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quitofilms

Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 2141 Location: Darwin, Australia
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aahhaa

Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 215 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:22 pm Post subject: |
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Q-man- IS that a teddy bear behind you? It looks like a Teddy Bear, or a Koala Bear or whatever they've got DownUnder there...
Current radio is in a coma; induced by massive corporations who keep drumming the same 11 songs into our heads. The grocery, the malls, even elevators here are playing R&R that came out half a century ago- older than most of the customers!
British radio airs serial stories like some whodunnits & Dr. Who with good success, so its not impossible with the right stories.
Once again, here's the Screen Directors Playhouse download:
http://www.archive.org/details/ScreenDirectorsPlayhouse
also check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_Director%27s_Playhouse
Why? Well, this was a different method of promoting movies- by making them short radio dramas (but it works great to educate writers). Over 100 proven box office films reworked as radio drama- with original cast and director.
Take Stagecoach- its still got Wayne and the same plot, but its been squeezed into 1/2 hour.
How? What was essential and what could be tossed? Did the pacing change? Could a good movie be ruined by doing this?
ps For scifi- here's another link
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3A%22oldtimeradio%22%20AND%20%28Scifi%20radio%20AND%20mediatype%3Aaudio%29 _________________ Cogito Cogito Ergo Cogito Sum |
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vedus hate

Joined: 09 Feb 2007 Posts: 1254 Location: Kitchener Ontario Canada
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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There's at least one on CBC radio one that I try to listen to regularly called Afghanada. Oddly enough about Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. I'm sure there are others but Canada has some pretty cool and diverse radio amongst the garbage. _________________
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ntay

Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1738 Location: Rochester, New York; USA
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Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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I stopped listening to the radio ages ago...never anything good on, it's either political bullshit, crappy music or old music.
Didn't even know they still made radio dramas, to be honest. _________________ My Vimeo Page | Celtx Chat | Currently: Thinking about projects and how to get them done.
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SlackerJ

Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 120 Location: At home in bed suckas!
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Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a big fan of the Goon Show, which is an old radio drama. And I'd have to vote no, radio dramas are not dead, sir... _________________ Work(s) In Progress: Am presently trying to write a 5-12 page comic on a dare. Accursed friends!!!
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Billiegr
Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 2
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:20 am Post subject: radio drama |
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i think radio dramas are not in nowadays, for technology upgrades successively every now and then..there are the ipod's dvd's, etc. to watch for... . |
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TwistedPixel

Joined: 25 Jun 2008 Posts: 615 Location: Indiana, USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, dead as disco. Probably more so. No one wants to sit and use their OWN imagination anymore. _________________ Time is the enemy.
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