podfic_bingo | Brainstorming Post

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In order for Podfic Bingo to be a success, we need a variety of prompts to put in the squares.

I've come up with two different categories of prompts (although, if you can think of another, feel free to suggest it): Reading prompts and ~~Extras~~ Production prompts. ETA: I've added a Fic Choice category.

Reading prompts affect how the podficcer reads their story. It can be emphasizing an emotion or adding a style to the reading.

~~Extas~~ Production prompts are prompts that affect the editing stage or how you produce the podfic but don't directly affect how you read the story..

Examples of Reading prompts
-Read Angrily
-Read Sadly
-Read with a Smile
-Try an Accent
-Character Voices
-Read Animatedly
-Read Deadpan
-More Articulation (for you)
-Slur/Mumble
-Read Quickly (for you)
-Read Slowly (for you)
-Collaborate
-Read Sexy
-Record with your Body
-Record Standing Up
-Read While Laughing
-Read Quietly
-Read Loudly
-Record While Lying Down
-Read Drunkenly
-Read with Silence
-Sing
-Read Sleepily
-Read without Cues

Examples of Production prompts
-No Editing
-Incorporate Music
-Incorporate Sound Effects
-Collaborate
-Incorporate Verbal Effects
-Incorporate Physical Sound
-Record in a New Location
-Higher Pitch Effect
-Lower Pitch Effect
-Echo Effect
-Use a Speed Effect
-Splice Fics Together

Fic Choice
-2+ Hours Long
-<10 Minutes Long
-Unfamiliar Fandom
-Unfamiliar Genre
-Random Fic
-Crack
-Harlequin
-Action/Adventure
-Angst
-Read a Fic Cold
-Gen
-Slash
-Het
-Femslash
-Different Medium
-A Friends Fic
-Rare Pairing
-Yuletide
-Abrdige
-Mixed Media
-1st POV
-2nd POV
-Kinky
-Out of Order
-Minor Character
-Character of Colour
-Trans Character
-Disability
-Female Character
-Child Character
-Repod a Podfic
-Crossover/Fusion
-Non-English Language
-Fairy Tale
-Gossip
-Poetry

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From:

choosetolive

Hmm... read a fic from an unfamiliar fandom? I think it would be challenging to go into a fandom "cold" with no real concept of character relationships/significance and try to articulate a good fic reading.

Read from different/unfamiliar genres

Will try to come back with more ideas :)

From:

paraka

-record with your body
-co-record a story
-record while standing up
-read it sexy
-read while laughing

From:

brimtoast

-Record a fic you haven't read before (you can pair up with someone and get them to pick a good one for you, maybe)
-Read quieter/closer to the mic than normal
-Read louder/farther from the mic than normal
-Be very physical (facial expressions, gestures) while reading
-Record a fic while lying down
-Record a fic drunk
-Create verbal sound effects or use objects to make sound effects during the recording session

There could also be a category for, like, kinds of podfics to do? Like, if this is a full-on bingo thing, people are probably not going to record the same fic multiple ways like we initially talked about, and in that case there can definitely be a category for, like, recording a fic with a chromatic character, or gen or femslash or crack or whatever.

From:

revolutionaryjo

I've got to ponder and come up with some more ideas, but the one that springs to mind is to collaborate with one or more people on a podfic.

From:

blueyeti

Read a fic from a different media than usual (usually do TV, then pick a book fandom etc)

Read a story by someone you know? (That could be problematic, but mostly I was thinking *nerve-wracking*.)

Read from a different writing genre (ie. read something which is letters, or has news reports, blogs, script format).

Read a new point of view (first person, second person etc)

Read the fic out of order.

Read a story about a minor character. (...not quite what I mean. Read for a character who doesn't have a strong voice in canon/fanon/other podfic.)

I completely second the idea to read in specific subgenres (crack, femslash etc). No reason we can't spread our wings in that way too.

(Also, I really want to try reading while drunk. It'd be hilarious.)

Edit: Read in a fandom which isn't entirely unfamiliar, but not one of your safe, stable fandoms where you know what's going on.

Read one of your own fics. (Again, problematic, but much with the nerves.)

Edited Date: 2011-01-10 05:20 pm (UTC)

From:

cantarina

What about "reading with silence"? You can read slowly without ever leaving much blank space on the audio, but it can also be a solid narrative tool. I'm not sure how to work that concisely while still carrying the meaning clearly.

Also, if we're looking at extending into genre prompts (femmeslash, crack, etc), what about stories featuring trans characters, characters with disabilities, characters of colour, or characters who fit more than one of those categories?

Read and put together a compilation
Record in a different location (an empty lecture hall, outdoors, etc)
Read a story that's been previously recorded
Read a crossover/fusion
Record in a language other than English (partially or fully, depending on fluency/comfort level)
Use a new/different editing program

I don't love "read while drunk" (I can't be the only one who doesn't drink!) If it makes the list, could there be a veto during sign-ups, or a swap later on?

From:

weimar27

All of these ideas are good.

Most of these are for the Fic Choice category:

Maybe record a fic that's less than 1,000 words.

Pic a fic at random from you fandom's newsletter/favorite comm. So like pick the 10th fic posted.

Different pairing maybe? Or is that too close to different genre/fandom.

If you want to have a larger selection of fic choices, maybe see what the prompts are for the other bingos and pick from those.

Pick a fic by a little known author.

Record your favorite fic.

Record something you've written.

Also for read a harlequin, would it be the entire novel? Or just a chapter.

From:

aphelant

I think this is a really cool idea! I'm going to think of suggestions, but one thing I want to suggest is changing "Read with an accent" to "Read with an accent not your own" (I realize that most people will read it as such, but it is a touchy subject for a lot of people and I think specificity might be helpful).