Porchlight

Porchlight works to change people’s lives for the better. On the website there is a link to the 'media centre' this has helped me with the research of homeless people as this gave me insight to how people help others and how these homeless people are actually lonely. The link bellow shows the people of Porchlight telling us about there christmas day helping in hostels. http://www.porchlight.org.uk/media-centre/audio/ Also on the website there is videos of people speaking about how homelessness is getting resolved, peoples stories and several events they have done to help. This is has helped me with my characterisation as i was able to understand someones personal story with them speaking about it instead of on a piece of paper. Also helps me build my narrative because I get more of an insight and more knowledge of the whole issue. http://www.porchlight.org.uk/media-centre/video/

Ross Kemp Extreme World - Drugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vNLFjMEZFs

This is a documentary which investigates drugs in America.
The documentary has helped me with my radio play because my main focus is on drugs and therefore I have been able to learn a lot more about it and what sort of people use what sort of drugs. Also the documentary has shown how people get hold of the different substances and how and why people will get into them. Also the side effects of drugs when you are addicted to them.

The documentary has helped with my characterisation as I am able to understand the mind of the people on drugs and able to form my characters that will be involved in taking drugs.
It also helps with the content and dialouge as I am able to understand the language they use when talking about drugs and how they act when on drugs, this means when I am writing my script I can make it more realistic and believable.

My Radio Play.

Whilst writing my script I had to make sure what I was doing was correct, I went on the BBC and search how a radio play script would be written.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/howtowrite/radio_charc.shtml

This link has allowed me to write script easily as there is guideline given to you, for example when considering my characters, the website says that you should have no more 6 characters in a half hour play. I have made sure that I havent done this because this can confuse the listener with different characters.

Also when editing my play I will be able to look back on this website and look at the advice it tell me when looking at the sound you can use in the play, this helps me whilst writing my script as well because I can place within the script what will go where and what sort of sounds as by using the correct sounds can engage a listener.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/features/howtowrite/radio_think.shtml

Stone Cold.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/stone-cold-teenage-homelessness-pt-2-5/4958.html

This is 5 part series about a homeless teenage boy and the struggles he comes across whilst living on the streets.
This story has gave me a lot of ideas when it came to the characterisation of my character Emily, and also has allowed me to develop alot of ideas within my text.

BBC Three - How drugs work.

This is a running documentary on BBC Three that focusus on drugs and the effects that it can have on a person, throughout the weeks each episode talks about a different drug. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x9ddq/How_Drugs_Work_Cannabis/

Ecstasy is the drug I have chosen to use, I went on the BBC website to find out what some information about the drug.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/advice/factfile_az/ecstasy

Further research on my text.

I have decided to use an issue of drugs within the text, therefore I had to understand what drugs can do to a person, I have found a website where people have wrote their stories about how they have been affected by the use of drugs.
http://www.psychforums.com/drug-addiction/topic10381-20.html

Also the link below is website that tells you the possible reasons people may get into drugs, what sort of drugs are illegal and legal, and different contact numbers to help people with the addiction.
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/YoungPeople/HealthAndRelationships/ConcernedAbout/DG_10030639

Also there is a campaign called 'Talk to Frank' which helps many people with their drug addiction, this has helped many people come out of their addiction and get back to normal life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRANK_(drugs)

On The Streets

On the streets is a documentary that is based on the homeless people in London.
The documentary gives you an insight into how these people live on streets, this helps me because I can base a picture on how people will be acting like and how they will be feeling through the people that are in the documentary. Also the documentary shows how these people got into the situation of being homeless, there are many situations and not just the one that I am choosing, but it does make people more aware of what is going on.
The Documentary also gives an insight to what sort of things can happen whilst being homeless, this is important because in my text I also want to bring up an issue to show that by becoming homeless a person can change and get into things that they may never would of done for example, alcohol, drugs, violence, suicide, theft, and prostitution.

setup.development.climax.resolution

The start of my radio play will start with the main character Emily talking to the audience with voices in the background of her past, this straight away establishes who the main character is and just a little insight of her past life. I want this to be the set up the radio play because she is the main focus throughout and the relationship between the audience and the character is important because they can understand what is going on. Throughout this scene I want to input some soft music to create more of an atmosphere to draw in the audience.

-After this scene there the same music will be put in place to show that the scene has moved on.

The development of the text will be that the audience is dropped into Emilys life at a bad time, where she has been kicked out of her flat and is now on the streets with her friend Jo. Throughout the text we can hear Emilys thoughts and we understand her life a more and more as the text goes on. We get introduced to two characters Jo and Daniel who are involved in the text a lot, they have an impact on Emilys life and what she does, we see the character of Emily change by the decisions she makes which will be getting involved in drugs, by doing this she has led her self astray and she cant do anything about it because she has become hooked and dependent on them. Each scene that is involved I want there to be a short clipping of music and a sound effect establishing the atmosphere of where the scene is based.

The climax of the text will be the effects of drugs and how it can damage a life and the audience will be able to see that young people may have the strength to deal with other things in life but sometimes not things like drugs and alcohol. The scene will involve a flash back of an argument with her parents before she got kicked out, she is having this flashback whilst being on the drugs and she ends up walking into the middle of the road and being hit by a car, all the audience will be able to here is the argument and then the car, then silence then back to the music.

In the text there is no resolution, the text will be left on a cliffhanger which will make the audience want to know what is going to happen next, I have decided to do this because it was based on a persons life and what she is telling us, I want the audience to get emotional attached to Emily and understand what she is feeling and what has happened, by leaving the story unanswered makes the audience want to ask questions and be more intrigued.

The end of the text will end in the soft music is started with.
The whole point of the text is to make awareness of homeless people and what can really happen to peoples lives without anyone knowing.

Character Profile

Emily Rose Smith

Emily is 18 years old girl with brown long hair and blue piercing eyes, she is 5 foot 4 and is homeless. She is a bright girl and is very streetwise, she has always been on her own and looked after her self which has made her a very independent person. Emily is a confident and quirky girl and she puts on a front but can show her emotions when needed, not many people get on with Emily because of her personality and she always attracts the men, which in some cases doesn’t help her out. Emily can fall a stray easily especially if there is peer pressure and wanting to fit into something new, this has only been in a issue since she left home because she know feels its her fault her parents neglected her. Emily has a best friend called Jo and looks out for her and is very protective over her because she knows what its like to not have love so she makes sure that she doesn’t lose her friend.

Julie Smith

Julie is Emily’s mother, she is 39 with short blonde hair and blue eyes, she is 5 foot 5 and lives in Liverpool with her husband John. Julie is a stubborn women and speaks her mind a lot of the time and can easily get into arguments. Even though she is a mother she doesn’t seem to act like one, with her daughter and thinks about herself a lot of the time.

John Smith

John is 42 and has brown short hair and dark brown eyes and is 6 foot and also lives in Liverpool with his wife Julie. John is a person that keeps all his emotions inside and when they all build up he goes very violent, he can be very argumentative with the people he lives with and doesn’t think before he speaks, which is the main reason him and his wife argue a lot and has caused stress with the family household.

Jo Lowe

Jo is a 19 year old girl, she has blonde long hair and green eyes, she is 5 foot 5 and also homeless. Jo is a girl that keeps her self to her self but when she has meet someone and got to know them she lets them in, she doesn’t have a lot of confidence and does a lot of things because it is what everyone else is doing. Jo got kicked out her house after becoming pregnant at the age of 17 but never kept it, she also has jumped from flat to flat and is relying on anything. Jo is best friends with Emily and she cares a lot for her and helps her out in anyways possible, as Jo is a very caring person.

Daniel James

Daniel is a 21 year old man, 6foot tall and has brown longish hair and brown eyes. He had a bad childhood and has never met his dad which has made him grow up quickly, he left home after his mother died and he has no where to go, he ended up getting involved in drug dealing and making a living off it, he is a very strong and powering person who knows how to convince people to do things he wants.