![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
vampirefan.livejournal.com posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
amplificathonHi! Although I'm pretty new to audiobooks/podfics I decided that I wanted to participate in the Podfic Critical Feedback Exchange and see if I can be of some help to a reader.
I LOVE to read. I read a ton of fic and the idea that I could just listen to it was something that sounded like it might be a good idea but the couple of professional audiobooks I tried listening to a few years ago left me pretty uninterested. I found that my attention wandered when I listened and the voice of the reader was more of a distraction to me back then.
I've seen podfic posted around comms and never really felt the need to listen until a good friend said that she was going to be recording a podfic. I listened at first because she's my friend but I found that I was drawn into the story and really enjoyed her reading! It made me want to listen to more and I've listened to one other podfic and I feel like I'm much more open to listening now than I was before. As a matter of fact, the fantastic Recathon that has been going on has given me a bunch of fic links I look forward to checking out!
So, with this limited experience, here's my concrit for:
Title: Grow in the Openings
Podfic Reader:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blacksquirrel
Writer:mindabbles (original text)
Fandom: Harry Potter (Explicit - Sirius/Remus, Sirius/Charlie, Sirius/OMCs, mentions of Remus/Tonks, Harry/Ginny)
Podfic Lenght: 4:20:30
Podfic Link: http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/grow-in-openings-audiobook
Intro
I liked hearing the intro. It gave me the pairings/warnings/summary which I found very useful. I can just imagine that when I have dozens of podfics downloaded, it would be great to have that summary at the beginning of each podfic so I can pick what I'm in the mood for (especially when I haven't heard it before) and it would remind me of why I chose the fic.
Reading/Tone/Pacing
After the intro, I was a bit confused because the reading sounded like a poem when I was expecting a story, and as it turned out, it was a poem to start out the fic. It was well read with the tone, pacing, dramatic emphasis and pauses throughout, great for a poem reading. When the reader continued with the prologue they unfortunately kept the same type of poem reading style with kind of a dramatic emphasis on words and/or phrases along with pauses that didn't really fit story-wise. I also found that the reader over enunciated the words throughout the poem and prologue - which would actually be really helpful for people who are not native English speakers - and although it was ok for the the poem it felt stilted and slow most particularly for the prologue.
I was so very glad when the reader started the first chapter (at ~min 13:22) because the reading changed to something much more natural sounding with slightly faster pacing. It made the listening very enjoyable! Once in a while, the reader would get a little more enunciaty (is that even a word?) and slow down but the majority of the reading was done in the more natural sounding tone and pace.
Volume/Sound Quality
I was quite pleased with the sound quality for the first hour and 40+ minutes and for the last 3rd of the fic. There were some sections where the "s" sound was a bit strong, but it was not annoying enough to distract me (and I only mention it since this is a concrit). The sound dramatically changed when the reader got to chapter 7 (around the middle of the fic). There was an strong metallic sounding echo and the volume was noticeably higher than the previous section. The sound changed again on chapter 11, getting back to the much better quality of the first section and stayed like that until the end of the podfic.
Outro
The reader ended the fic with "the end" and included an outro which detailed the author's name, the name of the fic, the reader's name, the comm the fic had been written for and the comm the fic had been read for. It was a good closing for the fic, especially since it was not a short fic.
Other
The reader used different voice tones for a couple of characters and it lent itself to clarifying who was speaking.
Editing
I couldn't really tell if there even was any editing done! If there were any sections where the reader cut out, there was no obvious indication of it therefore the story flowed without any obvious interruption except for the spot in the middle, which I addressed above. But, even within that section, there were no obvious editing indicators.
I hope that this is useful and the kind of concrit that the reader was looking for!
I LOVE to read. I read a ton of fic and the idea that I could just listen to it was something that sounded like it might be a good idea but the couple of professional audiobooks I tried listening to a few years ago left me pretty uninterested. I found that my attention wandered when I listened and the voice of the reader was more of a distraction to me back then.
I've seen podfic posted around comms and never really felt the need to listen until a good friend said that she was going to be recording a podfic. I listened at first because she's my friend but I found that I was drawn into the story and really enjoyed her reading! It made me want to listen to more and I've listened to one other podfic and I feel like I'm much more open to listening now than I was before. As a matter of fact, the fantastic Recathon that has been going on has given me a bunch of fic links I look forward to checking out!
So, with this limited experience, here's my concrit for:
Title: Grow in the Openings
Podfic Reader:
blacksquirrel Writer:
mindabbles (original text)Fandom: Harry Potter (Explicit - Sirius/Remus, Sirius/Charlie, Sirius/OMCs, mentions of Remus/Tonks, Harry/Ginny)
Podfic Lenght: 4:20:30
Podfic Link: http://audiofic.jinjurly.com/grow-in-openings-audiobook
Intro
I liked hearing the intro. It gave me the pairings/warnings/summary which I found very useful. I can just imagine that when I have dozens of podfics downloaded, it would be great to have that summary at the beginning of each podfic so I can pick what I'm in the mood for (especially when I haven't heard it before) and it would remind me of why I chose the fic.
Reading/Tone/Pacing
After the intro, I was a bit confused because the reading sounded like a poem when I was expecting a story, and as it turned out, it was a poem to start out the fic. It was well read with the tone, pacing, dramatic emphasis and pauses throughout, great for a poem reading. When the reader continued with the prologue they unfortunately kept the same type of poem reading style with kind of a dramatic emphasis on words and/or phrases along with pauses that didn't really fit story-wise. I also found that the reader over enunciated the words throughout the poem and prologue - which would actually be really helpful for people who are not native English speakers - and although it was ok for the the poem it felt stilted and slow most particularly for the prologue.
I was so very glad when the reader started the first chapter (at ~min 13:22) because the reading changed to something much more natural sounding with slightly faster pacing. It made the listening very enjoyable! Once in a while, the reader would get a little more enunciaty (is that even a word?) and slow down but the majority of the reading was done in the more natural sounding tone and pace.
Volume/Sound Quality
I was quite pleased with the sound quality for the first hour and 40+ minutes and for the last 3rd of the fic. There were some sections where the "s" sound was a bit strong, but it was not annoying enough to distract me (and I only mention it since this is a concrit). The sound dramatically changed when the reader got to chapter 7 (around the middle of the fic). There was an strong metallic sounding echo and the volume was noticeably higher than the previous section. The sound changed again on chapter 11, getting back to the much better quality of the first section and stayed like that until the end of the podfic.
Outro
The reader ended the fic with "the end" and included an outro which detailed the author's name, the name of the fic, the reader's name, the comm the fic had been written for and the comm the fic had been read for. It was a good closing for the fic, especially since it was not a short fic.
Other
The reader used different voice tones for a couple of characters and it lent itself to clarifying who was speaking.
Editing
I couldn't really tell if there even was any editing done! If there were any sections where the reader cut out, there was no obvious indication of it therefore the story flowed without any obvious interruption except for the spot in the middle, which I addressed above. But, even within that section, there were no obvious editing indicators.
I hope that this is useful and the kind of concrit that the reader was looking for!