Thursday 12 April 2012

Mystery Radio Play Task

ADA 10                                                                                                            Bloomfield 2011
Genre: Mystery      Form:  Radio Play
Listen carefully to the radio play “Afraid to Live, Afraid to Die”.  (http://archive.org/details/otr_cbsradiomysterytheater    These plays include music, sound effects, etc.  Consider how characters are developed and how the plot is moved forward without visuals. This example does not have any live commercials, but if you go to http://www.oldradioworld.com/shows/Vintage_Commercials.php

Task:    Create a short mystery play which relies completely on dialogue, sound effects and narration.  You will also create two commercials from your show’s sponsors.  Have fun! 

April 12             – listen to example of classic radio play; 
                             Group of Brainstorm characters/setting/casting/commercial

April 13 and 16 – develop radio script and rehearse; collect sound effects; if someone is typing
                                the script,  be sure to send it to yourselves so a copy can be printed out at
                                school by the end of class April 16.
                         
April 17  – rehearsal with sound effects

April 18 – Performances (These are live, behind the curtains. J)

Tyler
Josh
Joel
*alternate due dates to accommodate April 12 and 13 absences to be negotiated :)
Burt
Erin
Brennan
Rachelle
Noah
Bryan
Krista
Emma
Shawna
Jenna
Ilya
Tristan
Adam
Cole
Marissa
Shelby
Kevin
Cam

Please list the responsibilities of each group member below.  Responsibilities may include such things as: playing a role, developing the script, typing the script, photocopying the script, keeping people on track, writing the commercial, locating sound effects, selecting music, etc.

Group Member
Role/Responsibility















Performance Rubric – Radio Play

Criteria
Level 4
Level 3
Next Steps/Comments
Use of Radio Format
(Group)

(Application)
Excellent use of narration, dialogue and sound effects to bring us into the world of this story; interesting and entertaining


Narration, Dialogue and sound effects establish setting, characters and move plot along;

Mystery Genre
(Group)

(Thinking/Inquiry)
Excellent use of traditional elements of mystery genre, including detectives, clues, red herrings etc. to create superior mystery experience for listening audience
Mystery is created and solved using elements of mystery genre

Commercials
(Group)

(Communication)
Now that I’ve heard these commercials, I MUST buy this product!  As soon as this radio play is over, I am heading out to buy it!
Commercials for specific product are informative and persuasive





Vocalization
(Individual)

(Communication)
Superior use of pace, tone, pitch, emphasis, volume, to create character’s voice and/or sound effects
Appropriate use of pace, tone, pitch, emphasis, volume, to create character’s voice and/or sound effects





Application                                        4          3          2          1
Thinking/Inquiry                               4          3          2          1
Communication                                
         Commercial                               4          3          2          1
         Vocalization                               4          3          2          1
           

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