Blue Sky (Episode 14 Added 06/02/2013)

[Tablet]

Episode 14

Has Charlie inadvertently lead the spectre of death into the heart of Blue Sky? Byron’s freedom comes at a price. Ethan finally comes face to face with his past. Could this be the end of Blue Sky?

Sean P. Guzman as George
Michael Valenzuela as Remnant
Mora Inamorata as Alex
Glenn Hascall as Miguel
Gwendolyn-Jensen Woodard as Lady Byron
Charlie Spooner as Charlie
Andrew Hackley as Tom and Ethan
J.C. Jones as Father Dillon
Along with Daglot Alta and Kokoro Hane as the Blue Sky Members.

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Episode 13

Ethan is on the prowl and it's answers he seeks, but will he trust himself or the lies of another? Has Byron finally met her end, and will George be able to track down Charlie before he does something stupid? This is Blue Sky.

Starring:
Andrew Hackley as Tom and Ethan
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Sean P. Guzman as George
Mora Inamorata as Alex
Glenn Hascall as Miguel
Michael Valenzuela as Remnant
J.C. Jones as Father Dillon
Marcy Edwards as The Nurse
along with Kokoro Hane and Daglot Alta as the Guards

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Episode 12

What happened to Byron? Where is Richard? And will Alex finally get revenge for the death of her Father? This is Blue Sky.

Starring:
Sean P. Guzman as George
Mora Inamorata as Alex
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Glenn Hascall as Miguel
And J.C. Jones as Father Dillon

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Episode 11

A shadow is on the prowl, the target? None other than George Sanderson, but can George convince this shadow that he is not the enemy? Meanwhile the game of cat and mouse between Lady Byron and Number 6 intensifies leading to an all out conflict that could throw the city into yet another war! This is Blue Sky.

Starring:

Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Dylan Spencer as Number 6
Sean Patrick as George
Mora Inamorata as Alex
Glenn Hascall as Miguel
And J.C. Jones as Father Dillon

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Episode 10

A steaming mask lies shattered, a maniac comes forward, and a dark predicament begins among friends. The outcome of what happens now could change everything for Charlie and George. This is Blue Sky.

Starring:

Sean Patrick as George and Ronnie
Charlie Spooner as Charlie
Andrew Hackley as Tom and Ethan
And Michael Valenzuela as Remnant

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Episode 9

As the world inside George’s mind begins to crumble he’s thrown into a situation that’ll test not only his leadership but also the integrity of those closest to him. This is Blue Sky.

Starring

Sean Patrick as George
Charlie Spooner as Charlie
Andrew Hackley as Ethan
J.C. Jones as Guard #1
And Daniel Whitelaw Guard #2

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Episode 8

Trapped and out of control George, Laura and Charlie face are about to come face to face with just how far Byron will go to enrage Number 6, and just who is this Ethan fellow? All this and more in this episode of Blue Sky!

Starring

Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Sean Patrick as George
Charlie Spooner as Charlie
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Dylan Spencer as Number 6
DomVoice as Voice
Andrew Hackley as Tom/Ethan
Will Redwood as Suicidal Guard
Samuella Alexander as the Pedestrian

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Episode 7

Now, six months later, Laura and George are at ends, and George is still desperately seeking Tom. With the coming events, season 2 of Blue Sky sends our hero’s into desperate attempts to hold stability of the world they know. With threats to the very essence of who they are, and being pushed nearly over the looking glass of their sanity, Blue Sky may just meet its end.

Starring

Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Sean Patrick as George
Charlie Spooner as Charlie
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Dylan Spencer as Number 6
DomVoice as Voice
Andrew Hackley as Tom
J. C. Jones as Blue Sky Man #1
And Michael Valenzuela as Remnant

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Episode 6

With the list firmly in the Prime Ministers hands and Isaac on the prowl along with the ever power hungry Lady Byron have George and Laura lost the fight? Follow our three protagonists as they live with the repercussions of their actions across a 6-part original radio play, this is Blue Sky.

Starring

Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Sean Patrick as George
April Sadowski as Glenda
Niel Sumter as Isaac
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Gareth Bowley as The Prime Minister
Alex Gilmour as Jackson
Michelle Lenne as Jen
Randall Cropp as Will
Dylan Spencer as Andrews
Cali Willis as Guard #1
Robert S. Benjamin as Guard #2
Mark Terhorst as Blue Sky Man #1
Tanja Milojevic as Voice of Azin

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Episode 5

With the sample from the list executed the Prime Minister sends shivers through Blue Sky meanwhile Tom, George and Laura must keep up the ruse about Isaac with disastrous results. Follow our three protagonists as they live with the repercussions of their actions across a 6-part original radio play, this is Blue Sky.

Starring

Gareth Bowley as the Prime Minister
Andrew Hackley as Tom
Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Sean Patrick as George
Gwendolyn Jenson-Woodard as Lady Byron
April Sadowski as Glenda
Niel Sumter as Isaac
James Lewis Tyler as Daniel Davies
And Dylan Spencer as General Andrews

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Episode 4

Cut off from the elders and thrown into disarray after the events of Episode 3, Tom and Laura try to contact elders directly meanwhile Lady Byron’s plan is beginning to finally take shape. Follow our three protagonists as they live with the repercussions of their actions across a 6-part original radio play, this is Blue Sky.

Starring

Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Andrew Hackley as Tom
Sean Patrick as George
Gwendolyn Jenson-Woodard as Lady Byron
April Sadowski as Glenda
Niel Sumter as Isaac:
Gareth Bowley as The Prime Minister
And Cali Willis as The Guard

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Episode 3

Two months has passed and Lady Byron has been quiet, that is until now. Follow our three protagonists as they live with the repercussions of their actions across a 6-part original radio play, this is Blue Sky.

Starring

Sean Patrick as George
Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Andrew Hackley as Tom
Tanner Hatley as Jack Munroe
Gwendolyn Jenson-Woodard as Lady Byron
Lee James Sands as George's Father
Elly Campbell as George's Mother
Alex Gilmour as Jackson

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Episode 2

Having successfully completed their job, George prepares for his date with Laura while Tom nurses his injured arm... but all is far from normal. Follow our three protagonists as they live with the repercussions of their actions across a 6-part original radio play, this is Blue Sky.

Starring

Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Andrew Hackley as Tom
Sean Patrick as George
Gwendolyn Jenson-Woodard as Lady Byron
Gareth Bowley as The Prime Minister
Tanner Hatley as Jack Munroe And
Seaglass as the Waitress

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Episode 1

Laura Byron a rich, spoilt brat is sick of the legacy she is having forced upon her. Torn between breaking free and upholding her Mother’s upper class ethics she hires two outlaws, Tom and George to destroy her Mother's military production facility, but all isn't as it seems. Follow our three protagonists as they live with the repercussions of their actions across a 6-part original radio play, this is Blue Sky.

Starring:

Andrew Hackley as Tom
Sean Patrick as George
Melissa D. Johnson as Laura
Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard as Lady Byron
Alex Gilmour as Jackson
And Gareth Bowely as The Prime Minister

[Adam]

I'm very happy to see more and more original projects showing up. It's inspiring to see it to be honest.

The mixing was pretty solid, the music selection was good as well.

The acting overall was a little dry though. A lot of it felt like people were just reading the script and recording them, there wasn't much emotion when there should have been. For instance when Lady Byron was saying that she'd "Kill them" it should have much more anger and frustration driving it, but it came out on the same level was the lines that were said before it.

Mippa was the stand out in the episode, you could feel the doubt within her and the annoyance with her mother. For the next episode, if you don't do it already in your scripts, I'd add direction so the voice actors should know what their emotion should be. I feel like if the acting and emotion is improved it'll greatly up the quality of the production. Since right now the story, cast and over all feel is there, just the actual acting needs to catch up a bit.

Good job! Keep it up and I'll definitely be looking for the next installment.

[Tablet]

Hi Adam, thanks for the feedback! We're taking all of your comments on board and hope to improve with each and every episode! Thanks for listening and providing constructive feedback!

[Tablet]

Episode 2 has been released (see first post)

[hippie_vampire]

I just wanted to say that I have been listening to this on my iTunes and I absolutely love it Everyone did an awesome job and I love the story!
I can't wait for then next episode!

[Tablet]

Awwww, thanks hippie_vampire, I'm currently casting episode 4 right now too.

[Tablet]

Episode 3 hsd been released! Enjoy all!

[Ramune]

Obviously I've caught up with all the episodes, but Episode 3 was quite exciting. Got to hear George get serious and passionate, and have Tom get a little personal in his off-beat manner. I did enjoy all of the cast's performances, but Tanner really got me locked into this chapter with his solid acting in my opinion.

The awesome thing about projects like these is that there's so much freedom to truly "act" but there's also the opportunity to not quite sync up with how a line could be read. The latter is hardest to judge since it could easily be written off as just "how the character would read it." With that said, I do believe every VA had a moment where this sort of thing happened. I did expect to hear a little more from Sean in his angrier, sadder moments even though George is extremely nonchalant and only starts to brighten up after Laura becomes involved. Andrew also had a line or three that just sounded plain or off (e.g. When Jake tells them to escape, his "Yeah" sounds oddly inflected. I also want to note that it was difficult to follow the moments involving Tom "capturing" Lady Bryon. There wasn't much adlibbed vocalization to determine how or when she broke free.

The mixing was well done overall. There were a few SFXs that weren't all that quality, but I understand that "quality" and "free" don't usually mix. Do you have any of the SFX libraries from VAA? They're really good and widely ranged, thanks to some very giving individuals finding them.

Your writing still is the strongest aspect of this production with your VAs second. I've really started to get a feel for why the characters say what they do and react the way they do. The VAs bring that out well which I'm sure you're very proud of. It was the reason why I auditioned for this audio drama, aside from the quality of the mix and cast. However, as Adam mentioned before, I would recommend adding specific direction in the script even though you do encourage adlibbing. It really does bring a more cohesive level of interaction and play between the actors if they are at least told "struggling to hold onto"

Thank you for being so diligent with this production, Tablet! I'm very much looking forward to my character's appearance in Chapter 4.

[Tablet]

Ramune, thanks for the constructive criticism and actually taking the time to listen through the project, it really means a lot.

Now for the points. For the first two episodes there was very limited direction placed on lines, I wanted to give the actors the feedom to assess the situations and characters and begin to grow comfortable performing in the roles without having each line ring fenced with direction. I've found too often in the past as a VA that ring fencing all lines with direction though provides a definite response can limit a performance and it becomes very easy to 'over do' or ham up a line when the producer didn't actually intend for it to be that way. You may have noticed a reasonable amount of direction on lines in the Episode 4 script especially when something complicated or heated is happening, you may have also noticed a lack of direction on your own lines... this was done on purpose as since you're new to the production I wanted to give you an episode where you can let lose which will give me a gauge as to how to direct your lines in the upcoming episodes, I like to remain flexible with a VA's interpretation of the character though I do agree that on occasion there have been times where the lines do not completely flow in a scene but I am working with some of the actors on improving their performances and I think especially with episode 3 the mixture of feedback and comfort within the characters the actors have developed really showed.

Sound effect wise I mainly use the free sound project as there is a reasonable amount of choice when it comes to what I can use for each SFX, I also mix sound effects together to create more suitable effects (the sword that killed georges parents for one was a composite of a sword being sharpened and a water melon being hit with a hammer) I also record my own sound effects when the need arises (when the jammed radio is turned off after the opening music in episode 2 that sound was my old transistor radio buttons being pressed or when Tom is packing the bags towards the end of that episode I put a pair of head phones on and listened to the raw audio stringed together all the while packing a bag in time with the scene and recording the sounds it made then mixing them directly back into the scene.) I'm always on the look out for more sound effect resources and I will graciously look at the SFX libraries on the VAA, thanks for pointing me in their direction

As for writing, until this production I had never really considered myself a writer, I honestly thought I'd enjoy the production side more. I have since found that as much as writing Season 1 had been a labour of love (the first season took over 6 months to write) I have found that I simply enjoy telling stories. I've also found especially in episode 3 where pervious I would clean the vocals for that scene then mix the scene that in episode 3 I chose to clean all the audio all at once which left me the creative freedom to make everything flow and allowed me to actually mix the episode over 2 days instead of 2 weeks.

I hope my waffling addresses some of the points made, this is after all my first production and every episode is a new experience and learning opportunity and I thank everyone who participates either through acting or simply listening to the show. Thank you all!

[hippie_vampire]

I don't quite have time for an actual critique right now but I rust want to say that episode three was amazing as always