Question

How did Welles capture the attention of people in the audience who may have been doing other things when his broadcast of The War of the Worlds began?

Answer 1

He adapted the beginning of the book for his broadcast to make it shorter and more exciting. (APEX)

Answer 2

When Orson Welles broadcasted War of the Worlds in 1938, it was clearly stated at the beginning of the program that he was reading from the novel written by H. G. Wells. As a matter of fact, the beginning of the novel was the part that was changed the least - it described how the human race was being observed and studied by other forms of life from outer space.

, after such a introduction, played music as if it was a regular radio program. Then he , as if he was reporting important news that had just happened. It was in the form of news bulletins that .