What the format is
A narrator guides the listener through events using recorded voices, scenes and music. The arc is written before it is recorded.
How an episode is shaped
A structure that tends to work:
- Write the arc: the question, the turns and the end.
- Gather interviews as raw material, not finished episodes.
- Record narration separately, in a quiet booth or room.
- Edit tape to the story, not to the clock.
What production involves
Narrative production is closer to editing a film than a conversation. The edit decides what the listener hears, in what order, over what sound.
- Script and recorded tape are edited together, over several rounds.
- Music and ambience are mixed under the narration.
- Episodes take longer to produce than conversation shows.
How radio.app produces it
You record; we make the podcast. We clean and level the voices, build the intro and sound, edit the narrative format to your structure and deliver finished episodes to one loudness standard. See the production process and the plans.