Snowronin1 (is it winter already?) provides for fans of Red Sun a glimpse of audio drama actress Lauren Eilola at medium.com. This off the cuff and fluffy conversation gives a little looksee behind the actors voice talents.
Author: Jack (Page 90 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!
This week in the Society another premiere with “The Bane of Rudyard” from Wooden Overcoats and more great classic laughs with John Bell’s Bells in the Batfry, episode #147. It’s Audio Drama Time!
I will admit to having certain goals as a writer. The first is that my stories connect with an audience. The second is that my stories have meaning for an audience. And the third is that my stories last the test of time. Few writers in the science fiction genre can check all three of those goals better than Philip K. Dick. PKD had a unique way of challenging conventional reality for his readers, and the BBC is now streaming a new adaptation of his famous Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? that was made popular as the Ridley Scott powerhouse Blade Runner. As fantastic as the movie was, it veered far from Dick’s original vision. The audio drama is much closer. Have a listen to the free stream on BBC 4 while you’re still able and marvel at a master of the mystic arts of storytelling.
Mathew Kresel in WarpedFactor has a great review on the show as well.
Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? is a novel that is perhaps best known for being the inspiration behind Ridley Scott’s now classic film Blade Runner, which famously built itself on top of the concepts Dick created, taking character names and a few situations before largely running off and doing its own thing to some extent. Dick’s novel is thus a different beast from the film it inspired, something that makes the two part BBC radio adaptation from 2014 that has recently been re-broadcast on Radio 4 Extra all the more intriguing.
Prosound has a great article on In the Studio: Tips for Controlling Vocal Sibilance. If you’re unaware of what “sibilance” is, very quickly it is the strong consonants that are stressed (sometimes overly so) in recordings. If you’ve ever listened to someone who let’s their S’s linger a little longer than usual, that could be a problem of sibilance in a recording. This lovely article focuses on how to set up your recording area to cut back on sibilance, and what tips you could use to de-esser them.
Who doesn’t want to punch a Nazi? Certainly not Betsy McGuyver does not want to punch a Nazi…
While we sit back and try to figure out the above sentence, may we happily present Wide Eyed Audio with tonight’s feature “Betsy McGuyver- Nazi Puncher”. It’s Audio Drama Time!
A while back Erik Hermansen from See Space Labs has given us at the Sonic Society the joy of experiencing the Worst Sound ever. So, interestingly awful is this contest, NPR had a little segment on it. Have a listen to All Things Considered and imagine just how bad it can get!
Sound designers have been competing this week for the honor of “Worst Sound in the World,” organized by See Space Labs. Listen to some of the submissions, if you can stand it.
Almost thirteen years ago now, Dani Cutler, a friend of the show, suggested that the Sonic Society should go from just being a live radio show to being disseminated through a new distribution process called podcasting, we’ve never been the same since! Podcasting has given the Sonic Society over two million direct downloads during that time, and brought audio drama far and wide.
So celebrate September 30th, INTERNATIONAL PODCAST DAY! How will we celebrate? Jack will be finishing off some audio acting tomorrow night and recording an interview for this season’s Sonic Speaks!
Jack and David bring a double feature from the G-rated Bells in the Batfry from John Bell to the R-rated Sander Cobb from Steven Cardinal.
Lothar Tuppan from Broken Sea Audiobrings us the latest in his continuing fantasy epic Sword of the Crimson Tatters, episode 5!
The versatile and brilliant Derek Jacobi dons the famous deerstalker as Sherlock Holmes in the latest adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle‘s classic- The Hounds of the Baskervilles.
Fangoria magazine describes the new release of Sherlock Holmes: The HellHounds from Canadian filmmaker and actor Anthony D.P. Mann’s multi-media production company, Bleak December Inc. will release the new audio drama later this year and plans future audio releases of full-cast adaptations of FRANKENSTEIN, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. DRACULA will be available as of September 30th – just in time for Halloween!