Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Influences: Robert Shearmen and Big Finish Productions


Big Finish Productions do regular Audio Dramas, to be released on CD and Download. they often take high-concept ideas.


I have recently discovered a play by a writer known as Robert Shearmen.


The first is Scherzo, a drama that takes two characters who have found themselves in another universe. They can not see, touch, smell or taste anything in a world of eternal blinding whiteness.


They are left alone with sound alone, yet there is something out there that is manipulating their sounds. Our two protagonists are left at its mercy wondering exactly what it is and what it wants...


This excerpt starts from the point when they encounter the creature for a second time. Since the first meeting it has already been developing a catalogue of their sounds at emotional high points.





The sound creature may be an influence on an character/characters that appear at the end of the piece, the manipulation of sound is frightening and unnerving. This character shall be talked about in more detail with the first draft of the script.



Tim McNiven


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