Sunday, 11 April 2010
WEEK 10 - PRODUCTION DIARY
My group members and I attended a listening party, which gave thee opportunity to receive and gather audience feedback. It was a chance to find out what improvements cold b made to our drama which was still under construction anyway. When received, the data was very useful.
WEEK 9 - P.D
The holiday has passed, and my other two group members did some more editing and added the majority of the sound effects in my absence. On listening back to our huge progress yet unfinished piece, it was obvious we needed specific sound effects to complete our drama… running out of time though!
Now nearing the end of the project, we were asked to create an advert for our radio drama. I attempted looking for examples of radio drama ads within our particular genre via the internet but didn’t have much success with this. Perhaps looking at books from the library would have been of better reference for me. On the other hand, I new I wanted to display a poster-like image, similar to that of the film industry but a simplified version as this is radio drama. Even though I agreed this was the main visual - giving the audience some imagery to base our radio piece on, it couldn’t be too centred on a visual as the main element was the acting and sound. I actually thought to either draw the whole thing out my self (as jus line), and then scan it into Photoshop to colour in, or use already existing imagery that I could easily use heavy editing techniques to get the finished look.
Now nearing the end of the project, we were asked to create an advert for our radio drama. I attempted looking for examples of radio drama ads within our particular genre via the internet but didn’t have much success with this. Perhaps looking at books from the library would have been of better reference for me. On the other hand, I new I wanted to display a poster-like image, similar to that of the film industry but a simplified version as this is radio drama. Even though I agreed this was the main visual - giving the audience some imagery to base our radio piece on, it couldn’t be too centred on a visual as the main element was the acting and sound. I actually thought to either draw the whole thing out my self (as jus line), and then scan it into Photoshop to colour in, or use already existing imagery that I could easily use heavy editing techniques to get the finished look.
WEEK 5 - P.D
No recording was taking place in the absence of the ‘Carlos’ part meaning we had to find a capable replacement. He was found to act the part of Carlos and recoding commenced. Editing and the adding of sound effects also continued as we are now a little strapped for time.
week 4 - PRODUCTION DIARY
Still continuing discussions of which sound effects would go where. We carried on sharing our own suggestions that were jotted down outside the lessons. As far as recoding, we already have so much recorded audio, that we have started editing, yet the drama is still not complete. Working with friends tends to be a little distracting at times; it would be really helpful if one of our main characters didn’t drop out unexpectedly. We are back to the drawing board for out ‘Carlos’ character, and the holiday is coming up so we have to make a greater effort to complete recording either within or right after the holiday, so effects can finally be added.
week 3 - PRODUCTION DIARY
Our group continued discussing which sound effects; shared our own ideas as well as agreeing which would go where. Generally the script was finished, we just continued refining the effects and we were able to begin recording! Casting our drama was easier than I thought; close friends helped out and lent their very suitable acting and voice skills.
week 2 - PRODUCTION DIARY
To my surprise, the first draft has been completed; typed up in radio drama style and everything – courtesy of group member, Sammie. We read the script together and carried on making refinements, but also started to think about sound effects to fit the moods we were agreeing on. We all agreed to pencil in any ideas in our own time, ready for next week.
Week 1 - PRODUCTION DIARY
(week 1 and weeks prior to physical production of radio drama)
Group sat down together and physically brainstormed what ideas we had towards the radio drama. We came to the conclusion that doing a Horror or Thriller genre would make it easier to finds more imaginative ideas.
We as a group decided to produce a pschychotic tragic thriller; we came up with main characters as well as the minor characters but didn’t feel it was necessary to have too many people involved in the story. We also able to decide on certain technical details which would help structure the story and make it more interesting for the listener to follow.
Based on the rough idea of the story(which pretty much consists of a man from the main character’s past, who’s obsession with her begins with stalking ad general scary intervals, then ends up finishing with a couple of gruesome murders.
Elements that were included to make sure the it reverted directly back to it’s genre were as follows:
A twist in the plot line that revealed a red herring as the murder
A metaphor for the killer’s identity which was mirrored within an element of the story
A relationship between the victim and main victim killer a
Our group looked over the initial ideas for the previous week and refined everything in order to begin working on the script. The overall storyline was prepared, and as a group we were able to come up with the very specific detailed ideas for example, an emotional monologue spoken by one of the characters in the very beginning. Next week we hope to bring each ideas to the table towards dialogue for the script.
Group sat down together and physically brainstormed what ideas we had towards the radio drama. We came to the conclusion that doing a Horror or Thriller genre would make it easier to finds more imaginative ideas.
We as a group decided to produce a pschychotic tragic thriller; we came up with main characters as well as the minor characters but didn’t feel it was necessary to have too many people involved in the story. We also able to decide on certain technical details which would help structure the story and make it more interesting for the listener to follow.
Based on the rough idea of the story(which pretty much consists of a man from the main character’s past, who’s obsession with her begins with stalking ad general scary intervals, then ends up finishing with a couple of gruesome murders.
Elements that were included to make sure the it reverted directly back to it’s genre were as follows:
A twist in the plot line that revealed a red herring as the murder
A metaphor for the killer’s identity which was mirrored within an element of the story
A relationship between the victim and main victim killer a
Our group looked over the initial ideas for the previous week and refined everything in order to begin working on the script. The overall storyline was prepared, and as a group we were able to come up with the very specific detailed ideas for example, an emotional monologue spoken by one of the characters in the very beginning. Next week we hope to bring each ideas to the table towards dialogue for the script.
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