CHALLENGE #1 - Secret Theme

[adistantsun]

So, ladies and hypothetical gents, I present to you je_podfic's first official

SECRET THEME CHALLENGE! :D/

Dates
23rd July - Sign-ups open
1st  7th Aug - Sign-ups close
2nd  8th Aug - Secret themes go out
16th  22nd Aug - Podfics are due
19th  25th Aug - Posting begins :D


How it works

• You sign up and say yes, I would very much like to try my hand at recording something, with all flail and excitement very much welcome. Don't be shy, pimp it out to everyone you know! The more the merrier!
  
• At the end of sign-ups, I'll write out a number of general themes, as many as we have people, then fold 'em up, go down the list of participants, and draw everyone's theme out of a hat.
  
• KEEP YOUR THEME SECRET! It's no fun at all if you spill the beans early
  
• Find a fic that suits your theme. Be creative, be lateral, play 6 Degrees of Separation; if you can justify it, then it fits! (Don't forget to ask for permission if the fic is not your own ^_~)
  
• Upload your finished podfic and email/PM the link to me by August 16th (in whatever timezone you fancy)

Any questions?

Feel free to comment below ^_^


Ready to sign-up?

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<b>LJ username:</b> <B>Name:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>Flail?</B>
 

Comments

[becquinho.livejournal.com]

LJ username: becquinho
Name: Becs
Email: wiley.reb@gmail.com
Flail? wheeeeee! so excited~ \(^-^)/ #haPi #canonlydoaudiolah laughing...and hello someone is very quick at getting things going ^_~ ♥♥♥

[adistantsun]

YAY!!! :D/

and hello someone is very quick at getting things going ^_~

Someone who never has enough time to do anything if it isn't done RIGHT NOW! XD;;

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

while I am not signing up I think this is a really fun idea and will cheer from the sidelines. :D

[adistantsun]

LJ username: adistantsun
Name: Lauren
Email: If you've forgotten, L, I am disowning you <3 Your Brain

[adistantsun]

You can be our official cheerleader if you like! ^_^

[acchikocchi.livejournal.com]

Ooh, something official. I like. :D

[kattunberry.livejournal.com]

LJ username: kattunberry
Name: Zoe
Email: rainbow-penguin@hotmail.com
Flail? OH MY LITERAL WORD, a challenge already? GYAH, JOINING *0*

[tia-junan.livejournal.com]

I would do it but I've never done one. Do you think I could learn?

[adistantsun]

YAY!! :D/

Please pimp this out/bully people into joining! It's no fun at all if it's just us regular posters XD

[adistantsun]

Absolutely! Podficcing is like falling off a log; if you've told a bedtime story, you can podfic ^_~

I'm thinking of putting together a 'how to podfic' guide for the comm, would that be of help to you?

[adistantsun]

Hehehehehe!

I hereby dub thee Official Cheerleader Mer <333

[tia-junan.livejournal.com]

I take all the help I can get! I do have some questions though. In my ignorance I'm thinking I have to read through a fic all at one go and get it right, like a director trying to make a movie and yelling 'Cut!' if there's an error. Is that right? Or do you try to act the voices out like a recorded book? Um, maybe yeah, a little how to guide.

[taeminnie.livejournal.com]

YES. YES. I am aware this is not my conversation but please do one. I've been thinking of doing one for a while and I just. I suck. And I don't even know if I have the voice for one.

(CUTE ICON ♥)

[loveyourself6.livejournal.com]

LJ username: loveyourself6
Name: Chii-chan
Email: addixted@hotmail.com
Flail?: Aaaaaaaaaaaah~!! This is my first time entering, so I'm really excited/scared! I hope I'll do well! Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!

[tia-junan.livejournal.com]

Sorry about all the questions but should I buy a microphone or something to do this with?

[adistantsun]

Yeah, you'll need a mic of some description, but a headset works well enough, or if your computer has one in-built, even better. I use Audacity to record and edit everything ^_^

[adistantsun]

Welcome to the comm! And best of luck recording! :D

[adistantsun]

Hehe, there's no right or wrong way to read a podfic. It's pretty much impossible to read an entire fic through perfectly - if I flub a sentence, I pause a second or two and read it again. If I don't like the delivery of a line, same thing, pause, read again. It's like a movie more in that the editing suite is where you cut and splice it all together into one continuous whole.

However reading it in one sitting, if not necessarily one "take", is preferable, just because often the sound of the background noise will change if you record at different times and the sudden change can be distracting. But that's just my opinion, others don't care too much about it ^_^;;

[adistantsun]

I might slap one together when/if I can ever find the time to write it up XD;;;

In the meantime, how's about joining the challenge as a means to practise? :DDD

[randomicicle.livejournal.com]

LJ username: randomicicle
Name: Gab
Email: randomicicle [at] gmail [dot] com
Flail? ASJDHAJKSDHAKD ALL THIS EXCITEMENT *_______________*

[becquinho.livejournal.com]

whenever I see this gif I just think of what you compared it to previously ashdfgjkgd sobbing

[randomicicle.livejournal.com]

Wait, what is that.

OH! LOL. Well :D

[becquinho.livejournal.com]

stuff like this always proves how I have a memory for the most inane/insane details D: #itwasareallyoutofsyncedancingguf #uedaandjinwerebeingdraggedtoandfro

[randomicicle.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does.. I have to admit I had to truly think back on what you meant ♥ #ILyourmemoy #HelloFunes #thatgifhasalsobeencomparedtocancandancers #allthatfundraggingaround

[taeminnie.livejournal.com]

LJ username: iitsmeghan
Name: Meghan
Email: meghan-macdonald@hotmail.com
Flail? djhfdkjshfakjdhfueawhfjdsfjdsf. :D I AM REALLY NERVOUS/ EXCITED FOR THIS, BUT I'M WILLING TO GIVE IT A SHOT. And possibly to like scar/deafen you for life. ♥