Exam Details

Subject Writing for Radio and Television
Paper
Exam / Course Diploma in Creative Writing in English
Department School of Humanities (SOH)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What are the techniques involved in producing a radio play?

2. Radio has played an important role in the service of education at different levels (for children, youth, adults and open learning). Elaborate and discuss.

3. Discuss the essential features of television that make it a powerful medium of mass communication

4. What are the things to keep in mind while preparing a television script for children?

5. Write short notes on any two of the following:

Research is of fundamental importance for a radio documentary

Attributes of a good radio commentator

Distinguishing features of TV language

Choice of subject for children's programmes

6. Write a short radio play to illustrate one of the following proverbs

Where there is a will, there is a way.

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.

A stitch in time saves nine.

7. Write PSAs to be broadcast over radio on any two of the following:

Donating for victims of a natural calamity

Wearing helmets for safety

Hazards of environmental pollution

8. Write a 30-second TV advertisement for either a new health drink or a new car. Suggest visuals, narration, dialogue and sound effects.

9. Imagine that you are a television reporter and have been sent to a beach where a corpse has been washed ashore. You reach the scene and assess the situation. Now write a running commentary describing the scene and all that is happening there. Your answer will consist of narration, visuals and SFX.

10. Choose one of your favourite fairy tales and write a script for television based on it. Write visuals . on the left side, narration and sound effects.in the middle and right side respectively. Your target audience is children in the 8 10 years age-group.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Feature Writing
  • General Principles of Writing
  • Short Story
  • Writing for Radio and Television
  • Writing Poetry