A CHARACTER CAN BE CUT OUT - BUT STILL BE 'IN' THE SOAP
| A character can be talked about - and talked about a lot - and still not make it to the microphone. |
| You can cut out a character, even though you have written script for them. You may have to remove the character because of casting demands, or economy. |
| Have other characters talk about them. Give their lines and action to other characters. |
| Your 'written-out' character can be heard 'down the line' on the phone. As the voice is distorted (treated), you can get away with it. |
| Your 'written-out' character can still be in dialogue, in a scene. But this character only grunts, or murmers or is eating noisily. It's a fun technique. It really works. |
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Radio Soap (serial drama) - HOW TO MAKE IT
Five-minute episodes - or short episodes
Step by step instruction from Alan Beck.
Learn about radio drama on this site along with my book - Beck, Alan, Radio Acting, London: A & C Black (1997) ISBN 0-7136-4631-4
This is how to make a short-form soap - entertaining (above all) and you can include issues (issues that could influence the listeners' behaviour).
Further: production, scripting, web site, marketing, focus group meetings, drop-in script, copyright material logging, trails, soap launch.
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Radio Drama - directing, acting, technical, learning & teaching, researching, styles, genres
This is a complete curriculum of scripts, techniques, advice, sound files - effects and atmoses (with no copyright and so free to use), detailed script commentaries, etc. -
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This site's address: http://www.savoyhill.co.uk/soap/index.html