Point of listening in a radio fiction: the eternal problem

Authors

  • Emma Rodero Antón Pompeu Fabra University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS332009267

Keywords:

Radio, point of listening, space, distance, movement

Abstract

One of the fundamental elements to construct a radio fiction product from the point of view of the sound is the denominated point of listening or ‘point icí’ of Souriau. The point of listening represents the space relation existing between the listener and the rest of the sound objects of the scene. Its importance is then in which it determines the place from which the sound perspective settles, forming the space and expressive meaning. For all these reasons, it is decisive in the perception process that the listener makes of a radio product. In spite of this, years of experience in the realization of fiction products on radio demonstrate that the suitable location of the point of listening is one of the most complicated aspects: the eternal problem. Therefore, the preoccupation by this aspect has taken to us to analyze 30 fiction stories on radio with the objective of finding the main problems of location of the point of listening and establishing a catalogue of errors that helps in the education of the radio production. The results indicate that 25 of 30 stories contain some error in the positioning of the point of listening.

Author Biography

Emma Rodero Antón, Pompeu Fabra University

M.A. in Journalism by the Faculty of Communication (Pontificial University of Salamanca, Spain) and Ph.D. in Communication by the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain. She is Radio Professor and also a Visiting Professor for numerous universities in Spain and in Latin America. She is author of Producción Radiofónica –Radio Production- (Cátedra), Locución Radiofónica –Voice and Radio Presentation- (IORTV), La radio que convence –Advertising on Radio- (Ariel), Realización de entrevistas y reportajes en la radio –How to do interviews and reportages on radio- (Cervantes) and around thirty scientific articles or collaborations in books chapters about Radio Communication.

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Published

2009-11-16

How to Cite

Rodero Antón, E. (2009). Point of listening in a radio fiction: the eternal problem. Observatorio (OBS*), 3(3). https://doi.org/10.15847/obsOBS332009267

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 3 (2009)

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