So we have finally finished the radio drama ‘Love Game’ and it has been a very chaotic few weeks and have definitely been kept busy with tweaking the final touches of the production.

During this production I took the role of director which consisted of gathering actors, which was one of the hardest aspects of the production due to finding the right voice for the right character as well as allowing time for the actors etc, we found this especially challenging as every actor we found was busy. We advertised our radio drama through Facebook groups such as the Drama society and as well as others like the Lincoln school of media page. After searching for about a week Ben our BA managed to find some people he knew that were happy to act in the piece, after rehearsals with these people we thought that they suited the characters and recording could finally get started!

I learnt a lot from making this radio drama, as a director and as a team as well, I have learnt how to manage and direct actors professionally as well as give tips and ideas on how to read specific dialogue in order to portray it differently. I have also learnt how to use various microphones and how to set these up in order to record the best audio possibly. In terms of editing I thought the entire process went quite well, the sounds that were acquired were fairly basic like the shutting of a door, the knocking of a door, keys unlocking etc. The main criticism I have of the edit is the lack of creativity with the wild tracks that were used for the majority of the scenes. I think what could have been improved was the interrogation scene, we could have been more creative and added more sounds in order to give it depth and seem more realistic and not in a recording studio.

Overall I felt that the production went very well although a few problems these were easily overcome, the drama sounded clear and professional, the actors could have been better but that is something I know I will need to look for earlier if I were to do this again, as well as adding more wild tracks to make the piece stand out.

Here is the final radio drama.