<p>Goooodddd day to you story makers!</p><p>Happy creating!</p><p>Here is the first of this <strong>feisty season 4</strong> of INDIE AF </p><p>- 20 eps of GROOVY chat with amazing folks who make #audiodrama #audiofiction professionally or semi pro or for a hobby - all experiences and advice welcome here!</p><p>Please Welcome by clapping loudly wherever you are for these first ep guests of the season - the wonderful CHRIS GREGORY and EMILY INKPEN - the super team behind <a href="https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">THE DEX LEGACY, WASTELAND PODCAST</a> and so much more. In this ep we discuss their approach to the recording day and :-</p><p><br></p><ul><li>&gt;  Communique with actors</li><li>&gt;  Organising the day and actors time avails</li><li>&gt; The timeslip of studio time! </li><li>&gt;  Updating the script if needed as you go</li><li>&gt;  Segmenting the script</li><li>&gt; Collaborating as 2 directors in the space</li><li>&gt; Importance of the engineer in the space</li><li>&gt; Warming up the actors</li><li>&gt; Creating a safe space for actors to work</li><li>&gt; Recording setup decisions</li><li>&gt; How to treat your actors</li><li>&gt;Marking up preferred takes as you go to help post prod</li><li>&gt; Directing actors when you can’t see them</li><li>&gt; Encouraging great performances</li><li>&gt; Comms with the studio prior to recording</li><li>&gt; File Naming etiquette by the studio engineer</li><li>&gt; Sharing files</li><li>&gt; Hire ALT STORIES to make your audio drama (and of course <a href="https://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">WIRELESS THEATRE</a> TOO) </li></ul><p><br></p><p>And more!</p><p><br></p><p>Scroll to 56:44 for the final top tips TLDL! (tOO lONG didn&#39; t</p><p>lISTEN!) See - I doo care about your time !😎</p><p><br></p><p>We had a super time making this audio drama show so if you haven’t found it yet, please do jump in - <a href="https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacy-home" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">WASTELANDS CAN BE FOUND HERE</a> or on the <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">alt stories feed</a> and all good pod catchers - if you love your mech, you’ll LOVE this show! </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hope this chat inspires you to be more informed going into the studio as a director! </strong></p><p><br></p><p>Thank you again to all my amazing Patreon supporters - I am truly grateful to them all to help fuel these chats through dm and any feedback. If you want to join the Patreon team to support this season and beyond, please do! </p><p><br></p><p><strong>NEXT WEEK</strong></p><p><a href="https://auphonic.com/landing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">AUPHONC</a> - what it does and why you could use it! With the wonderful Christophe Grasse</p><p><br></p><p>Hearty thanks for listening</p><p><br></p><p>Sarah🌞</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chris and Emily links / WASTELAND</strong></p><p><a href=" https://pod.link/1790863463 " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠WASTELAND POD⁠</a> - LISTEN HERE</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tdy2sy7qg5qlr36fox2sdhqu" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Emily BLUESKY⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nkekklgszaoi4tjwmzjsppdm" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Chris - Alt Stories BLUE SKY⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://alternativestories.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Alt Stories website⁠</a></p><p><a href="⁠https://www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/podcast-training-with-chris-gregory-of-alternative-stories.html⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Chris Gregory  Sound design Alt Stories ep</a></p><p><br></p><p>ORPHEUS</p><p><a href="⁠https://www.orpheusstudio.co.uk⁠" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Orpheus studios - Haggerston</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Sarah Links of audio joy</strong></p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/saraaaaah.bsky.social/post/3lbbze4qptc24" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠SARAH BLUESKY⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://linktr.ee/QuirkyVoicesSarah" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠SARAH LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/c/QuirkyVoices" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠QUIRKY VOICES PATREON⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://adwit.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠ADWIT PODCAST⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠WIRELESS THEATRE</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>