Narrator
Use a narrator if you think this suits the piece - I strongly advise using a narrator.
Redraft the script to include a narrator, perhaps. Experiment with this technique.
| This gives a double view of events. The NARRATOR relates directly to the listener ('you' - the directness of radio). The microphone can dive into the mind in a way that the film camera cannot. Close-up and personal. |
| ALL-KNOWING NARRATOR ('THE VOICE OF GOD') - ironic Narrator, understanding all, including the outcome and characters' fates |
| NARRATOR AS MAIN CHARACTER ('DEAR DIARY' TYPE - LIMITED KNOWLEDGE) TIME REVERSAL - looking back at these transforming experiences. Listen out for radio plays where the main character speaks directly to the listeners in 'Dear Diary' sort of intercut scenes. |
| STRUCTURE - NARRATOR in PROLOGUE and intercut scenes (STORY), with NARRATOR FINALE |
| PRODUCTION - Narrator must be in a different acoustic - defines narrator's space in the sound picture - gives contrast to your overall design. |
| PRODUCTION - NARRATOR usually POSITION ONE - Interiorizing - the voice in the mind - (technique) POSITION ONE - fully private and subjective - telling secrets |
| Think of first-person short stories and novels, and especially films. First person narrative (Wikipedia) |
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More on types of narrator (academic) If there is a narrator of the story, and so the play moves back and forth between two levels (a primary or extradiegetic narrator), the narrator is either an all-knowing, omniscient narrator (an 'author' narrator) or a fictional character who also appears in her or his own story ('first-person' narrator). Examples: the all-knowing narrator in an adaptation of a novel, as the editorial voice of Dickens, Thackery, Trollope ('author' narrator); and the 'Dear Diary' narrator so often successful in R4 afternoon plays ('first-person' narrator). The radio play may sometimes open, as does many a fictional film, with a narrator whose words lead us to believe that they are the source of all we hear. See Adaptations for some suggested texts. |
Naming of a character to let the listener know who is who and to avoid confusion
CONTINUING THROUGH THE SITE: closure (ending)
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