405 - THE ART OF THE LIVE AUDIO DRAMA with Óðinn Örn Hilmarsson

Hellooooo grooviest of audio creatives!Hope your productions are coming along nicely?! Do ping me to let me know what you're up to and I can mention your show on future eps! I have been a vv lucky creative and spoke to the wonderful Óðinn ( 2 nn's) Örn Hilmarsson of Ramon Fear's Terror Tapes, Crowley Time LIVE! and more about all things making audio drama -LIVE! Odinn is a wonderful audio and visual creative (I mean, he works on one f the best animations - The Tiny Angry Witch by David K Barnes and with Beth Eyre which you can find - here!as well as freelancing and brilliance in INDIE AF podcasts! Odinn talks about the visual element being so important to think on = not just 4 folks at a mic! Make it more 'fun and exhilerating for the audience’ - audiences don’t want to come and see something live and shut their eyes - they should have some spectacle! Items to utilise we chat about -FOLEY TABLEQ-LAB SOFTWARE (You can rent Q-LAB for $8 a day….⁠⁠Buy QLab⁠⁠)CREATIVITYPATIENCEAs well as exploring various elements of planning and execution, we discuss how>Rehearsals are key for the tech team and actors. They can be done over zoom / vid link or in person and there are many variables for successful use of this time. >Tech rehearsals are golden precious time and herein Odinn underlines how important it is to use this time for the tech run and not for honing directing or blocking! TOP TIPS>>>Get to know the venue staffHave a separate live script! Plan your tech run session - rehearse!WRITE DOWN AND REHEARSE THE MIC THE VA GOES TO!GET VA’s to note all important things and standby for the important thing legibly in their scriptMake lots of ambient loops for soundscapingKEEP IT A LITTLE BIT LOOSE so there is room for live spontaneityPut your VA’s recs in separate tracksIt is important you realise what detective you will have to be re finding the right sounds and problem solving prior to the show and at the venue to make the show as wonderful as possible. Are you doing a live show? TELL US! TELL THE FICTION PODCAST NEWS WEEKLY! HURRAY! You wanna do a live show? My consultancy fees are reasonable! Ping me on ⁠[email protected]⁠ or Odinn for help….Huzzahs!Thank you so much once again to my invaluable patreons who help support this podcast made for INDIE AF creatives by one - this last month I have run audio drama workshops for WIRELESS THEATRE, Directed and produced 2 audio drama shows and been recording more fun filled eps for this podcast - would LOVE to hear from any women making podcasts who would love to come on and talk about any aspect of the craft of making audio drama, and especially would love to hear from folks from any marginalised communities or diverse cultures who would like to come on the show - please do ping [email protected] and we can sort a chat! Happy creating all!SarahxLIVE SHOWS MENTIONEDDashingly Quirky LiveADPP LiveHubfest LiveUnseen Hour PodcastTom Crowley Live show⁠RAMON FEAR'S TERROR TAPES⁠CYCLONE PODCASTWooden Overcoats LiveVictoriocity liveNot mentioned but awesome - BEYOND SHAKESPEARE LIVEINDIE AF LIVE! https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/words/indie-af-live/ LINKS TO ODINNNNNNN WITH 2 N’SOdinoh.comCrowley time  ^ link up there!The Tiny Angry Witch@odinngetsit on INSTA@odinnoh on BLUESKYLINKS OF AUDIO JOY - SARAH⁠⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE⁠