Brainstorming Post

[paraka]

In order for Podfic Bingo to be a success, we need a variety of prompts to put in the squares.

I've come up with two different categories of prompts (although, if you can think of another, feel free to suggest it): Reading prompts and Extras Production prompts. ETA: I've added a Fic Choice category.

Reading prompts affect how the podficcer reads their story. It can be emphasizing an emotion or adding a style to the reading.

Extas Production prompts are prompts that affect the editing stage or how you produce the podfic but don't directly affect how you read the story..

Examples of Reading prompts
-Read Angrily
-Read Sadly
-Read with a Smile
-Try an Accent
-Character Voices
-Read Animatedly
-Read Deadpan
-More Articulation (for you)
-Slur/Mumble
-Read Quickly (for you)
-Read Slowly (for you)
-Collaborate
-Read Sexy
-Record with your Body
-Record Standing Up
-Read While Laughing
-Read Quietly
-Read Loudly
-Record While Lying Down
-Read Drunkenly
-Read with Silence
-Sing
-Read Sleepily
-Read without Cues

Examples of Production prompts
-No Editing
-Incorporate Music
-Incorporate Sound Effects
-Collaborate
-Incorporate Verbal Effects
-Incorporate Physical Sound
-Record in a New Location
-Higher Pitch Effect
-Lower Pitch Effect
-Echo Effect
-Use a Speed Effect
-Splice Fics Together

Fic Choice
-2+ Hours Long
-<10 Minutes Long
-Unfamiliar Fandom
-Unfamiliar Genre
-Random Fic
-Crack
-Harlequin
-Action/Adventure
-Angst
-Read a Fic Cold
-Gen
-Slash
-Het
-Femslash
-Different Medium
-A Friends Fic
-Rare Pairing
-Yuletide
-Abrdige
-Mixed Media
-1st POV
-2nd POV
-Kinky
-Out of Order
-Minor Character
-Character of Colour
-Trans Character
-Disability
-Female Character
-Child Character
-Repod a Podfic
-Crossover/Fusion
-Non-English Language
-Fairy Tale
-Gossip
-Poetry

Comments

[aphelant]

Okay, but as this is the brainstorming page and not the actual bingo card (so length of phrase is irrelevant), and as you aren't adding a note next to the prompt saying "more details about this prompt here at the FAQ", I don't think it's reasonable to expect people who come to this post and have not read/seen any other posts but this one to assume that you mean "accent not your own" when you are just saying "accent".

(I do see now that you've changed it to 'try an accent', which works much better, thank you.)

[paraka]

I did change it to "try an accent" yes. The length of the prompts here is relevant because what's listed here is what's going on the bingo cards. That's why I shortened all of them - I was just adding them ad hoc while at work today but always planned on shortening them when I got home.

I specifically don't want there to be a "page of definitions" for the prompts, since I want people to be able to interpret prompts in interesting and different ways.

I do, however, expect people to read the rules so having the accent prompt clarified there should be better than having a note here explaining how the prompt was intended.

I do recognize that I invited non-participants to join in the brainstorming but the amendment should now help clarify the prompt.