Post by DarkPhoenix on May 18, 2009 0:19:57 GMT -6
Ladies and gentlemen,
A few months back on S2C, I received an offer from a fellow member to make the story into an online series of videos. However, I declined. I’m sure you’re saying, “Why?! It would be great to see it in action, rather than just reading it!” I agree with you guys. However, there were several problems with this.
1. The person making the offer had not read past the first chapter and made the offer based on that chapter alone. As you guys are well aware, the first chapter is not reflective of the story. Deciding to make a series based on the first chapter alone is like reading the first page of a book and writing a report on it for school.
2. I felt that due to a lot of the controversial material, it would be difficult to find a permanent host for the series. Many of the things that I hint at in the story would be shown clearly (for example, there’s a scene where I imply that some of the characters are passing a joint around). Also, let’s not get into the stuff that I’ve made more clear, like Dunstan’s behavior.
3. The person making the offer listed what I would have a say in. Unfortunately, the stuff that I felt was really important for me to have a say in, such as voice actors, was not listed. Now, I’m sure you’re thinking, “Well, what’s so important about the voices? They're just voices." Well, dear readers, the voices are extremely important. The story is intended to take place in Louisiana, where I’m from. Of course, most people who hear that it’s supposed to take place down here will immediately go with the total stereotypical southern accent. Now, I’ve lived in the New Orleans area my whole life, and the only person I know who sounds remotely like that is my friend who was raised in Mississippi and came down here for college. If you were to come down here, this is what you are more likely to hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpFDNTo4DNg And to get even more specific, certain characters should speak specific dialects; Dunstan and Charise would use an uptown dialect; Mae would have a mild Yat dialect; Emily, Ophelia, and AJ would have an uptown-Yat hybrid dialect (Ophelia would have a bit more Yat come out when she’s angry; and yes, that combination is possible... most people assume I'm from the uptown area until I get angry). If I had no say in the voices, there'd be a chance of, say, Ophelia ending up with a Valley Girl-type voice and AJ with a Canadian accent.
4. Music. It’s a key part of the story. There are some scenes I created specifically with a certain piece of music in mind (and apparently, there are some screenplay writers and directors who operate in a similar manner, so I know I'm not alone in this). I don’t have the money to pay royalties to the artists who’ve created this wonderful music, and most of them (or at least, their record companies) don’t take kindly to people using it for free and putting it up on the internet for everyone to access.
TO BE CONTINUED
A few months back on S2C, I received an offer from a fellow member to make the story into an online series of videos. However, I declined. I’m sure you’re saying, “Why?! It would be great to see it in action, rather than just reading it!” I agree with you guys. However, there were several problems with this.
1. The person making the offer had not read past the first chapter and made the offer based on that chapter alone. As you guys are well aware, the first chapter is not reflective of the story. Deciding to make a series based on the first chapter alone is like reading the first page of a book and writing a report on it for school.
2. I felt that due to a lot of the controversial material, it would be difficult to find a permanent host for the series. Many of the things that I hint at in the story would be shown clearly (for example, there’s a scene where I imply that some of the characters are passing a joint around). Also, let’s not get into the stuff that I’ve made more clear, like Dunstan’s behavior.
3. The person making the offer listed what I would have a say in. Unfortunately, the stuff that I felt was really important for me to have a say in, such as voice actors, was not listed. Now, I’m sure you’re thinking, “Well, what’s so important about the voices? They're just voices." Well, dear readers, the voices are extremely important. The story is intended to take place in Louisiana, where I’m from. Of course, most people who hear that it’s supposed to take place down here will immediately go with the total stereotypical southern accent. Now, I’ve lived in the New Orleans area my whole life, and the only person I know who sounds remotely like that is my friend who was raised in Mississippi and came down here for college. If you were to come down here, this is what you are more likely to hear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpFDNTo4DNg And to get even more specific, certain characters should speak specific dialects; Dunstan and Charise would use an uptown dialect; Mae would have a mild Yat dialect; Emily, Ophelia, and AJ would have an uptown-Yat hybrid dialect (Ophelia would have a bit more Yat come out when she’s angry; and yes, that combination is possible... most people assume I'm from the uptown area until I get angry). If I had no say in the voices, there'd be a chance of, say, Ophelia ending up with a Valley Girl-type voice and AJ with a Canadian accent.
4. Music. It’s a key part of the story. There are some scenes I created specifically with a certain piece of music in mind (and apparently, there are some screenplay writers and directors who operate in a similar manner, so I know I'm not alone in this). I don’t have the money to pay royalties to the artists who’ve created this wonderful music, and most of them (or at least, their record companies) don’t take kindly to people using it for free and putting it up on the internet for everyone to access.
TO BE CONTINUED