Writing for Educational Radio: A Guide for Scriptwriters
Raymond Escoffey (English version)
Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (1987), 169 pp.
Signature commbox: 30-Education 1987
"This book is addressed to those who wish or who have to write educational programmes for radio. Its aim is to point to ways and methods of writing appropriate material for radio. It reviews various radio formats: Non-dramatic ones like announcements, reports, commentary, talk, interviews, etc; and dramatised programmes: features and plays. This edition replaces previous ones ("Handbook for Scriptwriters of Adult Education Broadcasts", published by FES in 1969, 2 vol.) and is based on workshops for scriptwriters of adult education broadcasts conducted by the author in Tanzania and other countries for more than 20 years." (Publisher description)
PART ONE: WRITING FOR EDUCATIONAL RADIO
1. Radio and Education, 9
Programmes for target groups -- Earesdropping listeners -- Information and education -- Teaching and training programmes -- Educational programmes and mixed media
2. The Nature of the Medium 14
Radio: an auditive communication medium -- Radio and language -- Radio as a mass medium -- The ephemeral nature of the information -- The flow of information in written and auditive media
PART TWO: NON-DRAMATIC PROGRAMMES
1. Programme Formats 37
News items or announcements -- The report -- The commentary -- The talk (lecture) -- How to write a talk -- A specimen talk: (Getting around in Dar Es Salaam) -- The interview -- Interview technique
PART THREE: DRAMATISED PROGRAMMES
1. Features, 77
Descriptive features -- Argumentative features -- Advantages and disadvantages of panel discussion programmes -- Selecting voices for a feature -- Analysis of a complex feature -- A feature on vocational training (for young audiences) -- Questions to the author -- Specimen of an historical feature
2. Plays, 113
The realistic radio play -- Dramatic art in the radio play -- Introduction of the characters -- Location -- Time -- Presentation of the story (theme) -- Action and motivation -- Sounds and music -- Fades and cuts -- The short radio play -- The 'story-telling' radio play -- Informing the production team -- The radio play based on characters -- Plays on social subjects and the introduction of' types -- Conclusion: How to write a play
1. Radio and Education, 9
Programmes for target groups -- Earesdropping listeners -- Information and education -- Teaching and training programmes -- Educational programmes and mixed media
2. The Nature of the Medium 14
Radio: an auditive communication medium -- Radio and language -- Radio as a mass medium -- The ephemeral nature of the information -- The flow of information in written and auditive media
PART TWO: NON-DRAMATIC PROGRAMMES
1. Programme Formats 37
News items or announcements -- The report -- The commentary -- The talk (lecture) -- How to write a talk -- A specimen talk: (Getting around in Dar Es Salaam) -- The interview -- Interview technique
PART THREE: DRAMATISED PROGRAMMES
1. Features, 77
Descriptive features -- Argumentative features -- Advantages and disadvantages of panel discussion programmes -- Selecting voices for a feature -- Analysis of a complex feature -- A feature on vocational training (for young audiences) -- Questions to the author -- Specimen of an historical feature
2. Plays, 113
The realistic radio play -- Dramatic art in the radio play -- Introduction of the characters -- Location -- Time -- Presentation of the story (theme) -- Action and motivation -- Sounds and music -- Fades and cuts -- The short radio play -- The 'story-telling' radio play -- Informing the production team -- The radio play based on characters -- Plays on social subjects and the introduction of' types -- Conclusion: How to write a play
