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?

Dark
Passenger

What is drama
about?

The Troll of
Stoney
Brook

Use of sound

Use of
Narrative

Use of Music

The first sound

heard is of a
phone ringing.
The use of a
phone call gives
a good back and
forth between the
two participants,
this allows the
audience to be
given knowledge
easily and
unquestioned.
The drama itself
is about two men
being forced to
communicated
through sad
circumstances of
a woman dying.

The actors are

talking I a posh
manor, this
indicates that
the characters
are well
educated.

The music
used
chances the
audiences
proseption
of what is
happening,
changing
their
emotions to
fit the
dialog. Sad
music was
used to
highlight the
sad
narrative of
a womans
death.

the characters
on the phone
show emotion
through the
words they use
as well as using
pause so show
shock.

The dialog is
accompanied
by the radio
from a car,
this keeps the
narrative
flowing and
keeps the
drama light
and happy.
As the music
chances so
does the
dialog and
the way the
audience
reacts to the
dialog.

The narrative
is a mixture
of narration
and dialog
between two
characters.
These
characters
are on a road
trip and are
therefore
forced to
communicate
allowing the
audeine to
gain a lot of
information
about the
characters in
a short space
of time.

Music is
used to
show that
they are in a
car listening
to the radio.
The music
playing
changes to
give the
right
dramatic
effect, this is
shown by
the
mysterious
music
playing
when the
characters
discuss the
man who
died.

Sounds are
used to give
context to
what is

There is a
narrator who
breaks the
forth wall and

The music
in this
drama
indicates the

Use of
silence
Silence is
used to
dramatize
the dialog,
pauses used
to show
shock and
disbelief.

Characters
or narrator

Silence is
used to
indicate a
change in
scene.

As the
narrative
consistss of
two men
driving,
means that
a lot of
dialog can
be used to
give
information
to the
audience,
this however
does mean
that use of
names is not
needed as
there are
only to
characters,
names are
used
throughout
but less than
in similar
radio
dramas.
Names are
used to
show who is
who

In this drama
there are mainly
males, however
there is mention
of a female
character. These
character are
separated by
their different
accents.

What is drama
about?

happening,
allowing the
story to
continue
without
actual
speech, such
as skidding in
the road. This
drama uses
strange
sounds to
keep the
audience
confused and
on edge, not
fully
understandin
g what is
happening,
this helps to
relate to the
characters as
he is going
through
similar
feelings.

talks to the
audience.

location that
the
characters
are in. the
audience is
immediately
shown that
the main
characters
personality
does not fit
the location
by the use of
rock music.

throughout
the drama
as the
characters
seem to
have similar
accents.