Writing Audio Drama

Zusammenfassung Writing Audio Dramaexplores the common aspects of sound narrative in different practice media! and critically investigates to an advanced standard how audiogenic techniques transfer between radio! theatre! and film and other media such as videogames and animation. Itenables readers to understand the practical and theoretical concerns of sound narrativeacross different story-telling media and to choose the correct medium for their writing. Informationen zum Autor Tim Crook is Senior Lecturer in Media Law and Ethics and Head of Radio at Goldsmiths College! University of London! as well as being a Visiting Instructor on Media Law to the British Broadcasting Corporation. He has worked professionally in radio! theatre! television and film as a journalist! producer! director and sound designer for more than 30 years and has won more than 60 awards for drama! journalism and production. His previous publications include Radio Drama (1999) and International Radio Journalism (1997). Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Radio Drama is Born and In Its Cradle 2. Beginning the Sound Story 3. Characterising the Sound Story 4. Dialogue and the Sound Story 5. Sustaining the Sound Story 6. Plotting the Sound Story 7. Ending the Sound Story 8. Film! Internet and Stage Dimensions to Sound Story Telling

Autorentext

Tim Crook is an author, playwright, journalist, and academic who pioneered British independent production in audio drama in the 1980s and 1990s with UK co-productions with NPR in the USA, and new writing festivals and competitions.

Klappentext

Writing Audio Drama offers a comprehensive and intelligent guide to writing sound drama for broadcasting and online. This book uses original research on the history of writing radio plays in the UK and USA to explore how this has informed and developed the art form for more than 100 years.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Radio Drama is Born and In Its Cradle

Chapter 2 The Psychology of Writing and Listening

Chapter 3 Instrumental utilitarianism in radio playwriting- the evolving thoughts of Val Gielgud

Chapter 4 Achieving the Long Form Audio Drama

Chapter 5 Beginning the Sound Story

Chapter 6 Characterising the Sound Story

Chapter 7 Dialogue and the Sound Story

Chapter 8 Sustaining the Sound Story

Chapter 9 Plotting the Sound Story

Chapter 10 Ending the Sound Story

Chapter 11 Film, Internet and Stage dimensions to Sound Story Telling