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Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
That’s the sound of tyranny — the tyranny of the clock.
Typically, radio stories need to fill a specific length of time in a radio program — no shorter, no longer. Right. On. Time.
Lots of content from a story gets cut to meet those time constraints. One of the first things to go is the questions asked by the reporter. Instead of leaving in the question, the narrator/reporter will “write to the tape” meaning they’ll narrate right up to the quote in such a way that we don’t need the question. (“Write to tape” has some other meanings, too, but for now…)
Independent producer Sean Cole says we loose a lot when we cut out all the questions. On this Saltcast, Sean makes a strong case for keeping a few questions in.
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Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
That’s the sound of tyranny — the tyranny of the clock.
Typically, radio stories need to fill a specific length of time in a radio program — no shorter, no longer. Right. On. Time.
Lots of content from a story gets cut to meet those time constraints. One of the first things to go is the questions asked by the reporter. Instead of leaving in the question, the narrator/reporter will “write to the tape” meaning they’ll narrate right up to the quote in such a way that we don’t need the question. (“Write to tape” has some other meanings, too, but for now…)
Independent producer Sean Cole says we loose a lot when we cut out all the questions. On this Saltcast, Sean makes a strong case for keeping a few questions in.
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