So, I'm working (I say working, I'm re-recording the entire thing) on a podfic in which explicit violence plays a large(ish) part, and I know that some fans/potential listeners are not fans of the violence, but everything else in the fic
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Does anyone have any tips on reading Flashbacks that are just thrown into the story like this: "You are so gorgeous," he whispered. "You're disgusting! You're a disgusting, filthy girl!""I love you
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I'm (hopefully) going to record a fic that has several bits in French. It's actually necessary to the story to know what's being said in French, and I already know how I'm going to do the French journal entries (record both the French version, and a translation which I'll layer on top of the French voice with a bit of a delay, like
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I was just reminded about this website that I've been making use of:
forvo.comThis is a listen and learn website for (at last count) 322 languages. I just used this site for a fic where there was some Polish and it was so awesome - I found every single phrase from the fic
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I've gotten back into podficcing after a long, long break, and have been inspired to do a...really ambitious project. I fell deeply in love with a Supernatural fanfic that's currently sitting at 35 (not short) chapters. I've done a few takes of the first chapter, and I'm running into some troubles that I'm hoping more experienced podficcers can
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Maybe I'm crazy, but I want to try a story that incorporates a fair amount of an animalistic alien language. The language is said to be unpronounceable by humans. How exactly should I approach this? I have considered recording my pet cat, or just doing my best to sound as un-human as possible. Any better ideas? I'd really appreciate it!
Hi - so I'm recording a story and it has a couple of l33t speech bits e.g. 0/\\/\\394 |)34|) .
Any suggestions or anyone covered these before? I was thinking of just reading it cold and adding "character types in l33t" and then say what it means right after but would appreciate if anyone has any better ideas!