The Legend of Iping: a contemporary audio drama
Radiodrama. Creation processes. Script creation.
The present thesis focuses on the study of radiophonic pieces created in digital processes. It is based on the theoretical-methodological axis proposed by Grésillon (2007), Biasi (2010) and Salles (2012). Through out the dialogue between process criticism and computer technology, the set of preserved documents of the radio drama A lenda de Iping (2018), classified according to its chronology, was presented and analyzed critically. The piece was produced from the translation of the novel The Invisible Man (1897) by HG Wells (1866-1949), which was adapted to a digital audio in radiophonic format by the PRO.SOM - Research Group Translation, creation processes and sound media. This research group is coordinated by Professor Sílvia Maria Guerra Anastácio, at the Federal University of Bahia - UFBA, since 2008. Centered on scenes 11 and 16, the proposed analysis turns eyes to the study of the audiobook aesthetics development, pointing out how sound effects are chosen and insert in the dramatic actions presented. This research is relevant for the application of process studies to audio files, in the development of scripts directed to radiophonic works and for being inserted in the expansion movement of the investigations directed to digital documents and intermediatic transpositions. As the radio drama genre dictates criteria for the production of the audio script in question, it was possible to reflect on the technical and linguistic parameters used in the production of specific scripts for the radiophonic genre; to rethink the concepts of the critic of the applied processes to the radiophonic aesthetics; to contextualize the influences that digital media has brought to the way of writing and analyzing documents that emerge from radio creation; and to identify common strategies used in the radiophonic creation. From the criteria dictated by radio aesthetics we propose adjustments in the published script of A lenda de Iping aiming a greater suitability to the radiophonic reader.