Listening Task
You are required to listen to the first 5 minutes of each of the following (You can listen to more if you
want)
Dark Passenger (horror)
The Troll of Stoney brook
Note down what sounds you hear and how you know where they are and what is happening. The point
of Radio drama is to set the scene through SOUND rather than visual
Drama
Use of sound Use of Use of Music Use of silence Characters or
Narrative narrator
Back ground How are they How does it create How many?
sounds for location talking an emotional Male / female?
settings response?
Dark Used many The characters The music There isn’t 2 characters
Passenger background are talking changes to much silence in in the first 5
sound effects with childish when the this radio minutes and
which keeps and informal emotions of drama as the they are both
the audience language. This the characters music is male.
engaged and makes the change. For always playing
makes the radio drama example, when in the There is a
radio drama have a the character is background. narrator at
feel like there comedic feel talking about This helps the the
are visual and help the something audience stay beginning to
because the audience to scary, the engaged and introduce the
audience can stay music changes makes the radio drama
tell that they’re entertained. to set the tone. radio drama but mainly
outside extremely actors
majority of the entertaining speaking.
time because of throughout.
the wind sound
effect in the
background.
What is There is a main His friend When they are They only use 2 guys going
drama male character sounds very talking about a silence when into his old
about? visiting his old childish woman no one is house and
house and he is because of hanging from talking. When they break
with his friend some of the an apple tree they want to into it. They
in the car. I things he says from when the break into the drive in a car
can tell they and the pitch main character old house, we and tell
are in the car of his voice. was a child, don’t hear any stories about
because the Both of the the music gets voices but his
sound effects characters creepier and sound effects childhood in
used are really seem like fits more to the of the that house.
well put into they’re tone of the characters
the scene and relaxed story that they footsteps
makes it feel characters and are which makes
like the there is some mentioning. the audience
audience is narrative at As they move feel like we are
watching the beginning off the topic, watching
visuals and to introduce the music instead of
sounds very the radio fades out and visuals.
realistic. drama and the
after that, the environment
sound effects around them
and language comes back
pulls the radio into play.
drama
together really
well.
The Troll of It starts with The narrative The music They use I can hear a
Stoney uplifting music is laid back changes in the silence to few male
Brook and a narrator. and suits a beginning create tension characters
The sound teenage drama from mellow and a dramatic and 1 female
effects help to type show to a party scene. character in
split up the because of the music which However, it’s the first 5
scenes. For tone and pitch helps split up never always minutes of
example, the of their the scenes. silent because the radio
first scene voices. Using music music or drama.
when he says can change the background
“then it hit me emotions and music is A narrator is
in the face” the feelings that playing. also heard in
scene changes the characters Silence can the
and we can tell can listen to also show the beginning to
it does because the radio scenes introduce the
of the music drama and changing and production
and understand the help the
background emotions audience
noise changing. behind the understand
characters. when the next
scene is
without seeing
the visuals.
What is There is a main The voices At the There are many 1 guy going
drama character who help me to beginning, the pauses to to a party
about? is narrating, understand the music is create tension. and meeting
and I think it’s drama because mellow and For example, a male and
about his life of the tone calm. It fades when the female friend
choices and and straight into a animal was there. Then
what will expression party scene near the he goes off
happen to him. that you can and I know character, there by himself.
The sound hear in their this because were pauses in The
effects are voice. For the music the dialogue, characters
effective in this example, becomes but the sound are well
because I can when the louder and effects and added in and
tell where the animal was more music carried the audience
character is about to attack entertaining. on. can tell how
purely based the character, Using this many people
on the sound of you can hear quick music are in that
the wind, the fear in his change, can certain
music, people, voice and the grabs the scene.
location music also audience
sounds. This changes so attention more
helps the makes the because it
audience to audience feel shows that the
understand the tension radio drama
narrative because they won’t be
better. can’t see what boring.
is about to
happen.
