Read the source material [the whole article] which follows and answer both questions:
Text A is from an article entitled [The Iron Butterfly: Helen Gurley Brown ] by [Catherine Stott]
It was first published in the [Guardian in April 1968]
You [have been asked to script a radio documentary about the magazine Cosmopolitan and its influence on the women’s magazine market.
Produce the script for a section, introducing Helen Gurley Brown and her editorship, ** [using a mixture of *voiceover, *narration and some scripted dialogue].
You should adapt the source material, using your own words. Your [scripted radio documentary] should be approximately 300 – 400 words in length.
In your adaptation you should:
• use language appropriately to address purpose and audience
• write accurately and coherently, applying relevant ideas and concepts.
(25 marks)
AND
Question 3
Write a commentary which explains the choices you made when writing your[scripted radio documentary] commenting on the following:
• how language and form have been used to suit audience and purpose
• how vocabulary and other stylistic features have been used to shape meaning and
achieve particular effects.
You should aim to write about 150 – 250 words in this commentary.
(15 marks)
* Voiceovers - used to explain information - seem to be summary narratives that may be best suited to introductions or conclusions. They seem to present an overview or used to explain a situation.
Advertisements are a good example of voiceovers.
At award ceremonies we hear the presenters of awards - the narrators - they give us details of nominees and facts. But when the announcement has been made we often hear a narrator explaining the details or summarizing details about the recipient of the award.
Narrators seem to be detailed and specific narratives. They seem to be best suited to the main body of a text where detailed information is being communicated.
** The prescription to use three different narrative techniques would not be included in an exam question. It's only here as a revision exercise.
