Nemecene : The Epoch of Redress audio trailer by science fiction author Karen Lefave, starring Elley-Ray Hennessy.
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What better way for science fiction author Karen Lefave to bring the futuristic Nemecene world to life than to produce a compelling audio trailer that expresses the mystery, adventure, and intrigue of Nemecene : The Epoch of Redress through sound. There is no need to physically see the images play out on a crystal display; simply set your eyes free and let your ears be the conduit for a visual experience playing in your mind’s eye. Let your imagination take you where Nathruyu has been. Let the reality of today’s world project you into a future you know in your heart is coming…soon.
It all started with a thought, a desire to produce an experience that could jump out of the printed pages while capturing the imagination of the listener. In the fast paced, results driven, commuter heavy world that we live in, many choose to devote their eyes to more immediate tasks. Reading has become a quest for factual information and directly applicable knowledge rather than a means to tease and expand the creative mind, rather than a means to reconnect with our inner child. Time spent in earnest, seeking a broadening experience through literature is highly valued and the menu is onerous. How can a science fiction author express herself in such a way as to allow the eyes to focus on scurrying from here to there while offering a taste of something exciting and worth discovering? How can a science fiction author pop out of the book shelf?
Enter Elley-Ray Hennessy and Darryl Hogan from Broadview Studios, an actress with a voice to ensnare the tiny little hairs in your ears, and a sound engineer to hijack the photocells behind your eyeballs. Add to that Karen Lefave, a former engineer and now Nemecene science fiction author looking to tap you on the shoulder and say “Hey! Do you really think this is fiction? Do you really think Earth has no voice?” and you have a thought provoking and artistically blunt (if there is such a thing) audio trailer that leaves you hanging, that leaves you wanting the answers, that leaves you thinking.
What will you discover?
More importantly, what will you allow yourself to discover?
“Enjoy the Nemecene : The Epoch of Redress audio trailer and share your insights. The words you articulate can be the drops the ocean needs.” — Karen Lefave
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Hi,
Great work, but here are my subjective views. I think the voice effects are okay, some of them are actually wonderful, so I would leave them. However, the background sounds, like water drops, ocean and wind overlays are a distraction to the listener. You are taking away the best part of the experience; “imagination”. last month I decided to take two weeks to listen to “Shogun” rather than watch the 3hrs movie. This choice was made because I wanted to get the original story not the interpreted film version. I think audio should not be interpreted, it must only be a verbatim translation from written to spoken format. Nothing more. Leave interpretation and adaption to the visual. Let the listener mind build the rest of the magic.
Great start! keep it coming.
Hi Timothy,
Thanks for the feedback. I hear what you say about have a full-length audio book version with as much room for imagination as possible and few distractions. The intention of the audio trailer is to give it a “movie” trailer like feel as more of a marketing tool than an excerpt. Looking to attract a movie deal
I’ve experimented with a simple read with only voice effects to distinguish the different characters speaking, flashbacks, and narrator thinking in their head. I can send you a link to the first chapter in three, twenty-minute segments if you like (section one is available here http://www.nemecene.com/2011/11/15/download-nemecene-audio-sample-free/) . They are just informal recordings I put together with GarageBand and effects on my own voice, but no distractions. Maybe that is more along the lines you are thinking then?
Really well done, I loved the voice-work and the sound effects. I listen to many audio books and I love the music and sound effects and lets my imagination soar along with your story. I would like to hear the whole story right now.
Roger
Thanks Roger. I had a blast working on this project with Elley-Ray and Darryl at Broadview Studios.
If you’re interested in hearing the story itself, I recorded myself “reading” the first 38 pages (Chapter 1) on my Mac with some GarageBand voice effects for the different characters. I’ll e-mail you the links.