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.

[cathexys]

*waves*

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

[dragovianknight]

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

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...

[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.