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Performance in the public eye
🕑 Added 2020-11-16 16:01:04 +0000 UTCHi folks,
Happy Monday from Rusty Towers! November proceeds apace and we’re just two episodes away from bringing the curtain down on Act II of The Magnus Archives’ final season. While we’ve got a number of things prepped to take you through this interlude over the festive season, we’re also looking ahead to 2021 and the run to the finale in March. Plus there’s also the return of Stellar Firma on 4th December and the 24 hour charity extravaganza that is RQ: Gaming & Giving 2020 on 12th December to look forward to!
Quick update on an ongoing project, as folks may recall that one of our recent Patreon milestones was to look into the possibility of improving the accessibility of our shows by means of transcripts for Stellar Firma and Rusty Quill Gaming. Having looked into it, we’ve realised that this needs to be part of a larger project that also includes things like captioning on our YouTube videos, talking to consultants, and making sure considerations are made at the planning stages for new shows.
To keep you updated, here is a summary of where we are at currently with our existing main shows.
The Magnus Archives – Current episodes are being transcribed in-house, and will continue to be through to MAG200. The existing gaps in main show episodes that have already been done (albeit unformatted) will be released by the end of the year, and worked on to bring into line with the new formatting.
Stellar Firma – Transcripts for Season 3 will be handled in-house. Those for Seasons 1 and 2 are in the process of being purchased from a group of fan transcribers, and should be available from us directly by the end of the year.
Rusty Quill Gaming – Due to the extent and significant complexity of transcribing hundreds of hours of multi-voice unscripted audio, we are currently investigating professional transcription services who can handle this bulk work, with the aim of also providing the necessary files for video captioning.
We are also in the process of setting up a new space on our website so folks can better access the existing files. Broadly speaking, this is a large project that is going to take a great deal of time and resources to complete with regards to our back catalogue, so we appreciate your patience whilst we work on this.
In other news, the Audio Verse Awards final shortlists for each category were announced this past weekend, and I’m pleased to say that Rusty Quill shows and performers succeeded in getting through in a majority of cases. Thank you so much to everyone who voted previously to get us to this point. The final round of voting is NOW OPEN until 5th December 2020, with winners to be notified in January.
Our finalists are:
· Action Sound Design in a Production – Elizabeth Moffatt (MAG), Maddy Searle (STL), Tessa Vroom (RQG)
· Environmental Sound Design in a Production – Elizabeth Moffatt (MAG), Maddy Searle (STL), Tessa Vroom (RQG)
· Writing of an Audio Play Production – Jonathan Sims (MAG)
· Player Direction of a Production – Alexander J Newall (RQG)
· Vocal Direction of a Production – Alexander J Newall (MAG)
· Player in an Improvised Production – Ben Meredith as Zolf (RQG), Ben Meredith as David 7 (STL), Bryn Monroe as Hamid (RQG), Imogen Harris as I.M.O.G.E.N. (STL)
· Performance of a Supporting Role in an Audio Play Production – Alasdair Stuart as Peter Lukas (MAG), Alexander J Newall as Martin Blackwood (MAG)
· Performance of a Leading Role in an Audio Play Production – Jonathan Sims as The Archivist (MAG)
· Cover Art for a Production – Anika Khan for The Magnus Archives
· Improvised Production – Rusty Quill Gaming, Stellar Firma
· Audio Play Production – The Magnus Archives
And, here's what you can expect from us this week (all shows release at 4pm UK time, unless otherwise stated):
Tue 17th November
RQG176 – The Ritual * (Patreon)
Wed 18th November
MAG188 – Centre of Attention (Patreon)
RQG176 – The Ritual * (Public)
RQ Streams – Anil plays… Fallout 4 (5pm)
Thu 19th November
STL – Musical Interlude * (Patreon)
MAG188 – Centre of Attention (Public)
Fri 20th November
STL – Musical Interlude * (Public)
EGSM006 – ‘Dramatic Pauses Galore’ – ‘Trash’ TV, with Sasha, Frank & Callum (6pm)
Knight / Noble Bonus – Rusty Bits #16 : Regular Studio Work
Sat 21st November
RQ Streams – Mike plays… Crowalt (demo) & Satisfactory (4pm)
* denotes a provisional title that is subject to change
Have a good week all!
Anil
Community Manager
Comments
transcripts, transcripts, my kingdom for some transcripts. the dialogue flows incredibly well and naturally in rq productions, but between character voices and layered effects i don't know where i'd be without fanscripts. accessibility is key!
P5A100
Glad to hear about the plans for the transcript! It'll be really helpful for me, bc English isn't my first language and I do really feel like I mis things.
Amélia Brouillard
OMG I did the same thing XD
Really glad to hear about the transcripts! I think they're particularly important for RQG because the number of voices (and how they overlap sometimes) can make it really hard for new listeners to tell who’s who or follow the plot — I know people who want to get into RQG who haven’t because of a lack of transcripts. Really hope they come soon!
awesome news abt the transcripts!! i’m super happy to hear that the plans are in motion. are you also going to be looking at creating transcripts for enthusigasm and the upcoming patreon-only podcast as well?
sAZAndorable
Congratulations to all the AVA nominees, and what good news for the transcripts! I know it would be tremendous help in getting into RQG for one of my loved ones. Love how we all completely freaked out confusing the RQG title for a TMA one, and how actually in RQG that's a GOOD omen. Excited as always for this week's Enthusigasm!, and SO excited for RQGG, can't wait to die happily from exhaustion and laughing.
thenonsensearchives
Ohhh I am so excited for everything this week! Thank you so much for your plans to expand transcription!
Hila SketchCat Shats
crossing my fingers for tim saving us from the horrors that await us this week in tma and rqg with some sweet tunes
ThirdFromTheLeft
Center of Attention! Oooh well that sounds very interesting indeed.... Well. I am certainly intrigued. Also "Performance in the public eye" ahaha I see what you did there. Also amazing work you're doing re accessibility. And glad im not the only one who saw the RQG title and thought it was TMA and had a mini heart attack. Went and voted in the final round; best of luck to everyone! Keeping my fingers crossed for you all!
Lurkin
Ayyyyy trash TV, I am HERE for that.
Lavanya Annette
WHEW that's not the title for the magnus episode, good lord RQ are you trying to kill us 😭😭 Not sure what to think of Centre of attention though, I just know to be afraid.
Shannon Brown
*Musical Interlude* oh my god
Maddie
I misread the RQG title as the Magnus title and was TERRIFIED but quickly realized my mistake and relaxed, then saw the real Magnus title and am now significantly more afraid. A real rollercoaster that five seconds
