PPT-Codes an Conventions of Radio Dramas

Speech This is the way how it sounds Most radio stations have people with loud distinct voices An example of this is North Of Riga there is a mysterious woman giving something to someone and she has a quiet weird voice giving the audience the impression something is not like. A2 MEDIA EVALUATION. AREK STEPANIAN & ALEX MACLEAN. 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge the forms and conventions of real media products?. Choice of Genre. PSYCHOLOGICAL / THRILLER. Unit 27 . Documentary Formats . An expository documentary is a documentary that exposes a person or a topic. . The codes and conventions of an expository are:. A voice over . Rhetorical questions . Facts and figures . // U N I T 4 2 //. // C O D E S //. Words & Voices. In a radio drama, no visual footage or content is used and so to grip the audience the words and voices of the characters are essential. The dialogue needs to be exciting and entertaining in order to hold the viewers attention.. In every news show, there will be a main studio news reader. This is the person who will introduce the news and each news story. It is important to have one, as this person is the main speaker. This person is often someone older and someone who will have had some experience in speaker publicly and presenting. They will always be in the main news studio, sat normally at a desk or table with either a pieces of paper with a brief description of what they need to say or a laptop. The studio presenter will be dressed smart and can be either female or male. One example of where the main news reader will speak was when ‘Prince George’ was born. The man who was in the studio was telling some facts about background history from previous events that may have been similar to this particular story. The studio news reader also interviewed various different experts and people who were at the scene of the event. (Field reporters.) . CODES + CONVENTIONS. W O R D S & . V O I C E . S. - BECAUSE THERE ARE NO VISUALS IN RADIO, THE IMPACT AND EMPHASIS OF THE SHOW IS RELIENT ON THE WORDS AND VOICES TO MAINTAIN THE LISTENERS ATTENTION. A STRONG SCRIPT IS KEY TO CREATING AN ENTICING DRAMA. . By Michael . Gomersall. Studio News Readers. ‘Anchor’ the show. Speak clearly. Formal presentation. . - What they wear. . - How they speak. Don’t show emotion. Not Biased. Talk directly to camera. Learning Objective:. T. o apply knowledge of codes and conventions . to Rom-Com . film trailers. Analysing Trailers. Analyse the trailer for . P.S. I Love You. , . with each group focusing . on different aspects. Factual programming LO2 . Documentary Formats . E. xpository. An expository documentary is a documentary that exposes a person or a topic. . The codes and conventions of an expository are:. A voice over . Lo1. Joe Hayes. Codes:. in the use of dramatic content . Words, voices and speech:. . For radio dramas words are a lot more vital for the rescoring to work and work well. . M. ore so than TV dramas because of the visual things shown as the viewer is able to see exactly what’s happening because of how it works with two human sensors, unlike radio dramas that the viewer needs to make a mental image themselves due to them only using one senor (their hearing). . To understand the codes & conventions of film trailers. you. Codes & . C. onventions . of . T. railers. What are the codes and conventions (typical features) of film trailers?. Create a checklist of features you expect to see or be told in every trailer.. To understand the codes & conventions of film posters. Codes & conventions. Codes. are the signs and symbols that create meaning (fonts, colours, images). Conventions. are the accepted way of presenting certain elements (names, dates, credits). Conventions of a Television . Commercial. When creating your . commercial, . there are lots of things that you need to consider and make choices about:. Form:. Narrative or Direct Address.. Style:. Humourous, Dramatic, Parodic (i.e. a parody of something else).. you. Codes & . C. onventions . of . T. railers. What are the codes and conventions (typical features) of film trailers?. Create a checklist of features you expect to see or be told in every trailer.. Radio Drama?. A drama is not a . documentary. Documentary: . a film or television or radio programme that provides a factual report on a particular subject. Drama: . an exciting, emotional, or unexpected event or .