I mostly work in the live production style, where the dialogue, music, and sound effects occur in real time as the program is being performed for stage, recording, or broadcast. Here's the secret of how you can do it too. I've worked on hundreds of radio dramas and have honed these techniques to the point where I can produce a 25-minute show in just two hours-from start to finish-(casting, rehearsal, and performance) for broadcast or recording. This page-which I'll update as new ideas come to me-addresses the many radio drama conventions and guidelines in an effort to aid writers and directors-especially those with little radio production experience. Through the years, I have found rehearsals and performances go more smoothly if the scripts are very precise in their instructions to cast and crew. I not only write and produce my own radio dramas, but also re-create classic shows from the past and perform new works by contemporary writers. Here are some suggestions and examples to encourage clearly written radio drama scripts. However, because radio is produced with the script in hand, it is important that the various cues for dialogue, music, and sound effects be able to quickly and clearly communicate the writer's intentions to the cast and crew for rehearsals and performance. While there are hundreds of books on writing film screenplays and stage plays, radio scripting isn't a widely known form. By Tony 'Sparx' Palermo - Radio playwright, Sound Effects Artist, Composer
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