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Writing for Radio: Movies in the Mind

Radio is Imagination

Radio is a medium of endless possibilities. The only limit is your own imagination.

Stories in sound

Radio can engage the audience more fully than any other medium.

You hear a voice, a sound effect, a pause, another voice; perhaps some music.

Just a few sounds coming out of a small speaker.

But those sounds can have immense impact and power, because you participate in what they create: you complete the picture; you visualize the scene; you are in the story.

For the writer, radio can be the most creative medium of all.

This course covers nearly every aspect of writing for radio: comedy gags, sketches and shows; radio sitcoms and series;  short drama; full-length drama; radio ads - and beyond, to explore all the possibilities of work in the medium.

About the course

On the course you'll learn:

  • How to use voices and words to create effective characters.
  • How to write distinctive radio dialogue, for comedy and drama.
  • How to write and use monologue - including internal monologue.
  • How and when to use sound effects and music.
  • How to create settings and locations...
  • ... and how to take the listener there.
  • How to keep the listener listening.
  • What to leave out, and how to use the sound of silence.
  • How much information the listener can handle.
  • Which programmes can make the transition from radio to TV or film...
  • ...and which can't, and will never be as good in any other medium - and why.
  • How to write radio ads and what they can teach you.

Paul Bassett Davies has been writing for, producing, and performing in radio for more than 25 years. His credits include dozens of BBC comedy shows, including his own series with Jeremy Hardy; producing and co-writing Sony Award winning series 'Do Go On' with Griff Rhys Jones and Graeme Garden; and several full length BBC dramas, starring actors like Bill Nighy, Martin Clunes, Alison Steadman and David Hemmings.  Click here for cv. 

When, where and how much?

VENUE
Room 633
Birkbeck College
Malet Street building (entrance in Torrington Square)
London WC1
Nearest undergrounds: Goodge Street; Russell Square.


DATE
Saturday 4th October 2008

TIME
10:30am-5pm (registration 10.15am)

PRICE
£85 (£75 concessions)

FURTHER DETAILS FROM
mobile:  07884 027171
e-mail:  paul.bassettdavies@euroscript.co.uk

On this course we are offering the concessionary rate to members of Shooting People, WGGB and WIFTV.

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