Ok, my turn.
Mr Wayland, in your opinion, what is more difficult to accomplish: writing/recording a moody/atmospheric/explicit gory scene or writing/recording a romantic/erotic/intimate scene for WA/in general?
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Ok, my turn.
Mr Wayland, in your opinion, what is more difficult to accomplish: writing/recording a moody/atmospheric/explicit gory scene or writing/recording a romantic/erotic/intimate scene for WA/in general?
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Well, it's complicated, but my name is officially "Casey" on paper; however my name was given to me after my mother's initials. So the K came from Kathy, and C from her maiden name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adventureless_Hero
I prefer using Kc obviously and have gone by it since early high school. I did a bit of theater and I liked how it looked on paper and people never seemed to forget my name when it's just two letters.
He knows a fair amount and sits in on the writer's meetings where I go over the upcoming stuff and talk about any potential story problems. So, it's fair to say he knows a good amount, and definitely knows the ending. SO, what I'm saying is... don't try to get him drunk... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Litmaster
Romantic, by far! It's SOOOO hard not to make those not sound cheesy. In part, I have to not only have to write the scene very carefully, but also direct it so that it comes out genuine instead of not. There's a lot of points of failure with those. Suspense, mood; that's all easy stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek
Enough creativity for a love interest for Scratch? That sounds like a challenge! But seriously, I think that would distract from any of her current motivations. She comes accross as more of an asexual person in the current time of the story.
Ok, I have a question... Don't know if it could be considered too personal. I noticed in season one Jeramy Wayland sponsored the show and I recently heard Danny Wayland mentioned, can't remember if it was as a sponsor or a member of the team. And then there is KT Wayland mentioned in the credits, and you the creator and writer... So is everyone family or is it coincidence? O_o
Jeremy is the eldest brother, he helped sponsor some of the early episodesQuote:
Originally Posted by Lilydragon
Danny is the 2nd Born, he helps script-supervise on set
I'm the Third Born,
and Katie is my adopted younger sister, who helped do some of the music in the beginning.
My Dad was an old paramedic who I sometimes use for medical advice.
So, yes, I tend to drag my family into things.
Hey Mr. Kc! I have something that I really need to know and it is of utmost importance that I receive an answer within at allotted time period, but also at your earliest convenience.
What's your favourite Mexican dish?
That's awesome that you are so close to your family. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kc
Ultimate chimichunga, extra sour cream.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wicked Sid
So, regarding Scratch's proficiency with her knife and her current asexuality, he reminds me a lot of Lady MacBeth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
Act I, Scene 5.
LADY MACBETH "Give him tending;
He brings great news.
Exit Messenger.
The raven himself is hoarse
That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan
Under my battlements. Come, you spirits
That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,
And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full
Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood;
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious visitings of nature
Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between
The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts,
And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers,
Wherever in your sightless substances
You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes,
Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark,
To cry 'Hold, hold!'
Enter MACBETH.
Great Glamis! worthy Cawdor!
Greater than both, by the all-hail hereafter!
Thy letters have transported me beyond
This ignorant present, and I feel now
The future in the instant."
At least, my English class was not in vain.
Ok, if that's your favorite food you NEED to try New Mexican food. Hatch red and green chili roasted perfectly, stuffed soppapilla's, enchiladas, tostadas, pesole, just the chili alone is worth the trip. If you need an excuse http://www.nmtricon.com/ is coming up week after next...Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
BTW... for anyone wondering what might be a pet peeve. Don't send me messages or PM's asking for the show to be longer. It's annoying, and I'm running out of my nice responses.
*GRINS* you could send them my way I'll answer that question for you I have lots of unnice things to say and I've got a brown belt in the art of snark. I have been studying under the Grand Snark Master OsirisQuote:
Originally Posted by Kc
Here's an interesting question. When writing, which do you prefer: to write it out on paper or type it out? For some reason when I write I find it much more relaxing to write it out on paper.
Well, hello again, Mr Wayland. As we are approaching the end of the month - what are your plans for Halloween 2012 on October 31st? I hope you do threaten to nuke anyone dressed as a zombie who dares to ring at your doorbell. :)
Computer typing. It's reproducible, I can read my writing, and it's also digitally dated for legal purposes (intellectual property etc..). I'm also really fast typing, much faster than writing with pen and paper. Sometimes when I'm doing brain-storm sessions I sometimes write on paper, but that can get lost easily too.Quote:
Originally Posted by kineticnrg
Hee hee.. It'll be a very calm night for me. I plan on staying in with a bunch of friends, carving pumpkins and then watching classic old horror movies.Quote:
Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek
Does it hurt you the way it hurts us when a favorite character dies? Also, do you feel the tension when there's a long delay (in story-time, not real-time) for something that the story will eventually demand? E.g. Scratch's eventual demise or some of the big zombie reveals.
For me there's no shock because it's something that's planned way in advance. There's people I miss working with, but it's all part of it. Tension for story elements? That'd only be if there wasn't an outline in place or we write myself into a corner, which hasn't happened yet. There was one or two, "How do I make this work logically and not forced?" moments, but those just need time and attention.Quote:
Originally Posted by RamblinMike
No shock, but does it make you sad? When I re-listen to chapter 24 I know ahead of timeQuote:
Originally Posted by Kc
, but it still makes me want to shed man-tears. I guess I mean, do you feel empathy for the characters?SPOILER
Depends on the character, but at the same time I'm the one ultimately choosing death for them, so I remain somewhat detached. Ask me this question again at the end of the series and I might have a different answer-Quote:
Originally Posted by RamblinMike
is this KC? :)
http://www.zombiepodcast.com/wp-cont...t/p8260903.jpg
mwa hah. I bet that makes it more fun to watch us squirm over it. I swore more during 35-1 than I have sworn anywhere in months.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
Here's a few (as I sit and wait for Lightroom to export a zillion photos into Photoshop)
1) Did you ever regret any story decisions?
2) Have you ever done an 11th hour rewrite to save a character based on popularity and her incredible voice?
3) The character of Datu is interesting in that he speaks with lots of unnatural sounding pauses, in contrast to the other characters whose voices and dialogue all flow very smoothly. I in no way mean to insult the actor (and I'll admit that it really grows on you after a while and I'm starting to like it), but is this intended?
What it is, is an amazing photograph!Quote:
Originally Posted by Blood & Ice Cream
its KC and its part of the photo promo set. http://www.zombiepodcast.com/gallery...tos/?nggpage=4Quote:
Originally Posted by Deacon_Tyler
KC is pretending to be a runner.
1) There have been a few here or there, but it's part of the learning process. None of them have been big enough to make much of a difference, just small things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deacon_Tyler
2) Nope. Deaths are planned way in advance to prevent that sorta thing from happening.
3) Some of that's intentional because he's not a native speaker. he struggles a bit through it.
Thanks Kc! Datu is pretty endearing, actually. I was tempted to ask "WHEN We're Alive gets turned into a movie, would you cast the actors differently?" but then it hit me: Even with the age difference of Michael vs Jim gleason, the characters are all perfect just the way they are. But it does beg the question: "when you casted for the voice actors, did you do so with the intent of later casting them for television or movies?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
The reason I ask is that you have a pretty good looking cast that really look like their characters are described - Burt, Saul, Scratch, Pegs, etc
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Originally Posted by Deacon_Tyler
I'd love to cast them again for both roles, as long as they fit. Some of the characters merge with the actors portraying them as I use them to draw inspiration sometimes, so I can imagine they are alike :)
Dear KC,
What was the saddest moment for you so far in We're Alive?
Honestly I'm not one to get choked up over really any movie/podcast/audiobook but your style is just fantastic and really brings out the emotion of the scene. The music, the writing, and the voice actors combined do an excellent job of really conveying the emotion of the scene. To me three moments stand out.
1.) The Datu and Samantha ordeal. When Riley is reading the notes Samantha left for Datu was just a really heart wrenching moment.
2.) When Kalani crashed his Chopper into the tanker. The music in the background and the voice actors really bring that moment out. "That was my Hanna". Excellently written, not to mention the Kalani backstory.
3.) It's kind of weird but when Michael rescues up Datu and Hope. It was one of those scenes that you could really see clearly in your head and also the feeling of knowing the end is truly near.
Thanks!
-Smokey
KC, on the forum, we can be pretty brutal to your characters. Does it ever get to you?
I would have to say the only scene that really upset me emotionally was the scene where Saul finds the aftermath of Lizzy's potential rape. His reaction was my gut reaction of what I felt, and so that was my most attached portion. The deaths of characters are much lighter on me because I plan for them meticulously. It doesn't have the same power.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyZombified
Nope. Most of the time if I want you to hate a character, get mad at them for doing something, etc... it's usually intentional. I say usually because there are some responses that are down right..."uh...."Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
On the episode of WND we recorded last night, we touched on the idea of choreographing your fights.
Did you choreograph the fight heard in 35-1 and have them act it out? Or did they simply record the grunts and screams? If the former, please tell me you got it on video!
Also, was pudding used at any point in the fight?
But here's a good question - were the swords real and if so, do you ever use stock sound footage to save cost/time?
Can we have the video either way? Not trying to be a creeper, I just think it'd be funny to see them pretending to be a fight whilst just being in front of a mic yelling/grunting.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Oh it's only creepy when you include pudding.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoff4D
Well, I AM a creeper, and I WANT SOME VIDEO, BABY!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoff4D
WA GIRLS GONE WILD!!! WHOOOOOOOO!!!!!
p.s.
Uh.... only if we are talking about a video of Constance and Jenna. I highly doubt that a video of Kc and Grayson rolling around on the floor doing foley work will have nearly the same effect... :o
Thanks for the input! I do have to agree the voice actor for Saul does an amazing job really making the listener feel his pain and Burt's reaction just completes the scene. You not only get Saul's reaction, but a deeper understanding of how truly horrible Burt felt about the whole situation. Thanks again for answering my question!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
Bwhahahah Just got a mental image of Jenna and Constance sharing popcorn watching that giggling like school girls ^.^Quote:
Originally Posted by Litmaster
Not a question, but...
Please have a Peaceful Veteran's Day KC, and all others who've served.