Statement of Purpose

[zvi]

This community is for podfic meta -- what's an effective way to use music, are certain stories more podficcable than others, what tagging data is good and where should it go, for instance -- and podfic reviews. The goal is not to come to a single consensus about what makes a good podfic, but to articulate and debate aesthetic theories about podfic, in the same way that we articulate and debate aesthetic theories about television shows, music, movies, and, to a sadly lesser extent, fanfiction and other fanactivity.

This community is not for concrit or recommendations; those are valuable, but they also lead the discussion to a really producer-centered place. This comm is for those who like meta discussion and podfic, without regard to whether they read, edit, or listen.

Comments

[lomedet]

Awesome!

The existence of this community may just be the impetus I need to transfer my thoughts on 'Podfic: What Works For Me' from my paper journal to the virtual kind.

[zvi]

That would be awesome!

[cathexys]

*waves*

I'm really looking forward to seeing conversations here! Glad you started it up.

[zvi]

I hope you will contribute to the conversations. I think that getting everyone talking together will lead to some really interesting ideas.

[cathexys]

Have you ever seen m *not* add my opinions??? :L)

As long as i don't see my comments show up on google...you have that blocked for the com, right? [I tend to avoid places that don't block...]

[zvi]

No, I don't have it google blocked. If you want to post entries to the comm that are access-locked, that's fine.

[cathexys]

Oh, OK. That's good to know. Consider me out of public entries then (sorry!)

[dragovianknight]

I can't wait for discussion to kick into gear here.

[zvi]

Don't wait! Post an entry!

Question!

[(Anonymous)]

How do you feel about non-native speakers recording a podfic?

Like, I'm playing with the thought of doing this fic, but English is not my native tongue. I don't think my pronunciation sucks *that* much, but still...

Re: Question!

[pandarus]

I like it! There are lots of established podficcers who have English as a second or other language. Individuals can be picky about accents - lots of people won't listen to me reading for American fandoms, and I can't argue with that, but then other people are happy enough to ignore my British accent. Some people will find your accent distracting, others won't mind, others will actively love it.

[paraka]

Hey, so there's a podfic conversation going on here that I've been following all day. I'm not sure if it counts as meta or feeding the trolls at this point so I thought I might mention it here at let someone not as close to it as I am decide :-/ and possibly make a post about it to the comm.