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)
 Everyday Time Machines (nominated for best single drama)
 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 Characters
Narrative silence or narrator
Dark The narrator At the start There isn’t In this radio
Passenger They’ve used has been used there is a tune much silence drama there’s
a lot of sound effectively to being played throughout two characters
effects to set get a lot of on a guitar. the beginning. and a narrator.
the scene. For background The tune has At the point There’s two
example, a car information. an eerie vibe where there’s male teens
driving sound He uses a low to it. This is no dialogue, called Matt
effect and the tone to show used whilst there’s music and David. The
rain in the that it’s very the narrator is and sound narrator is
background. serious. This speaking. effect playing. Matt and it
Silences let helps the There’s music This is so the seems as
you know that audience playing in the audience can though but it
What is drama the scene has understand car which has visualize seems as
about? changed. what’s a laid back what’s though he’s
The genre is Whilst the happening. feeling to it. happening. re-telling the
horror and is characters are Matt speaks past.
about two walking about his eyes
friends who go around the being gouged
to a haunted house, you out and a
house in can hear their women killing
Maine. footsteps. her family
instead of
herself which
helps enhance
the sense of
creepiness.
The Troll of You can hear a In this drama, Similar to the There are no There are
Stoney Brook car door open the narrator Dark silent multiple
and an engine makes it seem Passenger moments in characters as
starts once he like we’re the drama, there’s the radio Jamie goes to
leaves the only ones who a guitar drama. This a party. Most
What is drama party. His don’t know playing, which keeps the of them don’t
about? phone rings, what the is quite simple drama quite have huge role
The genre is diverting his “trolls” are. however is edgy and except from
mystery. A attention Whilst there’s quite interesting as Jamie’s and his
teen is driving towards his no narration, interesting. In there’s always co-worker
home after a phone. You Jamie talks to the first scene something Rick. Jamie is
party, which can then hear himself which there is loud going on for also narrating
lead to him tires informs the music playing the audience however he’s
hitting screeching audience. This which helps to pay re-telling past
something. His and a loud allows the set the scene, attention to. events.
co-worker thud, leading audience to showing
goes to where a car door visualize the they’re at a
the accident opening sound events. He party. When
and finds out and footsteps also describes he gets into
something outside. At the damage his car, there’s
shocking. 4:08 you can done, helping simple music
hear a high the audience playing, to
pitched, visualize what slightly drown
distorted it may look out the sound
sound. You can like. of the engine.
then hear
growling,
letting the
audience
know that it’s
something
unusual. You
then hear
footsteps and
branches
snapping,
which
indicates that
the creature is
running away.