Airship Audio is Back After the Break

This is Airship Audio broadcasting from the HMS Rhapsody for the first time in the New Year. We are coming at you with an update, and an introduction to the crew.

It’s been 3 months now since we last posted. We apologize for our lack of appearance while we went through the university exam period followed by the Christmas break. We are back now however, and kicking in the door of 2012 in a very civilized Victorian way. People interested in writing scripts have contacted us but we are still waiting for their submissions. We hope there are writers out there taking a shot at being in our first season.

Speaking about season 1, submissions close on March 15 at which time we finalize our selection and start into production. You still have time plenty of time to submit a script.

We have access to an extensive list of sound libraries, a process developed for recording, and a sound technician ready to put it all together. Once we finalize our season we will begin auditions for performers. Performer roles are open to anyone, living anywhere. All you must have to audition is a recording program (Windows Media Player, Audacity, Sound recorder, Etc...) which can be found both for purchase and for free online, as well as a microphone that is either built into your computer, or can be hooked up to your computer. Our audition process will consist of posting a set of lines for each character. Anyone may audition for specific roles, or all of them. All you must do is record yourself reading the lines, and submit them to the email we provide at the time. More information and rules for submitting auditions will be provided when we get closer.

Airship Audio has been growing in size over our short break. We have officially found a Director, an Artistic Advisor, and now a Web Master to manage our social media that we plan on setting up. We feel that with our growing size, it is time to introduce our followers to the crew of the HMS Rhapsody.

Production Crew:

Production Manager & Technical Director: Ian

-Ian is a Theater Production major at University. He has a background both in performance, and production where he has stage managed shows, constructed sets, and performed both lead and supporting roles in plays including Marat/Sade, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Barnum, and local dance shows.

Director: Jocelyn

- Jocelyn is currently part of the working class. She has experience in theatre and musical theatre. She has also been an assistant stage managaer for a musical theatre production and has directed and designed a show. Shows she has performed in include, 'Marat/Sade',' Barnum', 'Alice and Wonderland' and 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon'. Frankly speaking, she is a total theatre geek. Scratch that: total geek, theatre or otherwise!

Sound Operator: Nia

-Nia is a current Bachelor of Music in Percussion at University where she performs in the wind ensemble and percussion ensemble. She has experience, editing video for You Tube, and producing music, both live and using programs such as Digital Performer. She has performed in shows for Community Theater including The Three Musketeers, Robyn Hood, and various examples of Shakespeare. On top of this she is in a Greek dance group.

Captain of the Art Department: Sierra

-Sierra is a Theatre Production major at University. She has a background in visual arts and produces sketches, drawings, designs, and photos on a regular basis. She is an avid cosplayer and competes annually in Masquerades at conventions. She produces her costumes from scratch and plans on turning this skill into her future career as a costume designer. To top off these skills, she can make a mean cheesecake.

Web Master: Dallis

-Dallis is studying Digital Media in University, is a Nerdfighter, a Potterhead, and a proud Hufflepuff. Having an experience with computers, and being better then the rest of the crew at handling the internet, she was a much needed addition to our team. Dallis is a lover of both theater and books, with her main listening interests being soundtracks to musicals and indie folk.

One last bit of exciting news, is that soon Airship Audio will have a logo that we will be sporting all over the Internet, showing it off on forums, and other social media.

That's all for now folks

Yours truly

Airship Audio

Addition to Submission Guidelines

Broadcasting from the HMS Rhapsody, this is Airship Audio addressing one final concern.

Many authors that have had an interest in participating have had questions about history. We've agreed that major events in history cannot be changed. Events such as The American and the Industrial Revolutions, even though they did not occur in this time period, are such events on that type of scale.

If you still have concerns about whether or not an event must be included please send us an email at AirshipAudio@gmail.com and we'll be happy to answer any questions or concerns you may have.

Yours truly,

The Airship Audio Production Team

Official Submission Guidlenes

Broadcasting from the decks of the HMS Rhapsody, this is Airship Audio with the official guidelines for writing and submitting your scripts.

1. Format

1.1. Submitted works must have a title page formatted with the Name of the piece, the authors name, and the date they submitted it:

Name of Script

Author's Name

Date

1.2. Must be in size 12 font, double spaced, Times New Roman.

1.3. Every page must have a Header with the name of the piece, and page # of # of pages.

1.4. All Pieces are to be submitted to AirshipAudio@Gmail.com With a subject line that looks like this: SCRIPT - Script Name – Authors Name.

2. Script Lengths

2.1. Scripts should have a run time of no more then 30minutes.

2.2. If there is an exceptional script that does exceed the 30 minutes, Special exception may be given allowing for the script to be performed over 2 episodes.

3. Setting

3.1. Your story must be set in the Victorian Era (1837-1901)

3.2. It is not required for events to be set within the British Empire

4. Characters

4.1. Characters can be of any color, race, skin, creed, or sexual orientation

4.2. All Characters must be Human

4.3.Characters must be original content, as Airship Audio does not hold the right to any published work.

4.3.1. If a Writer wishes to use a character that has been featured on a previous episode of Airship Audio, Written consent from the original author is required. Airship Audio does not own the rights to the intellectual property we feature on our podcast.

4.4. Queen Victoria may not make a physical appearance in the script. However she may be mentioned, and or have indirect communication with (Letter, messenger, etc…)

5. Technology

5.1. Main source of power for all technology should be steam

5.2. There is no time travel

5.3. There is no Magic

5.4. No futuristic technology is to be featured (Ray guns, spaceships, computers, Etc…)

5.5. Transportation

5.5.1. Airships are the only form of air travel

5.5.2. Steam powered ships are functional for water travel

5.5.3. Carriage and Train are main source of land transport

6. Profanity & Sexual Content

6.1. Profanity should be kept to a minimum, and If it is required, we would prefer a more classy type of profanity Ex: Bullocks, Bloody hell, You little swine, Damn you, Damnation, Blast it all to hell, etc…

6.2. No Explicit Sexual content will be permitted

7. Intellectual property, and permissions

7.1. Any content that is submitted is the intellectual property of the original author. Airship Audio claims no ownership of this content.

7.2. Unless stated otherwise by the author on submission, Airship audio will assume that they have the right to produce audio content using the written content provided by the author.

7.2.1. If an authors work is selected, Airship Audio will contact the author and confirm that they have permission to produce the work before auditions begin

7.3. Airship Audio will assume that any content submitted to them by an author that has not been converted into a script, can be converted into script form.

7.3.1. Airship Audio will send a version of the converted content to the Author to confirm that they may use it to produce audio content.

7.3.2. If content is not submitted in script form, during the introduction the by line will be shared as such:

Script Name

By: Authors Name

Converted to Audio By: Converters name

Produced By: Airship Audio

7.4. At any time before the start of production, an author can withdraw their content. However once production has commenced, it is assumed that enough time has been given to the author to withdraw their content, and Airship Audio will assume that enough warning had been given, and that they still have permission.

7.5. No copies of the script will be sent to any individual that is not an actor, or a member of airship audio, however we have no control over who downloads the audio content.

We are now accepting any submissions, and the final submission date to have your work up for this seasons selection, is March 15th. Any submissions after this point will still be accepted, however they will be up for the next season.

If you have any questions or concerns about the guidelines listed above, please feel free to email us at AirshipAudio@Gmail.com and we will be happy to reply to them.

We look forward to your submissions and working with this fantastic community,

Yours truly,

Airship Audio Production team

Airship Audio is looking for writers

Broadcasting to you from the HMS Rhapsody, This is Airship Audio with information on future programming. So keep your adjuster knobs locked, and your oscillating sound producers turned up, because you won’t want to miss this.

As you may well know, Airship Audio will be producing Audio Dramas over the summer of 2012, and if all goes well we plan on continuing after the summer is over.

We are interested in finding authors willing to write short stories (anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes) that can be converted to audio scripts. These stories can either be converted by the author into a script or they can be converted by us Note: If the conversion is done by us, it will be sent back to the author for verification that the script is acceptable.

Rules on setting and technology for the authors will be posted once the producers have had time to sit down and finalize the document (Note these will not be too restricting, just wanting to prevent certain aspects of some steampunk fiction. ex: must be set in the Victorian era, no time travel, and no ray guns)

ALL PLAYS WILL BE READ, however not all plays can be produced. The plays will be assessed by the production team and the best will be selected for our first run.

Final draft of rules will be posted within the next few days so start thinking about your ideas!

Yours truly,

The producers of Airship Audio

Coming This Summer

By decree of queen Victoria herself,

Airship Audio Presents:

The Archives

Audio dramas set in a steampunk world

Further information will soon be revealed

yours truly,

The Producers of Airship Audio