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Blurring Sounds Waves

March 22, 2016 / / 0 Comments

mira-burt-wintonick-blogMira Burt-Wintonick who was a producer for ten years on the popular CBC Radio show Wiretap has some incredible things to say about making fiction on the air. While I think her thoughts are especially valuable for those making podficts (fictionalized podcasts), her clear thoughts can be found in detail in the article Storytelling through Sound but here are a few of her notes:

  • Performance- less is more, go off script, imperfections are your friend, take charge
  • Writing- keep it tight, read aloud before, ladle out unbelievable elements, base your writing in truth
  • Sound- leave in mic noise, paint a picture
  • Develop emotional truth
  • Break the rules

Best Foote Forward

March 18, 2016 / / 0 Comments

ken-foote (1)Ken Foote muses over at CBS Local about the sunny days of radio drama after seeing an episode of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson and the titanic voice actor Orson Welles. While talking about the difficulties of working as an actor and as part of the crew during live radio drama, Foote considers the powerful gateway show CBS Radio Mystery Theater starring the unforgettable E.G. Marshall as your host and narrator.

Go check out the article, but then consider mentioning to Mr. Foote how audio drama has come back in the modern age!

Living Nostalgia

March 17, 2016 / / 0 Comments

psCarlene Philips from this Harvard Press article is feeling more than a little nostalgic for a time not experienced, and a medium Philips thought was dead:

I was filled with admiration—and a bit of envy—at the camaraderie, passion, spirit of collaboration, and mutual support among the cast members, to say nothing of their incredible talents. During the deliberately over-the-top production, I laughed with abandon and felt the sting of sarcasm, the pain of rejection, and the bliss of, ah, true love.

Philips is speaking of the classic audio drama The Philadelphia Story which is being performed live on stage for the upcoming Old Time Radio Theatre presentation Saturday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Volunteers Hall, sponsored by the Harvard Friends of the Arts. This has become a bit of a tradition now, for eight years at Harvard. About time the old ivy leagues were lining ’em up again!

Beacon in the Dark

March 16, 2016 / / 0 Comments

beaconBeacon Arts Centre in Inverclyde, Scotland is celebrating new writers work by presenting a collection of four new radio plays staged for an audience and dubbed “The Podcast Sessions”.

For over a decade now, we at the Sonic Society have believed that audio stories are uniquely positioned to tell stories in the most imaginative and inexpensive way while captivating a wide audience from around the world.

A group called Toasted Fiction, founded by Christopher Patrick, who is a Greenock-based writer and director is committed to supporting the development of new writing and new writers.

The Podcast Sessions will be presented Thursday 31 March, 7:30 pm. For tickets (£5 or concessions £3.50) call 01475 723723 or book online.  Details about all four shows can be found at this Inverclyde Now Article.

Support new writers. Support new Audio Drama!

Paying Audio Drama Gig

March 13, 2016 / / 0 Comments

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!

Another Faded Voice

March 4, 2016 / / 0 Comments

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 Story– Voices 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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