Spots - Roll Back Malaria

STEP 3: ADAPT OR DEVELOP EFFECTIVE SPOTS• If the heading is brief, put it at the top of the first page of the script. If it is lengthy,put it on a separate title page and use a short identifying title on subsequentpages. Use the same two-column format as the script itself (more on scriptlayouts in the next section).Sample script headerTitle:Client:Product:Target audience:Medium:Language:Duration:Invest in your familyMinistry of HealthITNRural husbands of pregnant womenRadioSwahili60 sec• Try to keep an entire speaking part on one page. But if the lines of an actor orannouncer continue to the next page, write the warning cue MORE MORE MOREat the bottom of the page. This warns the actor/announcer that his speechcontinues and keeps him from breaking the flow of his delivery—which usuallywould mean you would have to re-record that section.Basic script layout for spotsThe radio script is written in two columns (three columns if the script is lengthy, hascomplex cues and uses line numbering). On the left is a short column that identifiesthe source of each sound (voice, music or sound effect). On the right is the maincolumn where the spoken lines and instructions for sound effects and music cues arewritten. (A glossary of script writing terms appears in Annex 4; sample scripts inAnnex 3.)Voice cues: If a single voice is used, it is frequently designated as ANNCR forannouncer or NARR for narrator. Multiple voices may be identified by the names oftheir characters such as MARY, or if the role is too small to have a name, as MALEVOICE, FEMALE VOICE, VOICE #1, VOICE #2.Spot On Malaria: Guide49