RTA 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Binge-Watching, Dont, Film Noir
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What you don"t see can be worse than what you do see - theatre of the mind. Street and smith --- pulp novel publishers (comics without pictures) The shadow became a pulp character hero. Never worked on tv or film - but worked amazing on radio! Producer - john houseman: (also: did citizen kane) Present day retelling of hs wells story of invasion by martians. So many americans thought this was real and people panicked**** Break in edgar bergen show (nbc) for a musical act; listeners then turned the dial to hear this mid show. This was at the same time as the hindenburg disaster, paranoia due to hitler. At this time radio news is very credible. The age of twitter us about sharing information or misinformation . Half hour dramas had 3 act structure. Procedural: watch our hero as they follow the steps to solve a crime, cure disease or defend a criminal.
