no, you mean SCRATCH AND CJ. I know nothing of this Jenna and this Constance.Quote:
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no, you mean SCRATCH AND CJ. I know nothing of this Jenna and this Constance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Raven
Cheers! Thanks :) Oh, and I don't think we took video, but it wasn't as action packed as you might think. It was more toned down because if they moved away from the mics we lost them. It was very difficult to do. There's a chance for video, but I'm checking with the crew member who might have shot it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
Hey Kc,
Was there ever a point in time (or even currently, you don't have to name names) where you found yourself struggling to kill off a character you really enjoy?
Thanks!
-Smokey
I talked about it a little before, but there is always attachment to certain actors and characters, but the story already has a lot of that set already which makes it easier.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyZombified
Thanks! Sorry I'm fairly new to the forum! I appreciate all you've done for us the fans and Im glad you take the time out of your busy schedule to come on here and answer fan questions!
Thanks again,
Smokey
Hello Mr Wayland,
I indirectly posted my question on the forum, here: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...racter-accents.
What are your thoughts on this? :)
I don't mind accents as long as they fit into the story, however too many can become overwhelming. I think the amount we have is a nice balance of reality. Too many, and it starts to become, well, like every other bad audio drama out there. To introduce someone with a German accent this far in... I wouldn't expect it, but something to consider if I do another show.Quote:
Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek
Well, ok, it was a bit of a tongue-in-cheek question, so yeah, I see your point, thanks. Are there any North American accents that you dislike?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
I wonder how many North American accents there are... The ones I can think of, Spanish dialects (although I can't differentiate them since I'm not a native speaker), Canadian, American Southern, East Coastern... and none of those bother me.Quote:
Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek
How about accents in Boston? Brooklyn accents? From New Jersey? And don't forget the deep, deep (and I mean deep) South? (examples in recent posts in this thread: http://www.zombiepodcast.com/forum/s...racter-accents)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
:-)
Yeah, I lumped the east coasters together :) The problem with any accent is being able to understand what they are saying. If you can't, then it fails by default. A few, "what was that?" is alright, but in general the clearer the better.Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
Very true. In radio/audio drama, you rely on the voices of the actors so much to convey more than just dialog and emotion that, aside from some comic relief maybe, I would assume that things like this would just get in the way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
On a related note, is your process one of creating the story first and then figuring out how to convey it in the audio medium or are you always aware of the medium as you create the story?
Thanks again for making WA so great!
A little of both. I have the story in mind, but I'm always looking at ways to convey it through the auditory medium. If I use voice over, that means that there was no way of making it clear through sound alone. It gets complicated at times and other times it just falls in place. There's a moment when Saul listen's to Lizzy's tape recording, that was one of those moments where the idea of the audio lent a great deal to how that part was structured and the audio conveyed the story more than anything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
Hi again,
do you have any plans to do another H.P. Lovecraft (short) movie in the future, "when the stars are right"? Are you a fan of his works?
I'm a writer and I was wondering if I could offer a charrie that I made. I currently only have a two page entry of Trick, of her time out in the "wilds", coming from Florida, up until she came to encounter the group. Her story is still growing, but I'm not giving any details- other than what I've said. I'll give the story to you only, if you're intrested. I haven't heard of any east coasters, so I think that she'd be cool.
I write for fun, and I just wanted for someone to at least hear/read something I made, even if I don't ever get any money. :)
Hello. Not too familiar with that, but I plan on doing original content in the future. The one I worked on before I did some of the modeling, and that was about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by YetAnotherBloodyCheek
Charrie? I'm not really sure what you're asking. I think you want me to read something?Quote:
Originally Posted by Turras
Do you take suggestions?
Maybe not suggestions but ideas? For your next project?If there are any? I know you're a greater writer than me but I dabble in writing a bit and hope to spark an idea with one of my own?
Character. I think that I might know where you are going with the story, and I just wanted to offer Trick to the story. If you're interested, I'll give you Trick's bio, but her beginnings -of how she came to where ever the group is from Florida- isn't a solid thing yet.
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Originally Posted by sos63
I can respond to these in two fold. The reason why I can't take solicited characters or idea is because there are always inherent problems with intellectual property. Since my ultimate personal goal is to be a full time writer, it wouldn't behoove me to take on others' ideas.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turras
You won't have to worry about me, once I give Trick to you, she becomes not mine. I just wanted to help.. So I'll send the bio, and what I got written and let you work the kinks out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
I completely understand :) Thank you for replying!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
fantastic.
so Kc what are the numbers for the 3rd season final?
how many servers did you think you needed? how many where need?
what was to total number of listeners to the podcast?
did you think that it was going to be that high?
how are you going to top this?
last question. When will I will be able to buy season 3 ?
Somewhere between 8k and 15k streaming, but we had like 45k download later that day.Quote:
Originally Posted by werewolf
Well, we had one virtual dedicated server. How many needed? More. A stronger more reliable server that can handle that amount of traffic. BUT, we only have that kind of traffic for one day so it wouldn't make sense to upgrade just for that.
Listeners? Bout 100k at least, possibly more.
Yes, I thought it'd be that high, but I also thought our server would handle it. I'll have a mirror server next time, but there may not be a next time. We won't be livestreaming the series finale.
How to top this? Do it live, in a location.
Buy? Marchish? We remaster in January.
Hey, KC!!!
I'm not going to read all the other pages before this one so I'll just take my chances that no one has asked such an obvious question yet. LOL!!! I want to be a character on your show. Have you contemplated creating walk-on roles for the fans?
No. It's happened in the past but most of those people were local. It's problematic because we need to control the audio fidelity in our studio, and most of our fans are not near us and it leaves several problems:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ordinary12
1. Mic Quality/Room quality doesn't match what we have.
2. Directing people remotely isn't much of an option.
3. If I ever need someone it's usually just a fill in line, which I tend to have a lot of people to draw from locally.
4. (This is not meant to be offensive) A lot of people who think they can act/perform, can't.
5. It's an extensive amount of paperwork that has to be arranged, NDA's, releases, etc...
It's more of a headache than what it's worth, but we have done some competitions in the past where we draw in talent. The zombie voices we used from fans were modified heavily, so I didn't have to worry about the fidelity that much, but it still was an issue on some where the audio tore.
I can't tell you how many e-mails I get from people asking to be in the show, and it just takes more time than usually what we have available with our very rushed production schedule.
I completely understand...the headache just isn't worth it. Maybe you could do a fan a "Solid" in a different way then? How about letting Otto Sturcke know that he's my favorite character on the show? The man knows his lines and makes you believe in the character. He'd be the guy I'd want watching my back if the SHTF. Oh....and can you put in a good word with Constance for me? LOL!!!
I'm sure Otto will read this soon enough and say hello.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ordinary12
Totally. Sometimes you just gotta give a little 'tough love' to people; let 'em know where things stand, right? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
Speaking of performances, I totally got this sick zombie-throat thing going on, y'know? I'ts kinda like a hoarse zombie-warbling kind of yodel, right? It would totally fit in as Randy's zombie-cry, right? It's kind of hard to reproduce it with text here but it kind of sounds like this: "HAROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM-EEEEEEEEEM-MMMYOELLLI-YODELLEYIII-YODELLEI-YEDELLEI-YOOOOOOOOOU!"
Er... well, ya. Something like that. I can totally lay down that track on my dad's old boom box and then mail it to you, ok? Just, ah, let me know your address, and ah...
Hello? Kc? Hello??
*CLick.... ;) But seriously, I might set up something where people can submit zombie growls to possibly be used. It's the only thing that might be considered.Quote:
Originally Posted by Litmaster
That being said, next season I'm expanding our sound team. I'll post more info on it later, but I'll need more people, editors and such who have access to pro tools. I have a few liceneses I can loan out, but I think Southern California based will be a requirement.
Hey Kc (that's my brothers name too),
I don't know if anyone else has asked this yet, but I was curious when the last time you made a major edit to the story. I'll let you determine what "major" means. I love the show btw, it's amazing.
Thanks,
Vince
KC, were the photo shoots done as an entry for Ron Howard's Project Imagination?
Mail the whole boom box?Quote:
Originally Posted by Litmaster
Wonder if it might not be cheaper to just mail himself to Southern California.... (Didn't you want to get to sunny California, Lit?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Witch_Doctor
:-)
KC I have created PG-13 edits of most of the first season (Up to the War) so I can enjoy listening to We're Alive with my sons. I plan on doing this for every episode. The edits are far from perfect but I am proud of the results.
I think other people would like them too. Do you mind if I post links to them so other people can listen to my humble edits of your work?
Ooooh, yeah. Just have to drop a few Red Bulls and a Slim Jim into the box, and I'll be fine. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by scbubba
I know the rules of this thread included not asking about financials, but I've been wondering about how to fund an audio-book/radio drama/podcast such as this one. I've seen the youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3OswgPeBo) in-studio session and there has to be some serious costs to putting this together. This is not run on a shoe-string and volunteerism.
I'm not asking about the specifics but I am curious about how you got started finding the funding. The advertizing angle does not seem to be dominant. There is a DONATE button on the website and maybe that works to some degree but in my mind the left and the right side of the ledger doesn't add up.
Basically the question is how did you guys do it?
Thanks
PS maybe this has been addressed in another thread that I haven't found yet.
You might want to bring an empty two-liter bottle or two as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Litmaster
Definitely not a taboo subject-Quote:
Originally Posted by Flatlander
To be honest we run on a very low budget and some volunteerism. The studio we use for recording here in California is kinda a perk of where I work full time. Part of my job is to maintain that facility, so it's not difficult to use. We record the actors once every two months in the studio, so our time spent isn't a lot, and the actors aren't paid a large amount. Most of the time spent making the show is spent either writing it, or editing. The first line editors are paid per episode, and a voice cut is made by our zintern, but as supervising sound designer it falls back on me to do a large portion of the editing before it airs. And, I don't get paid, so that's it. The website is mostly run at the cost of the server space and bandwidth and I get help from time to time from developers such as J0be and Jason Stone who help on the forum and website, and we have moderators that watch everything on here as well.
Most of it's done on a very small budget, but with a very high yield. That being said if I were to have to pay for the time and work I put it, it would cost significantly more. The costs of the show are offset by the merchandise and advertising space on the website and show. That keeps us from getting deep into the red, but the show has always been an investment. Sort of the "if you build it, they will come" model. I hope that if enough people notice, a studio will as well.
That's at least my hope. I think it's likely and possible if the story is well rounded and polished.
TLDR; Hard work and sweat, with a little bit of supplemental funds.
Well, if after five years and much blood, sweat and fears, a studio STILL doesn't notice.... They are truly blind, deaf, AND dumb.
Very cool. Thanks for the reply KC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
With the obvious quality of work, the awards, and the fan-base, I would have said that the show is a pretty good 'business card'.
I wish you luck with that.
Maybe if folks knew that you are going to all this effort as a non-paying gig they'd feel better about donating to the cause.
Cheers,
~Flatlander