LADIES AND GENTLEMAN BE
SURE TO CHECK OUT THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL ‘HELL BENT’
AT 5PM TO SEE THE FIRST 5 MINUTES AS WELL AS THE
RELEASE DATE. IM AFRAID THAT’S ALL WE HAVE TIME
FOR TODAY, SO FIRSTLY A WARM FAREWELL TO DAVID WHO
WE HOPE TO SEE AGAIN.
AUDIENCE APPLAUSE.
DAVID
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY, CAN’T WAIT TO BE
BACK AND DON’T FORGET TO HOP ON YOUTUBE TONIGHT.
PRESENTER
THANK YOU DAVID, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING AT
HOME. WE HAVE A QUICK TEASER FOR THE NEW SHOW
‘HELL BENT’.
QUICK TEASER FOR HELL BENT.
PRESENTER
IM AFRAID THAT’S ALL THE TIME YOU HAVE FOR ME IM
AFRAID. SO TO YOU I SAY ADIOS AND LEAVE YOU IN
MIKE’S CAPABLE HANDS OVER TO YOU MIKE.