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Unit 9 (Our Day Out) and Radio Research

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Unit 9 ( Radio Play) A Radio play is a published or broadcasted audio performance that requires the audience to picturize what they hear rather than without the help of visual elements. What differentiates a theatrical play and a radio play is one has visual components (Theatre play) and the other requires the audience the visualize the story with their imagination with the help of music, sound effects and dialogue (Radio play). The reason why music and sound effects are added is because it helps to build the atmosphere for the audience so they can imagine the story and characters better. Radio drama is also known as Radio play. The radio play I was listening to was A Call From The Dead, which was scripted by Carey Harrison and was directed by Sally Avens. It stars John Shrapnel as Dr Edward Elmore, Nick Dunning as Stephen Warburton. Christopher Scott as Reverend Neville and Carolyn Jones as Martha. It was first broadcasted on BBC Radio 4 in 1997. It's about a do

Unit 7 (monologues)

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Unit 7 (Monologue Costume)   I'm doing a monologue from The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time, and the character I'm playing is Christopher Boone. Christopher is 15 years old who has autism. Christopher is very independent and doesn't socialise much with anyone. In fact, he wants to do everything on his own and doesn't want any interference. He doesn't empathise much with anyone as he doesn't know how to. He doesn't have much friends as he doesn't trust anyone. He is very talented at maths and has a great photographic memory. He also has a pet rat named Toby, which passes away later on in the play. Costume   Christopher doesn't really care about what he wears. He would usually wear a blue hoodie, plain cream trousers and white/black sneakers. The reason why clothing doesn't bother him is because he thinks it's pointless, as long as you're wearing something that's covering your skin, that's p