Shoestring Radio Theatre: Problem Project

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Our intrepid European corespondent, Roy, points out some interesting activity that will be happening in our neighborhood this Friday:

Shoestring Radio TheatreProblem Project
By Hugh A.D. Spencer; Directed by Jonathan W. Wind
[RADIO DRAMA]
Airs: Friday August 25th
“What is the connection between Galactic Central’s Earth Expeditionary Mission and the strange occurrences on on Earth?”

This show will air live on the radio and other media but it is also available for streaming listening at the time of broadcast…

Check out the various ways you might partake HERE.

BBC Radio 4 Delivers Erewhon by Samuel Butler

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Online AudioOur British friend Roy recommends a program that aired yesterday in BBC Radio 4‘s Classic Serial slot. He thinks it a classic fantasy not unlike Gulliver’s Travels. Details follow…

Erewhon
By Samuel Butler; Dramatised by Eamonn O’ Neill, Martin Shea and James O’Neill
2 Parts – 60 Minutes [RADIO DRAMA]
Broadcaster: BBC Radio 4
Broadcast: Sunday August 20th Repeats next Saturday at 21:00. Part 2/2 likewise will air a week later.

And remember folks, this serial will be available on “listen again” service for 6 days following the broadcast.

New Audio Drama Podcast: "Second Shift"

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Second Shift PodcastIn the midst of writing my very first review for SFFaudio, I came across a fun podcast that I thought would be very appropriate to post about here.

Second Shift is an audio drama tale of three college students who, while waiting in line for the opening of the latest sci-fi fantasy movie, are transported into a fantasy role-playing game. The story is on its fourth episode, with the next one available on the 18th. Click the picture to head to their website, or copy/paste this feed into your podcatcher:

http://www.secondshiftpodcast.com/xml/2shift.xml

OK, my break is over!

BBC7 & The 7th Dimension Bring You The Voice Of God

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BBC 7's The 7th DimensionBBC7 and the 7th Dimension are replaying an intriguing original audio drama, “a fast-moving science fiction adventure series, especially made for BBC 7 by the team behind last year’s highly successful COLD BLOOD,” airs today through Friday at 6:30pm and 12:30am….

The Voice Of God
5 Parts – 30 Minutes each [AUDIO DRAMA]
In a remote region of Australia, Britain is developing a devastating weapon – a weapon dubbed, “The Voice of God.” For the person who created it, the first firing is a moment of celebration; this is a moral weapon with world changing implications. In the hands of the UK as the world’s policeman it will herald global peace. But according to Aboriginal legend, it’s Armageddon.

Also remember, this will be available via the Listen Again service soon after it airs.

Jesse Willis

A Shiny New Syndicated Audio Drama: Firefly: Old Wounds

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Podcast - Firefly: Old WoundsDani, the lead Audio Addict, over at the Society Of Audio Addicts blog has posted a very shiny story!

“Your friends at Sonic Society who bring you all the awesome audio cinema you’ve been listening to for a year now have their own production company too, Sonic Cinema. For the past 5 months they have been working very very very very very very hard on a fan production of the Firefly tv series.

And they’re finished! WooHOOOO!”

Episode one of this brand spankin’ new series is up and ready for download. Oh, and be sure to stay tuned after the credits for a special interview with the creators! Get it HERE or subscribe to either The Signal or The Sonic Society podcasts:

The Signal:

http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/podcast.xml

The Sonic Society:

http://sonic.libsyn.com/rss

The Well Tempered Audio Dramatist by Yuri Rasovsky

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Science Fiction Audio Drama - Yuri RasovskyYuri Rasovsky is known to SFFaudio readers as one of the folks responsible for the excellent 2000X radio series, as well as many, many other pieces of audio drama (click here for his audiography). Online over at the National Audio Theater Festival site, he’s offering a piece of his mind in the form of an online text titled: The Well-Tempered Audio Dramatist: A Guide to the Production of Audio Plays in Twenty-First Century America. Here’s the Table of Contents:

1. Introduction by Norman Corwin
2. Give Me a Break!
3. Overview
4. Project Management
5. The Production Assistant
6. The Text
7. Manuscript Formats
8. Microphone Acting
9. Casting
10. Blocking in Stereo
11. Directing Actors
12. Production
13. Foley
14. Appendices
–1. Audio Dramatist’s Lexicon
–2. Professionalism and Studio Etiquette
–3. Credits and Announcements
–4. Useful Forms
–5. Vocal Health
–6. MP3 Files (incomplete, in-progress)
–7. Further Study
15. About the Author