RADIO THEATER - Old Time Radio Commercials

VOCABULARY
These are some of the words you need to know for our Radio Theater Unit.

Jingle
Advertisement
Ad
Advertise
Commercial
Old Time Radio (OTR)
Radio Theater
Radio Play
Audio
Sound Clip
Foley Operator
Sound Design
Sound Effects
Character
Vocal Characterization

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What do you notice about how they use their voices? How is music used? Did you notice any interesting uses of sound effects?

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RADIO THEATER - SOUND DESIGN

SOUND EFFECTS

Sound Effects help tell the story in audio. They tell you where or when the story takes place. They tell you about the action, how events are unfolding. The Old Time Radio guys called themselves Sound Effects Artists. They would not like to be called "Foley" performers. Jack Foley is known for organizing and standardizing sound effects for films, but the name of Foley effects has blurred over into audio as well.
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RADIO THEATER- Vocal Warm Ups

VOCAL WARMUPS & ACTIVITIES

In this section of the workbook, we will discuss how to prepare your voice for the stage.  As we discussed in the Imagination Worksheet your voice is one of your most important tools as an actor. Your voice can help you to create and define characters, create sound effects, and establish mood and attitude for the story you are presenting.  In order to use your voice effectively and without hurting it, it is important to learn how to warm it up and prepare it for performing.

RADIO THEATER/DRAMA HISTORY

RADIO THEATER

Radio theater/ radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, (radio theater) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story. “It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s, however, radio drama lost some of its popularity, and in some countries, has never regained large audiences.