the evalution
I think overall my radio drama was easy to understand and that my audience were able to understand the storyline, I know that I didn't want to make it to difficult to understand as it was only audio and no visual, I choose to do a story about two evacuee children how had been living with a elder. couple in the country, and had been. take n away from there home in London, the two children are called Amy and John, Amy writes a letter to her parents every night before she goes to sleep. Amy is very protective over John and feel it her job as his older sister to reassure him that everything will be ok, this was definitely something I wanted to add in my drama the relationship between Amy and John and I think my audience were able to receive that well, I would have like that relationship to be shown more as audiences enjoy seeing the. bond between them. I think about the beginning of my radio drama the music over powers Amy's voice sightly not the the point you aren't able. to hear it but it was a little to loud, my audience picked. up on this and I agree. Also whilst Amy is talk and the music is playing I decided to add In a writing on paper sound effect as I wanted it to sound. realistic my audience really liked to this but again wish it had been a bit quieter., as. I wanted my audience to focus mainly on Amy's voice. We. then her someone walk ing around outside the bedroom I wanted to give the house they will living in an old wooden feel, after doing a lot of research I found out that a lot of houses back then were wooden easpilly in the countryside, I wanted to my audience to understand that through the drama so thought I add little effects that undecided. that, so after Amy has finished talking you hear footsteps walking around on a creaky floor, I thought it sounded realistic with the drama. Amy. then. blow. out her candle, this was back to my research that night they would have only used candles, so I felt it important to add that in, it showed that time of the piece and also that it was night and she was writing in the dark.
The next scene is the next day, it indicate it was the next day I used a sound effect of birds chirping, I felt this would be a clear indication to tell it morn ing for my audience. Next I used a set of different sound effects a once, my audience really liked this and thought it was a good parts of my drama, Amy running down wooden stairs, I wanted to kept the idea that it was an old house in my audiences mind, then Amy opening an old door and shutting. it, although I thought these sound effect sounded good together, I feel as thought there could have been more of them such as Amy getting out of bed or eating breakfast. I wanted the audience to know that they lived on a farm in the countryside I don't think this was completely successful, After Amy had left the house you hear her walking on gravel, I was to hard to record her walking though mud and it sound realistic so I had to use gravel instead, also to show it. was outside I used the bird sound effect again, to show it was a farm I should have used farmyard animal noises instead of birds, but at the same time didn't want this to overpower there voices, Alought I tried to kept the bird sound effect quite some of my feedback from my audience was that they found. themselves focusing more on the sound effect then the actual voices themselves. John then stops Amy and asks If she has received the letter, Amy tells him she hasn't but tells him that everything. is fine and not to worrying even. though she is worrying and you are able to hear that though her voice. The gravel sound effect starts again after she finishes her conversation with John, I think that it was clear for the audience to see that she has continued walking, Amy then asked Mr brown if her letter had arrived, Henry had to voice Mr Brown and John and I had to voice Amy and Mrs Brown, due to last minute changes and reshoots, I think that Henry was successful in changing his voice from a 7 year old boy to a 60 year old man, however I was less successful in doing this, my audience picked up on this and were often confused weather I was voicing Mrs Brown or Amy. Mr brown tells her it hadn't but not to worry and that Mrs Brown had gone to the post office to see if had arrived, I really liked how you are able to see the relationship from Amy and John, show In the relationship between Mr Brown and Amy, it was almost a Father and daughter relationship, and the theme of relationship and. promises were defiantly something I wanted to empthamise in the drama. Amy then walks off and Mrs brown arrives home, I felt this was another part in the drama when I could use sound effect so I decided to use the sound effect of the car door opening and shutting and Mrs brown walking though gravel, I was really happy with how this part turned out as it sounded realistic.
Mrs brown asks Mr Brown if she can speak to him, originally this scene was not in my radio drama but because my radio drama was long enough and recording it for the first time I had that to go back to my script and add In another scene. To make the plot clearer I added in a conversation between Mr and Mrs Brown explaining that she wanted to hide the responses from the mother and father and make a fake telegram from the war office, so they would make the children believe they were dead meaning they would live with Mr and Mrs Brown, Mrs Brown had also told the post office to kept any further letters, you are able to hear Mr Brown being hesitant about the plan, but Mrs Brown blackmailing him by saying you do want us to be a real family don't you, then asking Mr Brown to hide the letter. Once again you are able to see another relationship within the drama between Mr and Mrs Brown, I Also think the relationship indicates that Mrs Brown is the more dominant figure in the relationship and Mr Brown goes along with what ever Mrs Brown tells him, I wanted to base the relationship off of Mr and Mrs Tweedy from chicken run. The next scene starts. back in the house, Mrs Brown tells the children to come downstairs, I used the running downstairs sound effect again as it worked well with this scene, Amy sees the letter and very excitedly ask if. that is the letter, Mr and Mrs Brown tell them there mother and father are dead and it is a telegram explaining that. We. then her and suddenly crying and shouting, I was really disappointed with how. this turned out as I didn't think it sounded realistic also did my audiences, I found it really challenging to change between the two voices in this scene and when I did it sounded the same as wasn't realistic, Amy then run up the stairs so I used that same sounded effect again but turn it. up so it was louder then used a sound effect of. a door slamming, it. sounded realistic. The next scene was hard to indicate it was night again so found a night sound effect, Amy then walked downstairs. to look for food, I turned all the sound effect down to make it sound alought she was trying to be really quite, she then opened door trying to look for food it was hard to indicate to the audience that what she was looking for, she then opens a tin and. find the letter this again was really hard to. show to sounded effect, she then runs back up the stairs however it is louder this time to show she is excited to do this I turned the sound effect up again, she then walks John up and tells him. she found the letter, the final line was but why did they lie , I wanted to. leave it on this line as i wanted a cliff hanger and audience wanting more it think this was successful as. the survey told me that the audience wanted to know what happened next. I then played the originally music from the beginning at the end.
I think overall the radio drama went well and the audience understood what I wanted them to, however there is alot of room for improvement such as organising my time, because I didn't organise my time, I wasn't able to record many foley sound and lot of there sounds were from YouTube this is something I really need to work on next time and when it come to editing how load or how quite to use my recording so they don't over power the speaker, as this is definitely something that I struggled with, I also think I need to be less ambitious when coming up with ideas and not over complicate the radio drama.
The next scene is the next day, it indicate it was the next day I used a sound effect of birds chirping, I felt this would be a clear indication to tell it morn ing for my audience. Next I used a set of different sound effects a once, my audience really liked this and thought it was a good parts of my drama, Amy running down wooden stairs, I wanted to kept the idea that it was an old house in my audiences mind, then Amy opening an old door and shutting. it, although I thought these sound effect sounded good together, I feel as thought there could have been more of them such as Amy getting out of bed or eating breakfast. I wanted the audience to know that they lived on a farm in the countryside I don't think this was completely successful, After Amy had left the house you hear her walking on gravel, I was to hard to record her walking though mud and it sound realistic so I had to use gravel instead, also to show it. was outside I used the bird sound effect again, to show it was a farm I should have used farmyard animal noises instead of birds, but at the same time didn't want this to overpower there voices, Alought I tried to kept the bird sound effect quite some of my feedback from my audience was that they found. themselves focusing more on the sound effect then the actual voices themselves. John then stops Amy and asks If she has received the letter, Amy tells him she hasn't but tells him that everything. is fine and not to worrying even. though she is worrying and you are able to hear that though her voice. The gravel sound effect starts again after she finishes her conversation with John, I think that it was clear for the audience to see that she has continued walking, Amy then asked Mr brown if her letter had arrived, Henry had to voice Mr Brown and John and I had to voice Amy and Mrs Brown, due to last minute changes and reshoots, I think that Henry was successful in changing his voice from a 7 year old boy to a 60 year old man, however I was less successful in doing this, my audience picked up on this and were often confused weather I was voicing Mrs Brown or Amy. Mr brown tells her it hadn't but not to worry and that Mrs Brown had gone to the post office to see if had arrived, I really liked how you are able to see the relationship from Amy and John, show In the relationship between Mr Brown and Amy, it was almost a Father and daughter relationship, and the theme of relationship and. promises were defiantly something I wanted to empthamise in the drama. Amy then walks off and Mrs brown arrives home, I felt this was another part in the drama when I could use sound effect so I decided to use the sound effect of the car door opening and shutting and Mrs brown walking though gravel, I was really happy with how this part turned out as it sounded realistic.
Mrs brown asks Mr Brown if she can speak to him, originally this scene was not in my radio drama but because my radio drama was long enough and recording it for the first time I had that to go back to my script and add In another scene. To make the plot clearer I added in a conversation between Mr and Mrs Brown explaining that she wanted to hide the responses from the mother and father and make a fake telegram from the war office, so they would make the children believe they were dead meaning they would live with Mr and Mrs Brown, Mrs Brown had also told the post office to kept any further letters, you are able to hear Mr Brown being hesitant about the plan, but Mrs Brown blackmailing him by saying you do want us to be a real family don't you, then asking Mr Brown to hide the letter. Once again you are able to see another relationship within the drama between Mr and Mrs Brown, I Also think the relationship indicates that Mrs Brown is the more dominant figure in the relationship and Mr Brown goes along with what ever Mrs Brown tells him, I wanted to base the relationship off of Mr and Mrs Tweedy from chicken run. The next scene starts. back in the house, Mrs Brown tells the children to come downstairs, I used the running downstairs sound effect again as it worked well with this scene, Amy sees the letter and very excitedly ask if. that is the letter, Mr and Mrs Brown tell them there mother and father are dead and it is a telegram explaining that. We. then her and suddenly crying and shouting, I was really disappointed with how. this turned out as I didn't think it sounded realistic also did my audiences, I found it really challenging to change between the two voices in this scene and when I did it sounded the same as wasn't realistic, Amy then run up the stairs so I used that same sounded effect again but turn it. up so it was louder then used a sound effect of. a door slamming, it. sounded realistic. The next scene was hard to indicate it was night again so found a night sound effect, Amy then walked downstairs. to look for food, I turned all the sound effect down to make it sound alought she was trying to be really quite, she then opened door trying to look for food it was hard to indicate to the audience that what she was looking for, she then opens a tin and. find the letter this again was really hard to. show to sounded effect, she then runs back up the stairs however it is louder this time to show she is excited to do this I turned the sound effect up again, she then walks John up and tells him. she found the letter, the final line was but why did they lie , I wanted to. leave it on this line as i wanted a cliff hanger and audience wanting more it think this was successful as. the survey told me that the audience wanted to know what happened next. I then played the originally music from the beginning at the end.
I think overall the radio drama went well and the audience understood what I wanted them to, however there is alot of room for improvement such as organising my time, because I didn't organise my time, I wasn't able to record many foley sound and lot of there sounds were from YouTube this is something I really need to work on next time and when it come to editing how load or how quite to use my recording so they don't over power the speaker, as this is definitely something that I struggled with, I also think I need to be less ambitious when coming up with ideas and not over complicate the radio drama.