Address - defines whom the speaker is addressing

In standard realism, address is to the other dialogue partner or partners. These characters speak to each other, within the story space or diegesis. (See Standard production.) In monologue, the address is either to oneself, or it can be expressly to the listener, in 'direct address'. The narrator/commentator addresses the listener directly. Unless it is direct, address places the listeners outside the story space (diegesis), as eavesdroppers. See Diegetic within the story world of the play) and nondiegetic (without a source in the story)   Consider the example of address in the opening sequence of Under Milk Wood - "Listen!". Narration in the radio plays is more likely to acknowledge the listening audience, by contrast with film, where the spectators are rarely addressed directly and the narration does not draw attention to itself. Address in the radio monologue play can be especially ambiguous. The style of address is to the single listener, listening alone. Address is a complex and interesting issue in radio. Assignment on address: Collect examples from plays. Analyse the address of DJs, the news, a R4 feature, 'Woman's Hour'.

 

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Production issues in detail

	naming	record 'umms' from all the characters to store
scene structure	dialogue is more than words	SOUND BOX - production sound effects archive
atmos and soundscapes	double frame - triple frame	clustering
underscoring music - fighting the dialogue	Noise	'moving camera' technique
Music	montage	'Will you turn that music down!' 18-second rule
drop-ins	sound pictures	memorability
number the scenes carefully with a system	voice in the mind = interiorizing	time-space rule or jump cut

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