Radio Drama Analysis: The Horn

The Horn is a horror story about about three people taking refuge from a blizzard along a motorway.

The character David is a middle aged Yorkshire man who comes across as being quite emotional. In the drama he is described as wearing a suit and tie, which gives us the impression that he has a desk job of some sort.

The character Mick is also middle aged, but comes across more intelligent and less emotionally bound than David. Mick is a van driver and a little bit more blue collar than David. Mick sounds a little more middle class or from the midlands of England.

Nathan is also a little bit blue collar and relates with Mick more. Like Mick, Nathan also sounds as if he is from the middle of England and higher class than David.

Radio Drama: First Thoughts

The radio drama I listened to was called Ring Around the Bath, and its all about a family and the various things they get up to. It's more aimed towards middle aged people who have families themselves, more to housewives who are around the house in the day as it comes on from 9am - 4pm. The way the drama is put together is slightly different from television dramas as we don't have the visuals to go along with the audio. For instance, to convey that someone is bored, they can't show someone yawning. Instead they play clearly the sound of someone sighing and then follow this by making a character comment about the sigh.

Radio Today

Radio today has become a dying medium. Young people do not listen to the radio as frequently as they would have before television and the internet, although it is still enjoyed by many. Radio programmes have lower production costs than that of television which is why a lot of small, independent projects are broadcast on radio.