Evaluation

Radio Drama Evaluation

Overall I think that my radio drama was successful, I think that the storyline was strong for my target audience and I think that it would be successful if played on the radio, within the radio drama you could understand when a different character was speaking, the sound effects used within the drama were added into the correct places and were relevant to what was happening. When showing my radio drama to a group of my target audience they agreed that the storyline was suited for their age, they liked that there was an option at the end for them to include there ideas, they felt that it was a way of the radio drama to be theirs as well as the creators.

After my radio drama was listen to by a group of my target audience I collected feedback on the unsuccessful factors of the radio drama, I learnt that to make my radio drama better and more successful I needed to: add a jingle into the beginning so that it seems like summer is on a live radio show; change the sound levels so that the volume was consistent throughout the radio drama; add clues so that the audience is aware when a scene changes or when the location/time changes; remove all microphone crashes making sure that it is clear to hear throughout; change the sound effect of the ringtone as it can be distracting, taking away the attention of the storyline; Explanation or introduction so that the audience is aware what is happening in the story. After gaining my feedback I played back the radio drama and noted down what major changes needed to be made.

After receiving feedback and noting down what needed to be changed I looked at how I could improve the radio drama, to improve it I needed to, make it clear when the location/time changed; create a jingle for the opening of the radio drama; make sure all sound levels are the same and make sure the audience know what is going on in the radio drama.

If I was to recreate this radio drama I would stick to one storyline within the drama, within the original I had three storylines, the rumours about summer, Mia and Louie dating and Connor getting dyslexia. I would also create less characters, I had a lot of characters that played little parts that were slightly irrelevant.  I would also make sure all sound effects were created by me and not taken from a copyright free website.

Radio Drama

Pre-Production

Equipment and props

·         H2 zoom

·         Memory card

·         Tripod

·         Headphones

·         Door

·         Phone

Contingency plans

If in the case that there is no where to record we will use a soundproofed room.
If in the case that the battery on the zoom is dead we will either a) change zooms b) charge the zoom and do something else towards the drama while waiting.

TIMETABLE

Feedback

Fade in with jingle

Sound levels

Sound effects

How we know the difference between scenes

Ringtone is distracting

3.02 microphone crash

Radio effect- crackle

5.21 random crash/repetition

Sound levels need to be fixed

Not entirely sure what was going on need more explanation.

Radio drama ideas

Murder-- A young girl goes out to a club with her friends on a saturday evening however when she can't gain entry her friends ditch her and she is left outside in the cold. As the tears start to stream down her face she wonders what to do and heads towards the nearest cab house, as she starts to walk away she feels as if someone is watching her she enters a corner shop in the hope that her mind was only playing up. as she exits the shop she heads back towards the club and calls her parents for a lift home. however she loses her way and cant remember where the club is...

Romance-- A young couple at the age of 18 have been together for just over 6 months, as there relation continues almost hitting the 7 month mark, they start to argue alot, they start to hate being with each other and end there relationship, as friends of each couple try to comfort there friend the only thing they end up doing is missing each other, there friends try to warn them off a reunion but the young couple go behind the backs of there friends and reunite.. what will happen?

Drama--- A young superstar has shot to fame and is loved worldwide, when an ex boyfriend trys to turn the world against her using the media her world starts to crumble. the world starts to hate her she starts losing fans she is close to being dropped from her record label and har family dont know what to believe. so what happens to the new young superstar?

Mr Finchley Takes the Road

Director-
Producer-
Storyline-
The book starts with Mr Finchley married to Mrs Crantell, the woman he had met in Cornwall in the first book, and attending his retirement party. They have adopted Robert, the waif that Mr Finchley befriended in Paris, and sent him to boarding school in Kent.
Mr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale. His new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey so goes to visit her brother while he sets out to explore Kent and go house-hunting. He has various mishaps while learning to handle the horse and the caravan, and encounters an array of scroungers, eccentrics and country characters and sees several unsuitable houses.
Meanwhile other people are showing an unnatural interest in his caravan. It gradually emerges that it contains a secret, and in the ensuing mayhem, Mr Finchley is imprisoned in an empty house from which he is rescued by the enterprise of his wife and of Robert. The house he is rescued from turns out to be on the market and just right for them.
Characters-

Mr Finchley
Mrs Crantell
Robert

Where was the drama located?

Kent

Describe the location

Peaceful
Interesting
Quiet

Was it set in one day?

No they show the dates and times by adding it to what they are saying for example "it was six o'clock and he was walking down the street"

5 ways to access this...
Iplayer
radio
youtube