WorksheetsRadio Play Quiz
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is the abbreviation we use for Sound Effects?
SFX
LFX
SDF
SOUEFF
What does the word genre mean?
It's a kind of ballroom dance
A type of movie, play or radio play
A rare and precious jewel
French for fun
Which of the following help to tell the story in a radio play?
Colours
Lighting
Facial Expressions
Background noise
Which of the following are not used in a radio play?
Silence
Sound effects
Costumes
Tone of voice
When you write a script, how do the actors know what emotion their character is feeling?
They should just take a guess.
It should be written in the stage directions.
They just say everything in the same tone of voice, so it doesn't matter.
By what colours it says they are wearing.
How can a radio play show movement?
Through the audience seeing the characters walking around.
Through facial expressions.
Through use of dance.
Through use of sound effects, for example footsteps.
How could you build tension in a radio play?
Music that gradually gets louder.
Use of silence followed by a sudden noise.
Having a narrator with a creepy tone of voice.
All of the above
In a script, how does the reader know which actor is speaking?
They should just guess.
The character's name is usually in bold just before the line they say.
The character's name is in bold after the line they say.
There is only ever one character speaking, so it is obvious.
Why did the man in the documentary we watched a couple of weeks ago say that a radio play is a visual medium?
It isn't - he didn't say that.
Because the audience can see what the actors are doing.
Because the audience imagines what is happening in their mind's eye.
