War of the Worlds Radio Drama

The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938 and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel The War of the Worlds. I listened to the Radio Drama "War of the Worlds" which the story was being played to the audience as if it was a real news report of an alien invasion which paniced many people although it happened when another radio station was on a break so people switched over which then drawn people in because they really thought there was an alien attack. The mode of address was it was directed to the listener rather than a story being listened and when they tell the audience that its not real they changed it in to a drama but listeners carried on listening as they were hooked. the narrative was formal language what was descriptive like the news reporter in the drama, the accent was standard proper english, and the language was english. The pitch was mainly medium although when it turns in to a drama there are two men talking and the internal monologue of when they speak, there is no sound to make the audience know there is no one left apart from them to make it feel as though there isolated but as the men talk they sound very high pitched and echoing. The sound effects in the drama are screaming, explosions, alien noises to set the scene to the listener and make it seem real. the music was calm with piano and classical just after they annouced a alien invasion and an orchestra playing which is a simulation of real life radio. There was a awkward silence to create tension and to make the viewer think whats happening.
The radio drama  was quite good and interesting although sometimes it got confusing where it was in the story.