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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)
Index of Script Excerpts and Other Samples Exercise, 13 Analogies, 134 Character profiles, 92 Characters, Revealing personality, 97-100 Suggesting presence of a child, 86 Suggesting presence of additional characters, 85 Cliffhanger, 158 Closing announcements, 61 Closing comments, 61 Cover sheet of script), 188 Dialogue, Natural, 129 Pacing, 130 Unnatural, 129 Dramatic conflict, 155 Story with and without dramatic conflict, 45 Types of dramatic conflict, 46 Editing exercise, 243 Emotion, conveying, Episode treatment, 147 Episode, well-constructed, 203 Event list, 71 Flashback, 113 Hook, 153 Host, Revealing personality, 105 Role of, 104 Interactive questions, Oral responses to a character, 166 Oral responses to the host, 168-171 Local language, 135, 217 Location, Conveying location through dialogue, 121 Conveying location through sound effects, 121 Location map, 116 Sketch of setting, 116 Message, Showing the message, 235 Telling the message, 231 Music, Bridge music, 140 Natural music, 142 Narrative vs. dramatic writing, 49, 51 Narrator, First-person, 102 Third-person, 103 Plot chart, 150 Plot treatment, 56, 73, 75 Proverbs and sayings, 135 Recap of previous episode, 60, 220 Scenes, Arrangement, 151 Linking scenes naturally, 154 Maintaining momentum, 222 Making transition between scenes, 139, 140 Weaving the elements of a scene together, 160 Script presentation, Cover sheet, 188 Directions for technicians, 191, 195 Instructions to actor, 190, 197 Pause or break in speech, 190 Remarks column, 194 Sample page, 192 Soliloquy, 132 Sound, Fade in and fade out, 136 Sound bed, 137 Standard opening, 59 Time, Establishing passage of time, 112 Ignoring real time, 110 Maintaining real time, 110 Word pictures, 133 215
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