Worksheet 3a: Listening to adverts

Listen carefully to a radio advert and answer the following questions:

1. What product is being advertised?

2. Who is the product aimed at?

3. How have they made the advert suitable for that audience?

4. What sounds do you hear? List them in order.

5. How do you think each sound was created?

6. Can you identify any special effects? e.g. echo, change of tempo/speed, any distortion

7. What do you think are the strong points of this advert?

8. How could it be improved?

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9. Draw a rough storyboard for the advert, showing the sequence of sounds.

Time (Seconds)
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0