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Radio Script Formatting Guide

The document provides guidelines for formatting a radio script, including using two columns, double spacing, writing spoken parts in uppercase and lowercase, and indicating music and sound effects in all caps and underlined. It demonstrates these formatting rules with a sample radio script that includes instructions for a theme music, announcer parts, sound effects, and dialogue between characters over 27 seconds. The script is an example for a commercial that promotes an unnamed product for an unnamed client.

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Radio Script Formatting Guide

The document provides guidelines for formatting a radio script, including using two columns, double spacing, writing spoken parts in uppercase and lowercase, and indicating music and sound effects in all caps and underlined. It demonstrates these formatting rules with a sample radio script that includes instructions for a theme music, announcer parts, sound effects, and dialogue between characters over 27 seconds. The script is an example for a commercial that promotes an unnamed product for an unnamed client.

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Radio Script Example

Script layout guidelines

use two columns


double-space all copy
write spoken copy in upper- and lowercase letters
write instructions for sound effects (SFX) and music ALL
IN CAPS and underline them
write talent (for example, ANNOUNCER) instructions in
parenthesis and capitalise (see above ENTHUSED)
time the radio commercial

Client:
Product:

Music & sound


effects in capitals
and underlined

Title:
Length:
Writer:
Medium: Radio

Two
columns

MUSIC:

THEME--UPBEAT. ESTABLISH. CONTINUE UNDER AFTER 3


SECONDS. VOLUME SHOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH
NARRATION (3 secs)

ANNCR:

Yes, friends! Its time for Blah blah blah...

(ENTHUSED)

Today's story comes to you from


commercial land Australia!(5 secs)

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Radio Script Example

SOUND:

SOUND EFFECT DESCRIPTION GOES HERE. YOU CAN CALL


IT SOUND OR SFX, BUT WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, IT
SHOULD BE UNDERLINED (3 secs)

ANNCR:

Blah Blah Blah with underline used for


emphasis... and more blah. Some more blah, blah,
blah and so on until something interrupts. (5
secs)

GIRL1:

Blah Blah Blah with underline used for


emphasis... and more blah blah. (7 secs)

ANNCR:

Close and call-to-actions (phone numbers,


contact sites etc) (7 secs)

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