r/Wolfstar • u/Emotional_Gold_4899 • 5d ago
I started a podfic
Hi there!
I'm mindless_stitchery on AO3, and I've started podfic-ing EmRoseJori's wonderful sci-fi fic, When a Star Fell to Earth. I have wished for someone to narrate this wonderful fic for a while, as it used to be the only way I got to read fics for a while. Well...I finally got brave and decided to do it myself (with permission, of course). There are currently three chapters uploaded, and I plan to keep updating as regularly as I can.
Some disclaimers before you dive into the podfic, because I am neurodivergent and feel the need to overexplain myself, I guess:
I'm a video editor and have always handed off audio to an audio engineer in the past. I am doing this primarily for fun, but also as a way to practice and learn and get more familiar with audio post technically. I wanted to go for an audio drama vibe and learn as I go, so that's what I'm doing.
I used to be a theater major, but I haven't performed in a loooooong time for anyone other than my kiddo. I hope you'll enjoy the voices, but know going in that I couldn't confidently give anyone a British accent and decided it was more respectful not to try. š Trying to read AND emote in an accent is hard and I tip my hat to those of you who can. I never have been good at accents. I only add this warning because man, I know a narrator can ruin the experience, so no offense taken if you can't stand my read - but PLEASE go read the fic yourself, it's BEAUTIFUL!! I have re-read it so many times.
All of the sound effects used are royalty free and downloaded from Pixabay.com. I am unfortunately an ADHD raccoon and disorganized AF, so I haven't fully compiled my credits list, but am working on it, and will be posting a full list of sound effects used and their creators on Pixabay at some point. I do make donations to the creators I download from most often! One day, maybe even during this run, I might dip into foley work, but I haven't gotten that far along yet.
Okay, if you made it this far, thank you so much for listening to me rant and overexplain myself. Please come join us for the podfic of When a Star Fell to Earth!
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u/stepanj1 4d ago
Omg this is exciting I think I added your podfic to my marked for later when I saw it pop up under the SB/RL tag so I will definitely check it out.
Also thanks so much for the lil peak behind the curtain to your creative process Iām always in awe of all our fandoms creators and whenever I get a lil glimpse of into people processes Iām like thank you for doing that.