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Final Techniques Hi folks, I’m taking a final look this week at the advice offered by Erik Barnouw in his Handbook of Radio Writing (1947). This time the attention is focused on “simulating movement, manageing the climax, and closing” a radio drama. These techniques are common sense but nonetheless easy to overlook. Dialogue on the […]
Scene Shifting (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 “shifting the scene” of a radio drama by combining the techniques discussed so far (or combination transition). These techniques are common sense […]
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 “shifting the scene” of a radio drama using a technique known as the “musical transition”. These techniques are common sense but nonetheless easy to overlook. Scene […]
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 “shifting the scene” of a radio drama using a technique known as the “sound effect transition”. These techniques are common sense but nonetheless easy to overlook. […]
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 “shifting the scene” of a radio drama using a technique known as the “narration transition”. These techniques are common sense but nonetheless easy to overlook. Routine […]
Hi folks, I’m taking another look this week at the advice offered by Erik Barnouw in his Handbook of Radio Writing (1947). The attention is focused on “shifting the scene” of a radio drama using a technique known as the “pause transition”. The techniques are common sense but nonetheless easy to overlook. Routine Technique Scene […]
Hi folks, I’m taking another look this week at the advice offered by Erik Barnouw in his Handbook of Radio Writing (1947). The attention is focused on “setting the scene” of a radio drama. The techniques are common sense but nonetheless easy to overlook. Routine Technique The scene setting moment The scene setting moment is […]
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 it’s only a very short entry. The attention is focused on “the first narration” of a radio drama. The techniques aren’t ones I have used, but are probably worth a try. […]
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 “the opening” of a radio drama. This is just a short piece gleaning insights Mr Barnau provides on the techniques of successfully opening a program. Routine […]
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 dialog. Dialog is the heart and soul fo a radio play. Mr Barnau provides some great advice (particularly regarding casting). This was a particularly useful chapter […]
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 […]
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 […]