Commercial Contest Discussion

[Sagequeen]

Althanas is hosting its first ever Commercial Contest!

All Althanas writers will be welcome to submit their 60 second commercial script, and the best of those will be brought to life by a professional voice actor. The finished products will be used in recruitment efforts through many forms of social media.

These commercials will have no designated topic; they may be about your character, power group, a region, a past or present event in Althanas, or even an OOC approach about the site's features. You can be as creative as you like, but remember, you must be relevant and compelling.

While a single winner will be chosen, those scripts that are most compelling will be voiced and produced, and there will be no shortage of rewards for your efforts.

More details are pending, but you may ask your preliminary questions here!

Examples:

Peace Or Pain

Assassin's Life

[Mordelain]

What format do the scripts need to be in?

(Also...is it my turn to post in A Play? *awkward).

[Sagequeen]

Your commercial script must be slightly less than 60 seconds when read out loud.

Keep in mind that inflection and sound effects take time, too, so allow for those by using fewer words. As a guideline for length, 60 seconds is about 12-15 lines of text on the normal word processor, 12 point, Times New Roman font, all caps -- or around 150 words, give or take. The best way to determine whether or not your commercial meets the guidelines is to act it out, against a clock, while leaving room for the bells and whistles.

I suggest using a normal word processor, to be sure you meet the time requirement, before posting. A simple copy/paste from there is fine.

(And YES! It's your turn!)

[Ashla]

How long do we have to do these (like when is the due date)?

[Sagequeen]

The contest beginning and end, as well as the official rules, will be announced in the coming days.

[Christoph]

Must... resist... urge to begin all entries with a gruff voices saying, "In a world..."

Now, must the script limit itself to a single voice, or can we write for more than one voice? It may or may not be relevant for my entry, but others may be wondering as well.

[Sagequeen]

I'm planning on a male and a female voice, together or separately. I'll elaborate in the rules, which I'll post...

Soon^TM

But seriously, I'll have the official rules posted in a matter of days.


Funny thing is, Christoph, I'd wager just about everyone who read 'In a world,' read it in that narrator's voice.

[Ashla]

Okay, thank you

[TheOnlyGhost]

I don't have any means of audio recording/posting of any kind. Can I just post my material here, have someone else narrate it, and still get credit for it if I win?

[Sagequeen]

TheOnlyGhost - you have at your disposal two people who do audio for a living, with access to professional studios and music/sfx libraries. You need only provide a script once the contest officially begins.