CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF RADIO TRAILERS

CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF RADIO TRAILERS:


- voice over: anchors meaning, asks rhetorical questions- relevant to topic, can also be intercut between clips.
- sound effects (sound bed): relevant to topic and content.
- scheduling at end: channel, time and day its will be on and also the title of the documentary.
- gives your a feel about what the documentary is about.
- clips from documentary- gets the audience intrigued.
- language: informal and clear voice.
- 30/40 seconds long.
- includes a sloagn.

In class we looked at various radio trailers to identify the codes and conventions of radio trailer.

This is a picture of my class notes on codes and conventions of radio trailers:

As a class, we listened to many radio trailers to identify and analyse the codes and conventions of them. 

Storyville Season Trailer

It contained;

Sound effects
Voice over
Different sound levels and accents
Clear male voice giving schedule, title and channel at the end 

BBC Weather trailer
It contained;
Sound effects
Voiceover
Humour
Different sound levelsClear female voice giving schedule, title and channel at the end