Listening Task

You are
want)

required to listen to the first 5 minutes of each of the following (You can listen to more if you
Everyday Time Machines (nominated for best single drama)
Dark Passenger (horror)
The Troll of Stoney brook

Note down what sounds you hear and how you know where they are and what is happening. The point
of Radio drama is to set the scene through SOUND rather than visual

Drama
Everyday
Time
Machines
What is drama
about?

Use of sound

Use of
Narrative

Use of Music

(Back ground
sounds for
location
settings)

(How are they

talking)

There is a slight
jingle at the start
to interest the
viewers, some
sort of sound has
to be added to
make it more
interesting and
engaging for
listeners.
The music at the
start is very
classically which
means it could be
used to attract
older viewers,
having no music
or jingles also
mean it could be
directed to people
that are I
interested in a
radio drama.
At 3:50 sad music
starts playing
when talking
about the death
of Simon, this
helps the
audience connect
to the characters
emotions more
The music that is
used over the
narrator At 4:05 a
piano is played in
order to scare the
audience whilst
hes re telling the
story.

Al smith is
introducin
g his
screenpla
y

The start of
the speech
is rather
slow, this is
due to the
death of the
character to
portray
sadness to
the
audience.
Very well
spoken no
music in the
background
which makes
it sounds
more like a
drama on
the radio
rather than
a show.

Dark
Passenger

What is drama
about?

This radio
drama has a
really good
striking
sound at the
start, the low
chords of a
guitar are
being played
which makes
the drama
live up to its
name, music
is playing in
the
background
as people
speak.

The man at
the start
talks talking
in a very
deep voice,
which makes
it sound
creepier.

Use of silence
There are
slight

Characters
or narrator
(How many?
Male /
female?)

There are
two male
friends
speaking
throughout

There are
very few
silences in
this drama,
this is
because
similarly to in
use of
narrative the
informal
chatty setting
means there
are going to
be very few
silences

There are
two male
characters
and one
male
narrator
who is one
of the
characters

The Troll of
Stoney
Brook
What is drama
about?