Radio Soap (serial drama) - HOW TO MAKE IT

WELCOME PAGE

Index 'A' to 'Z' (RADIO DRAMA SITE)

TECHNIQUES - FULL RANGE OF RADIO DRAMA TECHNIQUES ON THESE SITES

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SCRIPTING - EXAMPLE - CUT OUT THAT 'AND'

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BBC Editorial Guidelines - links and excerpts

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CHARACTERS - ALAN BECK'S FORMULA FOR THE MAIN CHARACTERS

CHARACTERS - Creating a character

EDITING DIALOGUE  CHARACTERS - IS THAT HOW THOSE CHARACTERS 'REALLY' SPEAK?

CHARACTERS - SCRIPTING - Create characters' personalities - always go for results

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DISCLAIMER - terms and conditions for this web site

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Editorial guidelines - see BBC Editorial Guidelines - links and excerpts

Examining - TECHNICAL TERMS & SOME EXPLANATIONS - summary for examiners

Examining - EXAMINING - HOW THE SOAP IS MARKED - suggested scheme

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Group dynamics - what goes right and avoiding the rest

Glossary (RADIO DRAMA SITE)

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INTENSIFYING THE MOMENT

Index 'A' to 'Z' (RADIO DRAMA SITE)

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LEGAL - DISCLAIMER - terms and conditions for this web site

Locations - moving your characters around and making your plot more exciting

Location - Time-space rule or jump cut? CAN THE SAME CHARACTER BE IN THE FOLLOWING SCENE IN ANOTHER LOCATION - A LEAP IN TIME AND SPACE?

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Monologues - use them or not?

Music signature tune = sig tune

Marketing the soap

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NAMING THE CHARACTERS

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PRODUCTION IN THE STUDIO OR OB (OUTSIDE THE STUDIO) - summary

PRODUCTION - Time-keeping - keeping to five minutes for each episode

PRODUCTION - Be consistent - you have to match production up (in the Studio and OB outside)

PRODUCTION - Think script when recording

PRODUCER  PRODUCER - business side, budgets, contracts, marketing

POST-PRODUCTION - SUMMARY

POST-PRODUCTION - Have confidence in your listener in post-production

POST-PRODUCTION - Marketing the soap

POST-PRODUCTION - Get a new pair of ears to listen to your post-production work

POST-PRODUCTION - Once a scene has been established, reduce the SFXs

POST-PRODUCTION - Predict the rhythm of each Episode

POST-PRODUCTION - Underscoring music versus FXs

POST-PRODUCTION - Set up the soap web site

POST-PRODUCTION - You can cheat a little

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SCRIPTS - training scripts - radio soaps (short-form serial dramas) - LIST ON THESE SITES

Setting up the SOAP BIBLE

SCRIPTING -ALAN BECK'S FORMULA FOR THE MAIN CHARACTERS

SCRIPTING - IS THAT HOW THOSE CHARACTERS 'REALLY' SPEAK?

SCRIPTING - EXAMPLE - CUT OUT THAT 'AND'

SCRIPTING - INTENSIFYING THE MOMENT

SCRIPTING - Sci-Fi plot suggestions for scripting

SCRIPTING - Create characters' personalities - always go for results

SCRIPTING - Example of 'The Canterbury Vampires' - plot - characters - research - locations

SCRIPTING - NAMING THE CHARACTERS

SCRIPTING - Think "recording" when scripting

SCRIPTING - Finding the soap title

SCRIPTING - subtext

SCRIPTING - Swear words - exclamations - profanities (SUBSTITUTES)

Storyboard - layout of scenes and details - how to make it work for you

'THE CANTERBURY VAMPIRES' - 50 episodes - Radio Soap (Serial Drama)

'WRAP PACK' - RADIO SERIAL DRAMA (SOAP)

'Wrap Pack' - Scenes 1-1-2, 1-1-4 one male, one female (Jack, Sarah)

'Wrap Pack' 1-2-3 - two males (Jack and Colin)

'Wrap Pack' 1-3-5 - two males, one female (Jack, Colin, Olivia)

'Wrap Pack' 1-4-1 - one female, one male (Olivia, Colin)

'Wrap Pack' 2.2.5 - Olivia + Jack + Colin

'SPACE DETECTIVES'

'SPACE DETECTIVES' - Episodes 1-5

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TECHNIQUES - FULL RANGE OF RADIO DRAMA TECHNIQUES ON THESE SITES

TECHNICAL TERMS & SOME EXPLANATIONS - summary for examiners

Trails

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