chaining sentences - (characters or character and
narrator)
'lightning cut'
This technique was invented in film by Orson Welles and called the 'lightning
cut'. At the end of one scene, you script a significant word or phrase.
At the beginning of the succeeding scene, you use the same word of phrase.
Probably, this word or phrase is used by another character - so you have
the irony of this word or phrase being used in two contrasting contexts.
The listener has the enjoyment of hearing the re-use and experiencing the
ironic insight. This was used to great effect by Anthony Minghella in 'Cigarettes
and Chocolate'.
To EXPERIMENTAL radio drama
pieces
CONTINUING THROUGH THE SITE: doubling sentences - overlapping (narrator
and protagonist) and economy
rule
Styles of production, directing and post-production
See Analysing radio drama
To Analysing radio drama
To Radio Drama Theory Lesson Plan
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See also Alan Beck's site on 'MAKING A RADIO SOAP (SERIAL DRAMA) - a
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