Sound Production Treatment

Treatment for Radio Show

Plot & Genre:
When you’re sitting on your own, staring at your wall and questions flood into your head about life and…stuff. Why are cartoons great? Why don’t emo’s cheer up? Or what would the Daleks be like if they were reformed and had Saturday jobs in McDonalds?

Then you think, I have an arm, and a brain. You reach for you're generic audio device and you flail madly at the knobs and buttons until finally you can sit back, discussion and hints of comedic genius beaming at you from your noise box…You can hear two people, and they are talking about funny things.

Each week half an hour of your life will be ripped from you. “ I want it back!” You shout. “No!” We shout back. ‘We’ll be talking about things, interesting things that will appeal to you, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow but soon and for the rest of your life.” Then we’re sued for a heinous use of iconic film dialogue.

But that doesn’t matter because what we’re trying to get a cross here is that this thirty minutes may be one of the best of your week…no, it WILL be. Finally as if that is not enough, (and frankly you’re getting greedy) you have the opportunity to win shiny interesting things. These shiny things can be appreciated in your own home in your own time, or by being sold over ebay.

Presenters:
Two funny people will guide you through half an hours worth of talk, music and culture, wrap it in tissue paper and deliver it, stinking of lavender, down your wireless. Rubbing them on the back each week (like a new born puppy finding it hard to breath) will be a live music performance from a sparkly new artist.

Setting:
The nice warm, slightly damp surroundings of a radio studio. Discussion thrives in this habitat.

Mood Style:
The mood should reflect today’s pop and cult culture, each week the program could have it’s initial opening i-dent to a different cult television or film soundtrack.
This is the kind of program that would be well suited for podcasts which could be made available after each show.

Closing Statement:
This would be a great show for the evening between about 9:00-10:00 or 10:00-11:00. It should be accessible for young people, a bit risqué for say a 14 year old but something important to help them start shaping their listening tastes. Ideally this show would be for people between the ages of 16 and 30. This demographic is young enough to incorporate modern topics and old enough to be able to include the end of the 70s and the trend setting 80s.