I'm J. Marcus Xavier, director and producer of the 'Silent Universe' scifi podcast (www.silentuniverse.com).
I'm posting on the Gateworld forums because I am seeking talented and passionate fanfic writers, who are interested in gaining professional exposure by participating in a collaborative scifi series development program. As an avid fanboy and an old fanfiction writer myself, I'm very familiar with the way that larger professional production companies tend to treat their fan base: apathetic at best, with subpoenas at worst. After interning at the Sci Fi Channel a few years ago, I realized that the attitude among studio executives toward us is overwhelmingly negative. Thinking scifi fans incapable of producing quality and entertaining stories, our ideas are often unfairly ignored. But it wasn't always this way...
The 'Silent Universe' is an edgy space drama with an interactive twist, which mixes thematic elements of "24" and the new "Battlestar Galactica" into an all-original scifi adventure. If you want to know more details, please visit our story on the Slice of Sci Fi Podcast, our press release on PRWeb or listen to the "teaser trailer" on iTunes or any generic podcast reader.
Authors and contributors who participate will be given full recognition for direct material used in an episode of the 'Silent Universe' podcast. We have a professional cast of voice actors, and a group of story supervisors who all apreciate the dramatic possibilities of science fiction. Everything we're trying to do with this production is to push the envelope of professionalism: the core premise of the 'Silent Universe' is to turn the assumption that fans can't create something truly worthwhile on it's ear. By encouraging as much group participation and feedback as possible, we hope to prove that amateur and semi-pro writers can create compelling and entertaining content to rival some of the media found on television today.
The premiere episode (already completed by "in house" staff) is scheduled to be released (iTunes / Generic / BitTorrent available soon) this coming Wednesday, the 15th of February. If interested, please contact [email protected] for more information or visit silentuniverse.com
Thanks for your time, I look forward to hearing from you,
Best,
~ J. Marcus Xavier
I'm posting on the Gateworld forums because I am seeking talented and passionate fanfic writers, who are interested in gaining professional exposure by participating in a collaborative scifi series development program. As an avid fanboy and an old fanfiction writer myself, I'm very familiar with the way that larger professional production companies tend to treat their fan base: apathetic at best, with subpoenas at worst. After interning at the Sci Fi Channel a few years ago, I realized that the attitude among studio executives toward us is overwhelmingly negative. Thinking scifi fans incapable of producing quality and entertaining stories, our ideas are often unfairly ignored. But it wasn't always this way...
The 'Silent Universe' is an edgy space drama with an interactive twist, which mixes thematic elements of "24" and the new "Battlestar Galactica" into an all-original scifi adventure. If you want to know more details, please visit our story on the Slice of Sci Fi Podcast, our press release on PRWeb or listen to the "teaser trailer" on iTunes or any generic podcast reader.
Authors and contributors who participate will be given full recognition for direct material used in an episode of the 'Silent Universe' podcast. We have a professional cast of voice actors, and a group of story supervisors who all apreciate the dramatic possibilities of science fiction. Everything we're trying to do with this production is to push the envelope of professionalism: the core premise of the 'Silent Universe' is to turn the assumption that fans can't create something truly worthwhile on it's ear. By encouraging as much group participation and feedback as possible, we hope to prove that amateur and semi-pro writers can create compelling and entertaining content to rival some of the media found on television today.
The premiere episode (already completed by "in house" staff) is scheduled to be released (iTunes / Generic / BitTorrent available soon) this coming Wednesday, the 15th of February. If interested, please contact [email protected] for more information or visit silentuniverse.com
Thanks for your time, I look forward to hearing from you,
Best,
~ J. Marcus Xavier
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