Module Identifier | TF31220 | ||
Module Title | RADIO DRAMA | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mrs Lucy Gough | ||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | ||
Pre-Requisite | TF31110 | ||
Course delivery | Workshop | 10 Hours | |
Tutorial | |||
Assessment | Radio play | 1 x half hour radio play | 75% |
Essay | 1 x 2,500 word essay on the nature of radio drama | 25% |
Learning Outcomes:
Typically, upon completion of this module a student will be able:
- To discuss critically the extent and depth of a radio Playscript.
- To understand the way in which the interaction between audience and the play is achieved through such things as Pace and Rhythm.
- To organize and realize a practical demonstration of the stylistic, methodological and representational requirements of writing for this medium.
- Be able to use personal experience to create and embellish dramatic form.
- To create a radio Playscript with more than one layer of meaning and awareness.
Content:
A series of workshops and tutorials each focusing on a particular writing technique, e.g. pace, obstacles, structure, characters.