Scripwriting and Pre-Production of Radio PlayLaajuus (5 cr)

Objectives

The students are able to script and plan a small-scale radio play. They recognise the different dramaturgical structures of a radio play and are able to apply them into scriptwriting. The students know the production process of a radio play from the planning stage to the implementation and are able to distinguish between the tasks of a director, actor and sound designer in a production. The students know the publication channels and quality standards of radio plays in Finland.

Content

Listening to radio plays, meeting directors and actors and analysing texts. The production process of a radio play, acting in a radio play, sound design in a radio play, dramatisation of texts, preproduction planning (copy rights, production contracts, schedules). As an assignment, the students produce individually or in groups a script for a radio play and its sound design.