RADIO THEATER AND SOUND EFFECTS (grades 1-12)

Bring back the golden age of Radio! Students will listen to excerpts from a variety of radio dramas ranging from Orson Well’s War of the Worlds to Burns and Allen. They will then write or adapt a short story for radio theater and record the story.  As a group each class will learn about sound effects and how to both create them and use them as punctuation and underscoring to the story providing both comic and dramatic effects. Older students will learn about cinematic effects ranging from Foley (the recording of footsteps, doors opening, etc.) to full SFX (the creation of a soundscape in Hollywood’s blockbuster films. We will conclude the residency by recording our original piece which will then be available on-line for parents and students to share.