This was a great story for the audio medium… really well done, too. It seems to me that audio drama has an advantage over film in that it is a more ‘internal’ art form– like literature, it is more suited to dealing with deeper issues of the mind and heart than a largely visual-based medium.
In other words, audio drama seems well suited to psychological conflict, rather than physical conflict. Would you agree?
I find that even films that deal with intense psychological conflict are very sound and music intensive. So putting them into audio drama format translates very well and is a lot of fun for me as a sound designer. Stephen Spielberg took an approach to Jaws that I have always taken to heart as a designer. He said horror is about what it unseen… that the audience brings their baggage with them and projects it into what is unseen. So audio drama is a means for me to manipulate that baggage and give people a hint of what I see, without telling them what they see.
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This was a great story for the audio medium… really well done, too. It seems to me that audio drama has an advantage over film in that it is a more ‘internal’ art form– like literature, it is more suited to dealing with deeper issues of the mind and heart than a largely visual-based medium.
In other words, audio drama seems well suited to psychological conflict, rather than physical conflict. Would you agree?
Steve
I find that even films that deal with intense psychological conflict are very sound and music intensive. So putting them into audio drama format translates very well and is a lot of fun for me as a sound designer. Stephen Spielberg took an approach to Jaws that I have always taken to heart as a designer. He said horror is about what it unseen… that the audience brings their baggage with them and projects it into what is unseen. So audio drama is a means for me to manipulate that baggage and give people a hint of what I see, without telling them what they see.
Loved it!!!
Thanks Kay,
We enjoyed putting it together. We had an amazing cast to help us along.