Scripting Voiceover and Radio Trailer Advert

Using transcript conventions, we wrote a script for our radio trailer. This helps to direct the person whom is reading the voiceover keep in time and not read too fast or too slow.

Music Bed: Brian’s Log – Doctor Who Series 7 Soundtrack (Instrumental)

Voiceover: Helen Keay

(.) – Short Pause

(1.0)          – Long Pause

 ______  - Emphasis

   

v/o  - Books (.) Whether you love them or hate them they affect everyone

Clip - “I’ve had books since I was a baby, books that have seen me through college” (03.45secs)

v/o  - No matter what the form may be

Clip - The anticipation, the build up and the excitement of the adaptation to the screen.” (05.00secs)

Clip - “You can download them to your phone, your iPod, your PC although I don’t think many people like to read a book on a PC” (06.00secs)

v/o  -The list is endless thanks to technological advancement (.) Even those who have never picked up a book have been seduced by the appeal of having hundreds of books in one Kindle (1.0)

v/o  - So (.) the question is (1.0)  “Is the modern, electronic book phenomenon taking away the magic of the physical book?" (1.0)Find out in Moving Foreword on Channel 4 (.)  Thursday 9^th January at 9pm

This is the voiceover script for our documentary:

Within an ever developing digital world, it was inevitable that one day books were going to go digital. Electronic devices which allowed people to complete tasks quickly and efficiently was the stuff of science fiction, but now that life is imitating art, what does this mean for the future of the book?

Modern book production came about as a result of the invention of the printing press. Because the printing press mechanised the book production process, books became available in greater numbers. By the nineteenth century however the demand for books could not be met quickly enough by the process of hand printing. Printing companies developed larger presses to accommodate larger sheets of paper. These improvements allowed printers to produce books at a much faster rate.

Does the public’s move towards eBooks spell the end of the book?

With the growth and development of eBooks it is understandable that some libraries have taken the opportunity to provide their visitors with an eBook lending service. But how does it work?

Many books have been adapted into screenplays and achieved major box office success. It can be argued that the ease with which eBooks allow audiences to access literature has lead to an increase in demand for film adaptations. But will we ever see the eBook replace the ancient books that drive a films narrative?