How to Write a Radio Serial Drama for Social Development- PDF

214 Glossary
source factors
speech
Steps to Behavior Change
story
sub-plot
synopsis
theme
Characteristics of a message’s source that make it interesting, relevant, and
persuasive for a particular audience member. In radio drama, these are the
credibility, attractiveness, similarity, and authority of the character who delivers
the message. (Prologue)
Lines spoken by the actor in a radio or television drama
(Chapter 11).
The five stages that people commonly go through when moving from one type of
behavior to a new and markedly different behavior; consists of knowledge,
approval, intention, practice, and advocacy. (Prologue)
An event or series of events that can be either true or fictional; may be presented
in a narrative, a drama, a poem, or a song. (Chapter 3)
A lesser story line woven into the main story or plot of a serial drama in order to
enrich it and to help convey the message to the widest possible audience.
(Chapter 3)
See treatment, below.
The emotional focus of a drama, which reflects a universal moral value or
emotion that is understandable to all people at all times, such as truth, courage,
love, fear, greed, or envy. (Chapter 3)
theme music See signature music, above. (Chapter 3)
treatment
unity of place
unity of time
word pictures
Writer’s Brief
Narrative outline of all the plots (main plot and sub-plots) of a radio serial that is
written before scripting of individual programs begins. (Chapter 3)
Assigning each plot in the drama an established location or setting in which the
action of that plot most often occurs. (Chapter 6)
Careful adherence to a pre-determined and limited amount of time between the
beginning and end of the serial’s story. (Chapter 6)
Carefully chosen words (such as verbs, adjectives, or adverbs) and figures of
speech (such as similes and metaphors) that assist the listener to “see” what is
taking place in the drama. (Chapter 7)
Specific information given to the writer about the objectives, purpose, and
message content of the series; part of the full design document. (Chapter 2)