RADIO DRAMA PROJECTTASK 12

PRESENTATIONJESSICA OWEN

“THE UNDEAD”• THE TITLE OF MY RADIO DRAMA IS “THE UNDEAD”. IT IS A HORROR/DRAMA SO IT

WILL APPEAL TO A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE MEDIA PRODUCT. I HAVE CHOSEN THE IDEA BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES WHERE MY RADIO DRAMA COULD DEVELOP WITH THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS IN THE DRAMA. THIS RADIO DRAMA HAS A DOCUMENTARY STYLISTIC APPROACH, THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE RECORDING THEIR JOURNEY DURING THE APOCALYPSE. THESE TAPE RECORDINGS WERE DISCOVERED AFTER THE APOCALYPSE AND ARE NOW BEING BROADCASTED ON THE NEWS. THE NEW REPORTER INTRODUCES THE RADIO DRAMA WITH A PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING WHAT THE RADIO DRAMA IS BASICALLY ABOUT AND WHEN IT WILL BE PLAYED.

“THE UNDEAD”• THERE ARE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS THAT WILL BE ON THE TAPE

RECORDINGS, THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF FRIENDSHIP THAT WOULD MAKE THE AUDIENCE LOVE BOTH OF THEM AND IT WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP LISTENING TO THE RADIO SHOW WHILE ITS BEING BROADCASTED. I THINK THE SHOW WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP INTO SOMETHING BIGGER, LIKE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS BEING IN SERIOUS DANGER. THIS WILL CREATE A GRIPPING ATMOSPHERE AND IF IT HAPPENS AT THE END OF AN EPISODE IT WILL LEAVE A CLIFF HANGER FOR THE AUDIENCE.

“THE UNDEAD”• CHARACTER PROFILES:

• DAN – BETWEEN DAN AND MATT, I DON’T THINK THERE IS AN ALPHA MALE OF THE TWO, THEY BOTH HAVE GOOD SURVIVAL INSTINCTS BUT DAN RELIES ON MATT TO BRIGHTEN UP HIS DAY A BIT. HE ACTS LIKE IT DOESN’T BOTHER HIM BUT HE KNOWS IT WOULDN’T BE WORTH SURVIVING WITHOUT MATT.• MATT – MATT IS THE FUNNIER ONE OUT OF THE TWO, HE DOES TAKE THE WHOLE

SITUATION SERIOUSLY BECAUSE HE KNOWS IF THEY MESS UP IT COULD BE A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, BUT HE APPRECIATES THE LITTLE THINGS IN LIKE. SO FINDING THIS WORKING TAPE RECORDER ALLOWS HIM TO KEEP HIS HIGH SPIRITS UP AND BRING EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF JOY TO DANS LIFE.

“THE UNDEAD”• THE SCHEDULING INFORMATION INCLUDES THE STATION THAT MY RADIO

DRAMA IS INTENDED TO BE BROADCASTED ON, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE BROADCASTING PLANS AND THE FREQUENCY OF THE BROADCASTS. I INTEND FOR MY RADIO DRAMA TO BE BROADCASTED ON BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA, THIS IS BECAUSE IT APPLIES WELL TO MY TARGET AUDIENCE AN IT IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RADIO STATIONS THAT IS DEDICATED TO BROADCASTING RADIO DRAMAS. I WOULD WANT MY RADIO DRAMA TO BE BROADCASTED EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AT 6PM OVER A FOUR WEEK PERIOD.

“THE UNDEAD”• MY PLANS FOR POST-BROADCAST DISTRIBUTION, WHICH MEANS WHAT WILL

HAPPEN WITH THE RADIO DRAMA AFTER ALL THE EPISODES HAVE BEEN BROADCASTED, I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUY EPISODES OF THE RADIO DRAMA ONLINE. I THINK THIS WILL BE BEST FOR MY RADIO DRAMA BECAUSE OF THE AGO OF MY INTENDED AUDIENCE. THIS IS BECAUSE 15-25 YEAR OLDS, IF THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BUY IT, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BUY IT DIGITALLY THAN BUY A PHYSICAL COPY OF IT. SO I THINK HAVING MY RADIO DRAMA AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD WOULD BE THE BEST OPTION FOR MY RADIO DRAMA. IN ADDITION, I ALSO THINK MY RADIO DRAMA CAN BE ADAPTED INTO DIFFERENT MEDIA PRODUCTS LIKE A RECREATION OR A GRAPHIC NOVEL.

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