Listening Task

Drama
Use of sound Use of Narrative Use of Music Use of silence Characters or
narrator
Back ground sounds for How are they talking How does it create an How many? Male /
location settings emotional response? female?

Dark Passenger The rain sound affect tells us The narrator sets the scene The music is quite harsh, There weren’t any The two male characters
they are in a storm. Could be in the beginning in deep this is foreboding for noticeable moments of had different tones in their
pathetic fallacy. tone. Sets an eerie mood. possible danger to come. complete silence, voices so they can be told
The squeals on the tires tell The way the two men are There is some slow, however there are few apart.
us the location of the scene. talking they seem to have solemn music at parts, this moments when there is The narrator voice is
The heavy footsteps help the known each other for a creates tension. no dialogue, but still deeper than the two
audience know the location long time. Maybe a The music is only there some background noise. characters, it also only
is moving. plutonic relationship, when the narrator is This can help build ever plays over music.
maybe more, isn’t clear. talking. This could be suspense.
because the narrator relays
important information to
the audience, using music
whenever the narrator
begins helps demonstrate
the importance of what the
narrator is saying.
What is drama This radio drama is about two boys, who are travelling to an old house that has been in one of their families for generations,
about? this house is said to be haunted. They start telling each other scary stories but its not all laughs and jokes for long because
their stories of terror begin to turn into real terror.

The Troll of The sound of the car door the
engine and the wheels on the
Stoney Brook road tell us he’s in a car.
The sound of his phone
ringing tells us why he was
distracted from driving and
why he crashed the car.
Jamie is talking very
quickly when talking to
Janet, this means he’s
nervous.
The music at the start tells
us that Jamie is either at a
party or concert.
The sharp music tones
when Jamie approaches
the troll, he believes to be
a man warns the audience
of the increasing danger as
well as building the
tension.
There isn’t much silence There are three names’
in the production, even characters. Janet; female
in the car their music Rick; male
and he is humming. Jamie; male
Also, some other unnamed
characters in the
background.
Janet is obviously female
compared to the boys,
Rick has more confidence
in his voice and its
slightly higher pitched
than Jamie. Jamie has sort
of a deep voice and
sounds very nervous.

What is drama Jamie, an awkward teen, leaves a party early after striking out with a girl. He drives home but hears his phone ring , when
about? reaches to answer it he gets distracted and hits something in road. After panicking for a short while he goes to check it out.
Fearing the worst, that he’d hit a person, he goes closer, but is shocked to see that the creature he’d hit was worse than he
could have ever imagined… a troll.