Giant Gnome Productions

A Web Audio Production Company

Giant Gnome Productions is a new audio drama group on the block. Our niche is great audio drama, no matter what the story type. We love all genres, from Westerns to Horror, and everything in between. We are a group of audio nuts who love to create great shows in the audio tradition. We also have a number of non-fiction podcasts which we believe in and promote. Our audio drama is available from our feeds, as well as on iTunes. Both links are available on the original show pages. You can download each episode individually as well. We have a lot of fun here, and we are always looking for new people interested in helping us out on our productions, or just schmoozing with us on our various projects.

Archive for February, 2010

DWLTL – The Ouroboros Project Part 1

Posted by Waleed On February - 25 - 2010

Giant Gnome Productions is proud to present the next episode of our original Doctor Who Audio Drama:

Doctor Who: Legends of a Time Lord

Episode 4 – The Ouroboros Project Part 1

CD Cover

Listen Now

In this episode of Doctor Who: Legends of a Time Lord, the Doctor and Emily(now with her sight back) travel back in time to World War I, on this brand new adventure.

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DIRECT DOWNLOAD [Right Click, Save As]

Cast and Crew

Gareth Bowley as CAPTAIN BURROUGHS
Steven Jay Cohen as BURLINGAME
Mattias Steisner as LIEUTENANT ADDISON
Carl Gosline as THE CREW MEMBER
Michael Hudson as THE CORPORAL
Sammy Rey as EMILY WHITROSE
and
David Maciver as THE DOCTOR
Announcer: Mark Kilfoil [The Encaffeinated ONE]
Producer: Waleed Ovase
Written by: Ryan Cassavaugh
Director/Audio Engineer: John Noble
Executive Producer of Giant Gnome Productions: Waleed Ovase
Doctor Who, owned by the BBC. No Rights Infringement Intended.

STO – Episode 11 – Into The Rough Seas

Posted by Tony On February - 4 - 2010

Giant Gnome Productions is proud to announce the SEASON ONE FINALE of the Original Star Trek Audio Drama:

Star Trek: Outpost – Episode 11 – Into the Rough Seas

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After hastily leaving port, the crew of the Chimera heads to join in the search and rescue of  the Ferengi shuttle carrying Lt. Exler, Dr. Winston and Goshen. Meanwhile the pirates of the Solar Winds continue their pursuit, driving the shuttle further into the ion storm known as the Rough Seas. Will the Chimera find their missing crewmates, or will the pirates emerge victorious in this dangerous game of cat and mouse? Find out now…in the Season One Finale of Star Trek: Outpost!

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Cast and Crew

Robert Pepper at Lt. Commander Greg Torkelson
Katie Gomez as Lt. Renova Exler
Eleiece Krawiec as Dr. Rachel Winston
Jon Specht as Chief Burt Knox
Jules Ismail as Goshen
Damon Fries as Ensign Kyle
Cathy Rinella as Lt. Jennifer Forrestal
Melissa D. Johnson as Lt. Karen Denali
MJ Cogburn as the Pirate Captain
CC Peterson as Jenneth
Chris Cree as Melion
Tim Cree as Engineer Watson
Joseph Orr as Ensign Randy Thomas
Brittani Ebert as Engineer Gliss
Mark Zaricor as Captain Tyrellian
Michael Liebmann as Engineer Jack

Announcer: Paul Lavelle
Writers/Directors/Producers: Daniel McIntosh and Tony Raymond
Executive Producer: Waleed Ovase
Audio Engineer: Tony Raymond

Psi Phi Shenanigans Episodes 1 and 2

Posted by Waleed On February - 1 - 2010

Psi Phi Shenanigans

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Do you like science fiction?  Do you like comedy?  Do you enjoy it when your starship captain and crew make pop culture references, mock pop music and eat pop rocks?  Then Psi Phi Shenanigans is for you!  We need actors, singers and more.  Yes, singers!  This new comedy show from Giant Gnome Productions promises to be more fun than smuggling tribbles through airport security.  If you are a voice acting veteran or just looking to get your feet wet for the first time, don’t be shy and audition for Psi Phi Shenanigans. We’re putting the ‘fun’ in… funtastic, no, ‘funomenal’, um, no.  Okay we didn’t think that one through – trust us; we’re putting the fun into Giant Gnome so join us!

A couple of pointers before auditioning:

  • We will only accept auditions in CD QUALITY WAV or 192 kbps MP3
  • When auditioning, make sure there are no pops, hisses, scratches etc in your recording.
  • The auditions end: Saturday, February 13th, 2010 for all roles.
  • We will accept re-auditions on a per person basis. Please put your best effort forward.
  • The email that these auditions should be sent to is: psiphi@giantgnome.com
  • PLEASE – Label the audition files like this: CHARACTERNAME_YOURNAME.MP3/WAV
  • If you submit more than one audition, please send them in a zip file.
  • Thank you and break a leg!

The following cast members will often pre-record dialogue in .wav or .mp3 format to be included in the episode but MAY also be required to record via Skype in some or all episodes.  If you will not or cannot do this, please do not submit for these characters.

OUR CREW: These recurring characters will appear in (nearly) every episode.

THE CAPTAIN – A man’s man, woman’s man, and an alien’s man. He’s a man and also a bit daft.

Male    Late 30s-Older

*SINGING PART*

Line 1: We need their best investigator to get to the bottom of this.

Line 2: You are correct.  We need to be subtle.

Line 3: But he’s no ordinary Vulcan – in fact, he’s not Vulcan at all.

Line 4: Who said anything about prison?

Singing: Record at least 30 seconds of your favorite tune.

THE LIEUTENANT – Justice is his middle name. And first. And last. This guy is one very straight arrow. A seriously straight arrow. Really really straight arrow.

Male    Late 20s-Older

Line 1: I saw that a fleet of ships just broke orbit and was lost.

Line 2: That’s what I want to find out.

Line 3: By the way, were there any other ships nearby that could have been involved?

Line 4: Has my team arrived?

THE SECURITY CHIEF – The Chief has to play many roles: friend, co-worker, subordinate, boss, and den-mother.

Either Gender 20s-Older

Line 1: Captain, I’ve contacted Vulcan High Command.

Line 2: All right, all right. Take it easy, Lieutenant.

Line 3: Gold flag, that’s a special envoy notice!

Line 4: Captain, we’re picking up a distress signal.  A research vessel has been caught in a meteor shower.

THE ENSIGN – He might be a pushover, but then again…..

Male    Late Teens-Early 20s

*SINGING PART*

Line 1: Let me go!

Line 2: What’s wrong, Captain?

Line 3: Nothing to worry about?  I’m worrying.

Line 4: I think I forgot an important communique I need to send to my mother.

Singing: Record at least 30 seconds of your favorite tune.

HELM – Sweet and sassy. She can hang with the guys or attend a garden party.

Female 20s-30s

Line 1: I’ve heard of a guy getting hurt doing that.

Line 2: It’s good to see you again, welcome aboard.

Line 3: Who do you think you are?

Line 4: How about an orbit based upon the degrading L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the second moon of Tau Omicron 2 after the rogue black hole Z1939 passed through the adjacent solar system twenty years ago?

SCIENCE – He’s got “mad skills” – or at least he thinks so anyway.

Male 20s-30s

Line 1: He’s drilling holes into the ground.

Line 2: Lieutenant?  Excuse us.

Line 3: There’s no such thing as the Vulcan Death Grip.

Line 4: Captain, there are only two life forms on the planet. One is Ferengi and the other is unfamiliar.

TACTICAL – The third of our bridge trio and the bridge between the other two.

Either Gender 20s-30s

Line 1: You are NOT a real doctor.

Line 2: Starfleet records indicate they are tracking atmospheric conditions

Line 3: Is that technobabble of some sort?

Line 4: Maybe he’s rowing in a canoe.

OUR ANNOUNCER – The voice that is PSI PHI.

Male 20s-Older

Speak Line 1 a total of 3 times. Be “grand” for the first, speak normally for the second, and be silly for the third.

Line 1: We got scanners, spanners, sensors and more. We’d have to be crazy to sell it this cheap!

Line 2: This concludes our presentation. Thank you for listening.

The following guest players will often pre-record dialogue in .wav or .mp3 format to be included in the episode but MAY also be required to record via Skype in some or all episodes.  If you will not or cannot do this, please do not submit for these characters.

GUEST PLAYERS

Vulcan Scientist

Male    20s-40s

Line 1: I think we need to investigate further.

Line 2: We did a comparison against the ship’s personnel roster.

Line 3: That makes no sense at all.

Line 4: I don’t care what anyone says – you can never have enough pairs of sunglasses.

Female Klingon Warrior

Male or Female with a very husky voice

20s-Older

Line 1: It must be beautiful!

Line 2: I was in my quarters at the time.

Line 3: We will fight!

Security Guard 1

Male 20s-30s

*SINGING PART*

Line 1: This is so unfair!

Line 2: Aye, Captain, that IS a lovely flannel shirt.

Line 3: She’s great with a mace.

Singing: Record at least 30 seconds of your favorite tune.

Security Guard 2

Male 20s-30s

*SINGING PART*

Line 1: Yeah, you’re right!

Line 2: Does anyone want to switch shirts with me?

Line 3: Lock him up in the brig – and don’t let him play with my toys.

Singing: Record at least 30 seconds of your favorite tune.

The Director

Male 30s-Older

Line 1: OK, people. Let’s come together here.

Line 2: Can we have some quiet?

Line 3: You’re beautiful!

The following four parts will pre-record dialogue to be included in the episode.

These parts will not be recorded via Skype and should be submitted via .wav format.

Vulcan Mother

Female 20s-40s, monotone

Line 1: I am gratified that you find this variety satisfactory.

Line 2: Perhaps, son, you should try it.

Line 3: The call was sent over an hour ago. There have been no messages since.

Vulcan Child

Male 7-10 years, monotone

Line 1: It is thoroughly unsatisfying.

Line 2: Mother, this is quite vibrant.

Line 3: The Lieutenant isn’t here, Captain.

Alien

Gender Non-specific    Any Age

Give us two (2) 5 second takes of your squeak or squawk like a bird.

Give us two (2) 5 second takes of your growl or howl like a wolf.

Give us two (2) 5 second takes of your roar or snuffle like a bear or lion.

Feel free to make whatever sounds you like, as long as it vaguely passes for language.

Announcer

Speak both Lines 1 and 2 a total of 3 times. Be “grand” for the first, speak normally for the second, and be silly for the third.

Line 1: Seven slim pens in four tasteful shades.  Writing was never so much fun.

Line 2: When you care enough to send the very best.  Or at least close to it.

Giant Gnome Productions is proud to present the next episode of our original Doctor Who Audio Drama:

Doctor Who: Legends of a Time Lord

Episode 4 – The Ouroboros Project Part 1

CD Cover

Listen Now

In this episode of Doctor Who: Legends of a Time Lord, the Doctor and Emily(now with her sight back) travel back in time to World War I, on this brand new adventure.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

DIRECT DOWNLOAD [Right Click, Save As]

Cast and Crew

Gareth Bowley as CAPTAIN BURROUGHS
Steven Jay Cohen as BURLINGAME
Mattias Steisner as LIEUTENANT ADDISON
Carl Gosline as THE CREW MEMBER
Michael Hudson as THE CORPORAL
Sammy Rey as EMILY WHITROSE
and
David Maciver as THE DOCTOR
Announcer: Mark Kilfoil [The Encaffeinated ONE]
Producer: Waleed Ovase
Written by: Ryan Cassavaugh
Director/Audio Engineer: John Noble
Executive Producer of Giant Gnome Productions: Waleed Ovase
Doctor Who, owned by the BBC. No Rights Infringement Intended.

DWLTL – The Ouroboros Project Part 1

Posted by Waleed