During my module I read a lot about radio and sound in general. The course is mostly practical, but theoretical part of it is useful, because it's the basement of the knowledge.
Characteristics of Radio is like throwing a glance into the deepest parts of the radio but nevertheless it covers the questions which actually can be answered logically.
The listeners and the radio itself are blind. We can use just the information that we hear because the visual part of it is invisible - in another case it will be television.
The context should be clear and simply told. The sender should remember that the receiver is not able to follow long complicated sentences with several examples. The text should be easily understood.
Radio is similar to literature in some ways, but with voices which are used to tell information. Personally I cannot withdraw to argue this point, because literature, even scientific and journalistic one, is not tabued to tell the "plot" as easy as it can, moreover fiction literature shows how to express emotions and take the reader to another world just using words and letters. Whereas radio can use music and sounds to create an atmosphere of another space. And the main goal is to transfer the listener all information which is needed to be transfered and to make it as prettier as it can be.
Radio should describe everything - because it remembers that the listener cannot see what is happening, but just hear! For example, the stories which are told on the radio contain a lot of discription which is rare told in real life, such as shouting "What are you doing with this gun?" shows the listener what another character is doing.
The guests are always humans. But is it interesting for the listener to learn what they ate for breakfast?
Radio always stats in present time. But the location can be different and can vary, if it's needed, but, of course, if the place changes it should be described by using sounds as a background or simply words.
Radio is very useful because it helps us to be flexible. You can cook or drive or lay on the bed - but you still can listen it. That's one of the reasons why radio should describe everything and be simple.
And radio is individual. Because all listeners have got different interests and hobbies. We are searching for a station that can suits us and can tell what we want to hear. And finally we find it.
Chapter 1, The Characteristics of Radio, Understanding Radio, Andrew Crisell, Routledge, 1986
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_four
Radio is similar to literature in some ways, but with voices which are used to tell information. Personally I cannot withdraw to argue this point, because literature, even scientific and journalistic one, is not tabued to tell the "plot" as easy as it can, moreover fiction literature shows how to express emotions and take the reader to another world just using words and letters. Whereas radio can use music and sounds to create an atmosphere of another space. And the main goal is to transfer the listener all information which is needed to be transfered and to make it as prettier as it can be.
Radio should describe everything - because it remembers that the listener cannot see what is happening, but just hear! For example, the stories which are told on the radio contain a lot of discription which is rare told in real life, such as shouting "What are you doing with this gun?" shows the listener what another character is doing.
The guests are always humans. But is it interesting for the listener to learn what they ate for breakfast?
Radio always stats in present time. But the location can be different and can vary, if it's needed, but, of course, if the place changes it should be described by using sounds as a background or simply words.
Radio is very useful because it helps us to be flexible. You can cook or drive or lay on the bed - but you still can listen it. That's one of the reasons why radio should describe everything and be simple.
And radio is individual. Because all listeners have got different interests and hobbies. We are searching for a station that can suits us and can tell what we want to hear. And finally we find it.
Chapter 1, The Characteristics of Radio, Understanding Radio, Andrew Crisell, Routledge, 1986
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/bbc_radio_four
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