In the next few classes you (and your partner/s) are going to create an audio drama of some sort. It should be about five minutes in length from opening theme music, to the ending credits.
- Pick a topic.
- It can be almost anything you want. It should be in good taste, being clean and appropriate to play for your grandmother.
- Is it going to be serious, or a comedy? Is it going to be a love story, or a thriller?
- Write a script.
- Write it as a play where you put the name of the character on the left, and his/her words to the write.
- Include stage directions, such as the appropriate sound effects.
- Rehearse it once or twice to see that it actually takes close to five minutes.
- Pick your theme music.
- The music should be public domain or creative commons. You can't simply grab something from you phone or from YouTube.
- The sites on the left sidebar are pretty good choices for theme music. They let you use it freely if you provide credit to the author.
- There's usually a few seconds of intro music at the beginning and something similar at the end. Looperman is pretty good for these short, snappy clips.
- Often, in old radio dramas, when a character comes in he/she will have his/her own unique sound or sound effect. This kind of thing might be most easily found at Free Sound.
- Don't forget the sound effects.
- The best site is probably Free Sound though there are others.
- Since you can't see what's happening, sound effect are very important, whether that's footsteps, door slams, gun shots, or whatever.
- Don't stint on the sound effects.
- Record.
- Edit the recording. Each group member should do their own editing work. You'll likely come up with fairly different results.
- Alter voices if you need to.
- Throw in the sound effects that you've found.
- Export it all as an mp3.
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