Abbas: Radio Demands Verbal Visuals, Television Focuses on Persona
Roshan Abbas · Power of Storytelling ft. Roshan Abbas, Investor | Entrepreneur | Actor | Director | Producer · Aug 9, 2021 · at 5:02
Media entrepreneur and angel investor Roshan Abbas explains the differing storytelling skillsets required for radio versus television.
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“On radio, you learn how to be able to speak well, engage an audience, but there is no visual. So you start telling Stories in visuals a lot more. The minute you switch from that and you go on to television, you suddenly have to do a lot more about the persona, about what you are as a person.”
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