Radio Script
Characters
Fiona, Rochelle, Betty
Three friends are on a hen night party in a bar
SFX : Background noise in a bar
Betty : Are you excited then, love?
Rochelle : That's one word for it!
Fiona : Can't believe you're getting married! Are you ready to be a wife? It'll be weird won't it?
Rochelle : Eugh, don't use the word wife! It makes me sound so old! Like the old ball and chain or something (laughs)
Betty : What d'ya mean?
Rochelle : Well y'know! Settling down, it seems so (pauses) middle aged.
Betty : But you love him!
Fiona : Yeah, you love him don't ya?
Rochelle : Of course I do, but I dunno if I'm ready to cook him dinner every night and wash his bloody socks all the time! (they all laugh)
Betty : Aw come on, you know it won't be like that.
Rochelle : That's not what he thinks. He's sure I'll be the perfect little housewife, cooking his meals, rubbing his feet, washing his clothes and all that! Sounds like it's the good life from now on for me, ladies!
Fiona : I'm sure you'll eventually get used to the role though.
Betty : Yeah, you'll probably end up being a right little housewife!
Rochelle : Desperate Housewives more like! (they all laugh)
Betty : Nah, I bet you'll love it!
Rochelle : I'm telling you, I'm not gonna end up like that! I can't even imagine how dull it'd be, to give up my job and all just to take care of him as if he's a king or something. The same thing, day in day out. I'd go mad.
Fiona : Yeah, but then I guess some people must love it.
Betty : Yeah, the husbands! (they all laugh)
Commentary
I initially started of listing the setting and the SFX's as this is very important in radio production. Because there is nothing to see, sound is very important and it must be made clear where the production is set so that the audience can gain a mental picture of the production.
I used a lot of colloquial language and contractions to make the conversation seem friendly and informal. I realised that the audience would not be able to see that the three characters were friends so the way they spoke would have to reflect this. I also used a lot of SFX to show the friendship between the girls, using laughter to show that they're joking around together and having a good time.
I tried to draw from the text, 'Why I want a wife', when writing my script. I tried to show the attitudes of the women and how they feel about their "responsibilities" in comparison to how the men see it. I feel I achieved this reasonably well but possibly could have drawn from the text even more.
www a successful piece the radio script works well and shows strong command of the characters voices and tone of the the scene. The commentary makes reference to the form and how you have drawn on the stimulation text.
ReplyDeleteebi more language level analysis, use of appropriate terminology including spoken language terms. And yes perhaps you could have drawn more on the satirical tone of the original text or at least explored the recasts differences in greater detail.