Month: January 2014

Learning from Erik Barnouw – Part 5

Hi folks, I’m taking another look this week at the advice offered by Erik Barnouw in his Handbook of Radio Writing (1947). This time the attention is focused on narration. I don’t use a lot of narration in my plays generally (occasionally to introduce the play and in my Fantasy Noir serial I make use […]

Learning from Erik Barnouw – Part 4

Hi folks, I’m taking another look this week at the advice offered by Erik Barnouw in his Handbook of Radio Writing (1947). This time the attention is focused on music. While I’m married to a gifted musician, I haven’t a musical bone in my body and tend to reserve music for use as the “virtual […]

Learning from Erik Barnouw – Part 3

By Philip Craig Robotham Hi folks, I’m taking another look this week at the advice offered by Erik Barnouw in his Handbook of Radio Writing (1947). This time the attention is focused on sound effects. Here are my notes… Enjoy… Introduction to Sound Effects The Peculiarities of Sound Effects Self-identifying sounds Self-identifying sounds are those […]

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