Every once in a while we find an awesome article on the benefits between real sounds and Foley creation. Trento Stefano gives a clear analysis between the real and the simulated in this pdf article Foley Sounds Vs. Real Sounds. Considering how Foley is used to describe motion pictures, maybe we need a term to represent Audio Drama digital sound effect productions. How about “Farby” for sound effects developed by the wildman of audio sound effect creation, Stevie K. Farnaby of Brokensea.com?
Author: Jack (Page 68 of 175)
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!
Tonight Narada Radio Company enlists the performances of the Empire Audio Network to fill out the Company to present from the classic adventure series- Escape “The Adaptive Ultimate”!
Archive.org isn’t just a treasure-trove of old-time radio drama, apparently, there are other great classics to appreciate like this one Radio Directing from Earle McGill who was a superstar of the Columbia Broadcasting System. Mr. McGill was a well-known directory, producer, and casting director for their Radio Workshop among other projects.
In one of those unusual quirks of Fate, we have a second running of a live classic Nero Wolfe tale “Stamped for Murder” this time from Jeffrey Adams and Icebox Radio Theatre!
If there’s one thing we hear a lot in the audio drama circles is that there’s just not enough love to demonstrate how much hard work and dedication goes into making our favourite stories. From the writers and actors to the directors, musicians, and producers. Audio Drama is a collaborative process and the Seneca Awards are an amazing opportunity to have your works known. The Seneca Awards focus on celebrating the very best in family-friendly entertainment. Have you created an audio drama the entire family could appreciate?
Enter your submission for this year’s Seneca Awards now!
Back for another triumphant tour this season at the Playhouse, Narada Radio brings to the stage their live performance of the classic screwball comedy “Arsenic and Old Lace”. Pete Lutz is your director and announcer on this last day of July!
The phrase “Trigger Warning” is so ubiquitous it feels like it’s always been a part of the English lexicon. But, it hasn’t reached quite that level of epoch yet. Buzzfeed did provide an interesting history of the phrase back in 2014 with the article- How the “Trigger Warning” took over the Internet.
While the term was embraced through the social media universe, content-creators and artists of all stripes were mixed about their feelings. I remember distinctly a wildly-popular progenitor of a horror audio podcast lamenting that he felt it strange to have to specify a “Trigger Warning” for listeners when the very nature of his podcast was meant to disturb with wild and fantastical stories of the macabre and evil.
Even before “Trigger Warnings” the Sonic Society in collaboration with a number of partners worked to cobble together a film-style method, we produced and hosted on the now-defunct Audio Drama Directory the Audio Drama Ratings System. In the ratings system, we had acting titans John Bell and Tanja Milojevic provide several audio warning stickers that people might be familiar with to help parents and fans better self-select their listening pleasures.
But, “Trigger Warnings” go further. They tend to be extremely specific about their warning labels, giving viewers and listeners foreshadowing of the story’s contents. Ten years of studies can produce a lot of interesting work in science, and now scientists are raising a warning flag about triggers.
In the July 27th publication of the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry under the article Trigger Warning: Empirical Evidence Ahead scientists have some concerns. Here are some highlights from the study:
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Trigger warnings increase peoples’ perceived emotional vulnerability to trauma.
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Trigger warnings increase peoples’ belief that trauma survivors are vulnerable.
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Trigger warnings increase anxiety to written material perceived as harmful.
Unfortunately, this is one of many such studies that are arising from our understandings. Maybe the most important trigger warning of a “Trigger Warning” is the warning itself.
Lothar Tuppan’s steady hand on the audio tiller brings this season an incredible recreation. The Amigos present the very first English-speaking audio drama script “A Comedy of Danger” to the Playhouse stage!
Tonight Richard Frohlich from Texas Radio Theatre joins the Amigos for an exploration into the most geopolitical radio show in the history of the Sonic Society, Norman Corwin‘s “Could Be”.
Have a listen yourself and consider whether you too could be part of a better future world!
Mentioned in the discussion:
H.G. Wells
Things to Come- The Movie
The Anatomy of Tyranny- Timothy Snyder (Ideas)
Dan Carlin
Solarpunk
Afghans life expectancy
Note: Please excuse the poor audio as technical difficulties on skype are often unexpected
More signs that the Rise of Audio is on its way. Canada’s Booknet Press posted some interesting stats and trends. From the article:
More than half, or 61%, of Canadian publishers are now producing digital audiobooks, which is up from 37% in 2016, according to a new report from BookNet Canada. Increasing production may be related to the confidence felt by firms, with 73% believing audiobook sales will increase in the coming year.
Publishers across Canada were surveyed in early 2018 for the fifth annual The State of Digital Publishing in Canada 2017 report, which tracks trends in the country’s digital publishing landscape. Respondents ranged from large multinationals and Canadian-owned firms to smaller, niche publishers, all of whom answered questions about ebook sales, use of accessibility features, digital revenue, and more.
Among the other highlights of the report was a drop in the percentage of ebooks available in the market that went unsold. Though methodology changed slightly between 2016 and 2017, the survey found that 30% of ebooks had no sales in 2017, versus 46% in 2016. Meanwhile, 69% of publishers reported that their year-over-year digital sales were either growing slowly or staying flat. According to BookNet’s quarterly consumer surveying, unit sales of ebooks have fluctuated over the past three years, accounting for 19% of book purchases in 2015, 16.9% in 2016, and 18.6% in 2017.
Time to pull out the microphone and get in on the act, if you haven’t already!