DRAMATIC MATERIAL

A drama is a piece of writing that has a setting, characters, plot, and

even symbolism.
Elements of a Drama
• Action
• Emotion / Mood
• Music
• Dialogue
• Conflict
• Contrast
• Voice
• Suspense
There is no drama when it is …

Monotonous

Boring
Purpose
To inform

To entertain

To inspire

To challenge

A call to action
 Definition of Terms

To broadcast is to air a program, especially on TV or radio.

It also means to tell people about something.
It refers to spreading information or inspiration.
Interactive media is a method of communication in which the output
from the media comes from the input of the users.

Interactive media works with the user's participation.

The media still has the same purpose but the user's input adds
interaction and brings interesting features to the system for better
enjoyment.
Types of Interactive Media

Apps
Games
Virtual reality
Interactive video
Social media
Art
Advertising
Cinema
Emerging media by definition is something that is always changing.

What’s relevant?

What’s new?

What works?
Emerging media is the evolution of utilizing technology to share
information in new and innovative ways.
 Platforms

Radio
Television
Social media
Networking sites
Vlogs
Podcasts
Others
 Advantages
Distance doesn’t matter

Speed of communication

Enables interactive communications

Merging of different media platforms

 Radio

Radio informs

Radio educates

Radio entertains
Characteristics of Radio
Radio makes pictures.

Radio is a fast medium.

Radio is simple.

Radio is inexpensive.

Radio does not need electric power supply.

Radio receiver is portable.

 Limitations of Radio
A one chance medium.

Radio has not visual images.

Messages on radio are easily forgotten.

 Writing for Radio

When writing a script for the radio, you

should always bear one thing in mind: you
are writing for listeners – not for readers. The
listeners will only hear your text once and
they will have to understand it immediately.
Radio texts have to be well presented, logically
structured and easy to understand. If listeners
stumble over unfamiliar words or cannot follow
your train of thought, you lose their attention.
 Radio Listening

Listening to the radio is frequently a secondary

activity. We often do
something else simultaneously.
Listeners only hear information once.
Listeners have to follow the speed of the speaker
or radio journalist. If they stop listening for a
moment, they miss pieces of information.
Listeners can not tell how long a piece on the
radio will be. They never know what comes next
in the report.
 Writing for Radio

Simple words

Clear short sentences

Logical structure

Informal

Direct
Polite

Imagine that you are talking to one individual listener

Radio language should be very close to spoken language

Use appropriate words

W.G. SEBALD, “THE RINGS OF SATURN.”

“All I know is that I stood spellbound in his high-ceilinged studio room,

with its north-facing windows in front of the heavy mahogany bureau at
which Michael said he no longer worked because the room was so cold,
even in midsummer; and that, while we talked of the difficulty of heating
old houses, a strange feeling came upon me, as if it were not he who had
abandoned that place of work but I, as if the spectacles cases, letters and
writing materials that had evidently lain untouched for months in the soft
north light had once been my spectacle cases, my letters and my writing
materials.”
Writing for Radio
Writing for Radio

Radio Script :
A written material which indicates verbal and non-
verbal action. It tells us what to do and say and
when and how.
 Importance of Radio Script

To ensure technical accuracy of the information.

To ensure continuity of program.

To maximize airtime.
Types of Radio Script
News Script

Interview Script

Spot and Plugs

Drama Script

Magazine Program Script

Documentary Script
Things to Remember in Radio Scriptwriting

Lines and paragraphs should be in double of triple space.

Spoken lines should be written in small and big letters.

All instructions should be in big letters.

Make the sentences short and simple.

Don’t use words which are hard to pronounce except when there are not
substitutes.
Use short and ordinary conversation words.

Avoid this, that, former, and latter.

Use descriptive words when possible.

Don’t collect ideas using “and” so that sentences are kept

short.
How to Write a Radio Script
Know you listener.

Do research about a topic.

Prepare a content outline.

Write the first draft.

Read it aloud. Time it.

Do revisions, if necessary.
A Radio Spot is a short material that is not more than
one minute long and communicates values, advocacies,
or principles.