Listening Task

You are required to listen to the first 5 minutes of each of the following (You can listen to more if you
want)
 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
Use of sound Use of Narrative Use of Music Use Characters or
of narrator
silen
ce
Everyd (Back ground (How are they talking) (How many? Male /
sounds for location female?)
ay Time settings)
Machin
es
What is
drama
about?

Dark
Passen - Car - American - Guitar - Mexican
ger driving male playing male
into voice - Music - American
water - Man change male
What is
drama - In car adds fear s more
about? ,car into his upbeat
engine voice - Music
- - Narrator cuts
Crumbli is later. out
ng Adding
noise back into
- Car the piece
skiding to
explain
the story

The - American - Guitar - American

Troll of - Air male, music male,
Stoney loud asking playing nervous
Brook - Walking the
What is - Cqr audience - Rock. - American
drama
about?
door retorial Music female
ope question plays Margo
ning s? - People - Awkward
- Car - Different. shoutin conversa
starting Tones. g in tion
- Car Are used the - American
driving in. his backgr male rick
- Phone voice. ound
ringing - Hes
- Car having a
crashin conversa
g tion. To
the
audience
.