PodBang FTW! :)

[niko]

Woo-hoo!

PodBang stories are up, and there is some super-awesome-looking stuff posted!  Most super-awesome of all, of course, is the one done especially for ME ME ME!   cookiemom6067 read SueN's In for a Peso, In for a Pound, and she really went above and beyond the call of duty to get familiar with a brand new fandom and put together a loooong podfic... as a PINCH HIT. Knowing how stressful this process was for me with the full time period to work in, I can only imagine trying to condense the process... especially at this time of year. *_* I'm beyond grateful.

And the fact that it's a *MAG 7* story is just doubly squeeful! It's so exciting to have a Mag7 read *to* me instead of listening to something I read myself and know all the nooks and crannies of it by heart.  Can't wait to give it a listen as I'm driving back and forth to various relatives the next two days. :)

Go check it out HERE. 

On the other side of the coin, I read nakedwesley's SGA Big Bang story - The Kids are Alright - for pennyplainknits. I owe huge thanks to nakedwesley for letting me read it, lunate8 for coming up with FANTASTIC cover-art with not much notice, and podfic_lover for a wonderful beta. :)   Also to the pod_mod's for fixing my screwed up podbook.

I'm going through a bit of a an "OMG-I-suck-everyone-else-is-so-much-better-than-me" blue period on my actual *reading* of the story, but I'll get over it. I had a great time, anyway, and spending so much time with such a wonderful story has kicked my interest in SGA up several notches, so that's an unexpected bonus, too.

The post for this one is HERE. 

Comments

[cybel]

Here are your archive links:

http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/kids-are-alright
http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/kids-are-alright-audiobook

:-)

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Thank you, ma'am! :)

The Kids are Alright podfic = excellent!

[crinklysolution.livejournal.com]

Wanted to let you know that I listened to your podfic of The Kids Are Alright today, and I was very impressed. I'm a bit of a podfic addict (and I've recorded a little, too), so I listen to a lot of it, and yours was exceptionally well executed. You had excellent differentation on the voices, a cool sound effect for the phone voices (how did you do that?) and just great delivery of all aspects of the fic. The dialog, both internal and external, was so well done. I liked the way that your John and Rodney voices were both threaded through with emotion, but your interpretation never strays into overacting. The way you delivered the funny dialog was great, timing perfect. I went to look up the rest of your podfic, but sadly I'm not familiar with the Magnificent 7, though maybe I just need a crash course. Anyway, I hope you record more, because you have a real talent for it, if you don't mind me saying so.

Re: The Kids are Alright podfic = excellent!

[nikojen.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It's great to hear that the dialogue worked for you. I really enjoy the "acting" element of doing podfic, and I loooove all the snarky fun in this story, but I fretted a lot over keeping Rodney, in particular, from going too shrill and over-the-top. :)

Podfic_Lover suggested the phone effect and pointed me in the direction of the right filter. It's the "Glame Bandpass Filter" tool in Audacity. There are two main settings in that tool. I set those to 9646 / 17106 for the phone calls. I think I tweaked the numbers a bit for radio chatter, to make it sound different from the phone calls, but it probably wasn't a noticable difference in the long run.

>>sadly I'm not familiar with the Magnificent 7, though maybe I just need a crash course

*grin* If I get you to check out Mag7 as a result of having podfic out there for it, then my mission is accomplished. ;)

I think "Cold Hard Cash" would be listenable without knowing too much about the show. It's a fairly standalone story, mainly uses only three of the seven, and gives you enough information to get the gist of who they are and how they interact. "Running" is a bit more of a pure hurt/comfort-fic, and I'm not sure how that sort of story goes over if you're not already invested in the characters.

HERE (http://whywastewords.livejournal.com/88353.html) is a picspam that gives a good overview of the whole show. And here are a couple vids that focus on the three main characters in "Cold Hard Cash", as a taste of how they act: Chris (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNE_KXQBOME), Ezra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlb0-w8SdII), Buck (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrjY4WJNSqE).

Heh... sorry for the long reply. Thanks again for letting me know you enjoyed The Kids are Alright. I really appreciate it!