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DIPLOMA IN CREATIVE WRITING IN ENGLISH
Term-End Examination

June, 2005

DCE-4 : WRITING FOR RADIO AND TELEVISION

Time: 3 hours
Maximum Marks: 100
(Weightage 70%)

SECTION A

Attempt any two questions.

1. What is the difference between a Radio Talk and Radio Commentary ? Discuss with suitable examples. (350 - 400 words) (20)

2. Discuss any two elements of a Radio Play. What are the problems encountered by a playwright while writing a Radio Play ? Discuss with examples (350 - 400 words) (20)

3. What are some of the uses to which the Television medium can be harnessed ? You may give examples from your own experience of viewing Television. (350 - 400 words) (20)

4. Write short notes on any two of the following in about 200 words each : (2x10=20)

(i) Similarity of Television medium to Film medium

(ii) Why is the Television sometimes called the 'Idiot Box' ?

(iii) Some 'Don'ts' in writing Radio programmes for children

(iv) Public Service Television in India

SECTION B

Attempt any three questions.

5. Construct a television commercial for a toothpaste. List the USP of the product briefly in the beginning. Suggest visuals and matching dialogues that will attract the attention of small children. (Duration : 30 seconds) (20)

6. Prepare a five minute Radio Talk on "Healthy Eating Habits". (20)

7. Prepare the outline of a Television (news item) script prepared for the occasion of either the Kumbh Mela or the Haj pilgrimage. Suggest appropriate visuals and voice-overs. (Duration : 3 minutes) (20)

8. Prepare the opening 20 dialogues of a Radio Play for children illustrating the proverb "Haste makes waste and waste makes want". Give the profiles of the two participants in the beginning. (20)

9. Imagine you have to interview an alleged criminal-politician. List the ten to twelve questions you would put to him in a Television Interview. Describe the setting you would create for the interview. (20)

10. What is your favourite soap-opera ? Discuss the items that appeal to you. Suggest also how these items might appeal to an audience comprising a variety of age groups. (20)