Sunday, June 3, 2012

Podcast Radio

Worksheet 2 – Script


Title:Don’t drink coffee before you sleep
Author(s): Benny, Choi, Max

Remember – this is Radio: you need to give descriptions so the listener can imagine the scene. Use sound effects to assist in setting the scene. Below is an example script. Once you have read it, delete it and create your own.
Boy A-Benny
Narrator: max,Choi
Benny grandfather-choi.
benny father-Max

Narration(max)-Hello, this is a story about a boy drinking coffee before he sleep and cannot fall asleep. Maybe it can teach you about the effect the coffee have on you.
Boy A(Benny): MMMMMM, this coffee is so good, I can’t stop drinking this is.
Grandfather:You shouldn’t drink coffee before you sleep benny. It’s very bad for your health and you can’t sleep!
Boy A: But I still want to drink coffee
Narrator(max): clock mark 10 PM
Father: Benny! Go to sleep! It’s 10 o’clock already!
Boy A: I want to go sleep, but i can’t sleep
Narrator(max): After a while...
SFX(clock sound)
Narrator(max) clock mark at 3Am
SFX (psycho scream)
grandfather: What is that !!!
Boy A: Oh my god! I cannot fall asleep! I will never drink coffee before I sleep again!
Grandfather: That’s why i told you to don’t drink coffee before sleep
BoyA: OK, tomorrow I will not drink coffee before  i go to bed
Narrator(max): The next night, at 9PM...
Grandfather: Did you learn a lesson from last night?
Boy A: Okay, like I said yesterday, I won’t drink coffee before I sleep.
SFX (long snoring fading out...)
Narrator(max): You see? drinking coffee before you go to sleep is very bad for your health . So remember: Never drink coffee before you sleep.
Worksheet 1 - Plan

What is the subject of your announcement?

don’t drink coffee before sleep





What is the purpose of the PSA? (E.g. to educate, entertain, inform, persuade, instruct, or warn.)
Persuade, Warn


Who are the intended audience for the PSA?
adult


List the sounds, music, effects, and voices you will use below:

E.g. (Sound: telephone ring, Music: Piano clip, Effects: echo on voice, fade out, voices: adult male voice, young girl voice)

Beds or Loops:
no






Tracks:
no






SFX:

yawning sound, drinking sound






Voices/characters:
people who drink coffee,snoring, physico scream





Worksheet 3 – Running order


Replace the examples below with your own running order of narration, sound effects and music, with start and end times.

ItemDescriptionSourceWhoStartEnd
1Explain what are we going to doMicrophoneMax00:0000:09
2SFX(slurping coffee)soundbible.com00:0900:10
3benny drink coffeMicrophoneBenny00:1000:15
4grandfather say don't drink coffee to bennyMicrophoneChoi00:1500:21
5he talk with grandfatherMicrophoneBenny00:2100:24
6
Narration
MicrophoneMax00:2400:25
7father tell benny to go sleepMicrophoneMax00:2500:29
8
benny talking to father
MicrophoneBenny00:2900:32
9
Narration
MicrophoneMax00:3200:35
10
SFX(physico scream)
soundbible.com00:3500:38
11grandfather talikng
Microphonechoi00:3800:39
12
Benny talikngMicrophonebenny00:3900:44
13
Grandfather taliking
Microphonechoi00:4400:48
14Benny taliking
Microphonebenny00:4800:51
15

Narration
MicrophoneMax00:5100:53
16SFX(snoring sound)soundbible.com00:5300:56
17
Narration
Microphonemax00:5601:05

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