Author: Jack (Page 108 of 179)

Born to Teachers and Amateur Audio Enthusiasts in the small rural community of Belwood, Jack's first love was stories- writing, reading, telling, and singing. He developed his acting skills through High School, University, and through film and community theatre.
Jack writes the lion's share of Sonic Cinema Production's (previously Electric Vicuna) Audio Drama scripts and has his own writing site at www.jackjward.com. Jack also is the middle of book writing, screenplay production, and is the CEO of the Mutual Audio Network- where he and the best people in the world Listen & Imagine, Together!.
He's thrilled to co-host the Sonic Society with his wonderful, talented, friend David Ault as they enter their second decade in the medium!

Paying Audio Drama Gig

On Craigslist on March 12th in the LA area we see this ad:

SAG/AFTRA Actors Wanted for Internet Audio Drama (Voice Acting)

We are currently casting four to five SAG actors for the pilot episode of a new internet audio drama. (If you’re not familiar with the concept of “audio drama, ” think Old Time 1940s Radio. This is a vocal performance only.)

Our noirish “internet radio” drama is a playful take on the 1940s/50s detective genre. (Think Neil Simon’s “The Cheap Detective” or Carl Reiner’s “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid.”) Each episode will be performed “live-to-tape,” with episode run times from 15-20 minutes.

Cast will include three male actors and two females. Ages are not specific, and could easily range from 25-ish to 70-ish.

This new series, intended solely for online distribution, is being produced by a SAG/AFTRA signatory under the terms of the SAG/AFTRA New Media Agreement. $100 per episode minimum. Production of each episode will take no more than one hour.

Please email if interested. We’ll answer any questions, and send you casting info. . .

If you live in the North Hollywood area and are a SAG/AFTRA member. Break a leg on the audition!

Churchill’s Audio Adversary

churchillWinston may be a volleyball to some, a Ghostbuster to others, but to a nation at war he was also the man speaking about the finest hour. I don’t believe he meant the hour of contention. Television is achieving a kind of new Golden Age, and unfortunately that puts us straight in conflict with BBC’s finest radio. “The Father“, a wonderfully popular play by the French dramatist Florian Zeller. According to the article from the Telegraph Did Churchill Steal the Audience from this Brilliant Audio Drama, an embarrassment of riches coincides with a nine o’clock showing of “The Father” from BBC3, The Night Manager from BBC1 and Churchill’s Secret on ITV.

All the more reason to get them all on a subscription podcast!

The Black Knight Rides!

blacknightMedieval radio is a rare and precious gift in the modern audio drama world. There’s Morgan Sorwell’s incredible Table Round series, and now there’s “The Black Knight”. KVMR Community Radio and the historic Nevada Theatre created this original radio drama. The Black Knight will be presented live on-stage in the theater, broadcast over KVMR 89.5 FM and streamed over KVMR.org. Yubanet.com has all the main details about the event on March 16th at 7 PM. Tune in or show up or both!

The Who’s of Ten(Eleven)

tenwhoNostalgia is a strange sensation. It can take form through the decades or just in a few years. As we’re enjoying the new adventures of Doctor Who, Big Finish has a grand announcement sure to add cheer to those who miss David Tennant in the role of the Time Lord. Both Tennant and Catherine Tate are set to reprise their roles of the Doctor and Donna Noble in an upcoming audio series as this Sydney article details. Expect the three stories: “Technophobia”, “Time Reaver” and “Death and the Queen” to be released as The Tenth Doctor Adventures in May!

 

Tiger Bones

tigersbonesOften we see plays transformed into radio drama, but it’s rare to see original radio drama turned into stage plays. But that’s the case with Ted Hughes‘ work “Tiger Bones and Other Stores”. The Guardian has an article that explains how Hughes original morality tales were broadcast live into schools in the sixties, and have now been given new life thanks to the staging of Jack McNamara and a cast of four. Read the original article and marvel as to the many ways audio plays keep coming back to us, generation after generation!

The Sonic Pioneer Ora Nichols

marchoftime2From kuow.org:

Being the first sound effects woman came with its challenges. Actors and directors were still learning to value her trade as a much they valued their own. Ora Nichols worked with Orson Welles frequently, but there was an ongoing tension between the two over how sounds were created.

Ora Nichols thought that the best sound effects could sometimes come from sources other than the object itself. For example, an egg beater on the radio sounds more like a lawn mower than an actual lawn mower.

Congratulations Ora! Thanks so much for your work in foley and sound effects and Happy Woman’s Day!

Alice May Be Unwell

aliceisntdeadThe folks who brought you Welcome to Nightvale are at it again with Alice Isn’t Dead, available for downloads tomorrow. Podficts or “podcast fiction” seems to be the latest rage with so many previous shows becoming wildly popular. Similar to mockumentaries, these serialized stories are meant to appear to be factual events but are told in a fictionalized scripted form. I’ve seen many audio dramaphiles frustrated with this latest turn of the podcast screw, but we at the Sonic Society think it can only bode well for audio drama’s rise.

The more people listen to audio fiction, it’s only a matter of time before their ears turn towards audio dramatic entertainment.

In the meantime, enjoy the ride and tune in! After all, ink in the New York Times isn’t going to hurt their exposure.

Another Faded Voice

JAB-AduJAB Adu (1932-2016) was an incredibly gifted actor, scriptwriter and producer and even at over eighty was pursuing his dream of completing his masterpiece. His thespian gifts go as far back into the sixties when he was wowing television audiences with his long running series The Village Headmaster. A consummate professional and perfect gentleman JAB’s long career took him into the many-faceted world of radio drama as a script writer on the platform of the African Radio Drama Association (ARDA). He also contributed to the radio series, Rainbow City, which addressed issues related to good governance, reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. His work caught the eye of the BBC World Service and he featured on the award-winning radio drama series, Story StoryVoices from the Market.

A great loss to the voices of radio drama, and to his native home of Africa. May his stories continue on…

Read more of his incredible life from this article in The Nation.

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