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

Use of sound

Use of
Narrative

(Back ground
sounds for
location
settings)

(How are they

talking)

Sad music

Slow talking
when talking
about the death,

What is drama
about?
The drama tells
of the death of a
women at the
start of the play.
It then goes
back to the time
when the two
people died

Dark
Passenger

What is drama
about?

The Troll of
Stoney Brook

What is drama
about?

Constant
upbeat
music when
in the car

Various tones
used when
describing
different
situations

Use of Music
The
emotional
music is
present
throughout.
It changes
from the
present to
the past, to
show the
change in
time

They talk in
various
tones to
show various
different
emotions in
the
production.
A narration
is placed
over the
story as well

Music often
changes
when the
scene can
change.

Sound is
important
when
showing the
party and
what is
going on

Narration
speaks
directly to
the
audience, in
a slow
chilled out
voice

Story of a
shy guy, who
is at a party
and finds it
hard to fit in.
He ends up
crashing
after having
a few drinks

Narrative
starts off
with
introduction
and tells the
story

Story
showing the
car trek
between two
friends and
the story
they tell.

Use of
silence
Silence
when telling
of the death

Characters
or narrator
(How many?
Male / female?)
3 Male
characters in the
production. They
seem in there
mid 20s due to
the voices
Samanthas
death

Not much
silence in the
production,
apart from
when a
sound effect
is trying to
be
exaggerated

2 male
characters
who seem to
be good
friends

Continuous
music in the
beginning.

Silence
doesnt tend
to be in the
radio drama.

Margot
Jamie
Sarah

The music
often tends
to get louder
at certain
stages to
show the
panic on his
face. Music
cuts to a
more upbeat
tone, when
changing
time in the
next day

Only tends
to have
silent stages
when
showing a
change in
time

Sometimes,
there is no
music when
it shows the
emotions

They seem
to be in
there early
20s