Tonight David presents our feature show from 11th Hour Audio Productions and . The exciting new psycho-thriller “Heavenly Deception” kicks off AUDIO DRAMA TIME!
Author: Jack (Page 89 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!
Long time listeners of the Sonic Society will know that I’m a fan of many writers, but specific writers have always driven me to be a better writer- Rod Serling, Robert E. Howard, J. Michael Straczynski, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, David Milch, Chuck Dixon, Steven Moffat, Alan Dean Foster, Dash Hammett as just some that come to mind. I have to give props to The Truth podcast. Jonathan Mitchell keeps producing what I adore- anthology tales that are full audio dramas. In this article from The Sarah Awards he details the process of going through and taking a Phillip K. Dick public domain story “Upon the Dull Earth” and adapting it.
In a world of story, it’s wonderful to hear the masters speak again through new voices. There’s a reason why Ray Bradbury felt that Colonial Radio Theatre’s adaptations of his work were the BEST done in any medium. In short, Jerry Robbins has an excellent ear for audio on the page, and assembles an incredible team, but also, as Jonathan could attest, audio is the best place for story.
A stellar evening of post-Halloween audio drama as David introduces the remake of “Clay Pigeon Shooting” from Electric Vicuna Productions starring John Bell from Bells in the Batfry and Cayenne Chris Conroy from Teknikal Diffikulties, and two grand shorts from Richard Summers (AKA Captain Radio) with “The Weeping Tree” and “The Witch and the Air Traffic Controller”!
Oscar Isaac is starring in Homecoming, a new six-episode series that is described as a “psychological thriller that takes place at an experimental facility.” according to this Nerdist article. Isaac’s character is a soldier struggles with finding his place off the battlefield. Podficts are becoming common fair in the podcasting world, and while not technically radio dramas, they take on the trappings through fictional tales in a straight forward documentary or “reality TV” style.
One of our fan favourite shows has a new listener. Laurence Raw reviews One by One in his Radio Drama Review site.
Darker Musings Anthology, 30 October 2012This disturbing tale, with more than a distinct echo of Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds, concerned Dan Cummings (John Bell), the self-styled ‘Old-Tmey Man’ of a local Canadian radio station, who is about to retire after having spent a long career in broadcasting, and built up a loyal following.One Hallowe’en night be begins his nightly programme as usual by exchanging platitudes with a caller, even though it becomes slightly embarrassing when that caller refers to his wife. However the entertainment is abruptly interrupted by a newsflash: an accidental crash in the locality of Halifax, Nova Scotia has caused widespread panic. Cummings tries his best to make light of the news, and introduces an archive broadcast of a 1980s radio classic of horror, especially for the occasion.Despite his valiant attempts to create a nostalgic – and perhaps comforting ambience – painful reality keeps intruding. The broadcast keeps being interrupted by worse and worse news; eventually leading to panic and violent death.One by One is a consciously intertextual piece, designed to remind listeners that horror stories are not just for pleasure; they can intrude in our lives. We have to be vigilant and guard against complacency so as to protect ourselves. John Bell gave a chilling performance as the elderly host, whose smooth-as-molasses voice gradually became more and more panicky as he discovered the reality of what was happening around him. The director/ writer was Jack J. Ward.
The indomitable Richard Summers (aka Captain Radio) posted an awesome link in Facebook the other day.
Global Map of Accents is a huge project that has audio recordings of people from various parts of the world so that audio voice actors can get a feel for the accent of the region. This is a phenomenal tool for those of us trying to inhabit a place in their characters. Try it out!
Tonight Jack and David present three shows beginning with the feature Kraken Mare from the good folks at YAP Audioand The Audio Drama Production Podcast. Ending with two shorts- Bells in the Batfry episode #149 and the remake of the classic Wavefront from EVP Name Please starring Erika Sanderson and David Ault.
It’s Audio Drama Time!
Alex Dueben from The Beat, a blog on Comics Culture, took time to interview everyone’s favourite fedora wearing mystery man of Canada’s Steel town, Gregg Taylor.
This grand interview speaks to Gregg’s incredible creative reach in the last decade plus, and his recent endeavors in motion comics. Watching his recent comics brought to life by the Decoder Ring Players, brought back childhood memories of 60’s Captain America and Hulk barely animated series. Those were heady days of imaginings. While The Red Panda hasn’t yet developed its own cartoon series, the motion comics are the next best thing.
And with the terrifying thought that we may no longer have more audio adventures, lets support the DRT folks in every opportunity!
Check out the interview here true believers!
We in the Society love all things audio, and with Halloween coming up, it only makes sense we look at some of the most unexplained audio clips we have. While there’s many, Matthew Santoro does a good job in his youtube channel outlining ten famous sounds. How many of them do you know?
Wooden Overcoats comes back for a second round with “Tempting Fete” and we continue with our John Bell’s Bells in the Batfry extravaganza with episode 187! IT’S AUDIO DRAMA TIME!!!