One Night Stan Submissions
One Night Stan is an IC talk-back show anyone in the New Wold of Darkness can listen to made by Conrad White and broadcast over Tune!FM 106.9 in the Armidale region, streamed over tunefm.net and podcast at cpod.org.au. It airs monthly on the last Sunday of every Month, and the podcast is usually available soon after. We are always after content and you the players and storytellers of the New World of Darkness games can contribute in any way you see fit - however this page serves as a guide how to and what sort of content works best.
General
Submission Deadline: 20th of each month.
Email: onenightstan@tunefm.net (for scripts and Skype appointments)
Skype: One.Night.Stan (by arrangement through onenightstan@tunefm.net)
Types of content are:
- Calls
- Interviews
- Advertisements
- News Articles
Types of submissions maybe:
- Synopses
- Scripts
- Recordings
- In Person
- Via Skype
Types of Content
Content is the type of material that is appropriate to and makes up each episode of One Night Stan. These may either be Calls, Interviews, Advertisements or News Articles. On average, each One Night Stan episode usually consists of four (4) Calls, one (1) Interview, three (3) Advertisements and five (5) News Articles - Interviews and News Articles being the standard variable subject to availability of articles and time in the show.
Calls
Stanley Roberts takes calls from anyone who rings in each episode.
The OOC purpose of these is to give some insight into the hidden supernatural world without overly revealing it or indicate that something else is going on.
Calls can be about anything, but will be judged on if it fits with the OOC purpose of calls and what is most entertaining (or if we can make it entertaining by Stan's response to them)
PCs and NPCs alike can call in, subject to the restriction that they must be able to ICly do so between 8pm and 10pm on a Friday night.
Given any call is a back and forth conversation, it is strongly advised that you send a synopsis or script first via email, so that the dialogue can be worked out.
You can suggest what Stan may say in a script/synopsis you send, however we may choose to modify this. If we do, we will attempt to keep it in the spirit of what you give for the the call.
Once we have worked out the details, then you can either send a recording, arrange a time to record in studio or a time to record over Skype.
Interviews
Each episode of One Night Stan features an interview with some personality or someone with something interesting to report.
The OOC purpose of these is to nominally facilitate advancement of plot - but where not applicable be of entertainment purposes.
Entertainment value is not required, although we may attempt to put some in via Stan's responses.
PCs and NPCs alike can be interviewed and this is not restricted by IC time or date, as ICly Stan can pre-record them at any time.
Because we seek where possible to use the Interview section to advance plot somewhere in Beyond the Sunset's games, we give preference to any ST submissions for this - however if none are available, any PC may be featured in an interview. Any PC interview may be retained and used for later (with the player's permission) if we are lacking content.
Given any interview is a back and forth conversation, it is strongly advised that you send a synopsis or script first via email, so that the dialogue can be worked out.
You can suggest what Stan may say in a script/synopsis you send, however we may choose to modify this. If we do, we will attempt to keep it in the spirit of what you give for the the interview.
Once we have worked out the details, then you can either send a recording, arrange a time to record in studio or a time to record over Skype.
Advertisements
Each episode of One Night Stan features three (3) advertisements as part of the song break between the halves of the show.
The OOC intent of these is to highlight businesses that exist in the New World of Darkness that do not in the real world, specifically those related to PCs or Plot.
Entertainment value is not required, although if not supplied with a Script to adhere to or Recording, we may inject this as part of making the Advertisement.
Any recordings submitted will be included as is, unless additions or modifications are requested with a week's notice via email or if done via Skype, at time of recording.
Any scripts submitted will be adhered to as strongly as possible within the bounds of no cost to us and Australian law (ie, certain pieces of music or sound effects cannot be used and/or cost to use).
Any synopsis submitted we will use to base a script, which will be sent to you for approval. If no approval is received within 5 working days of email, we will assume approval and proceed.
The final result will be sent to the submitter for approval. If no approval is received within 5 working days of email, we will assume approval and use it.
If any synopsis, script or recording is submitted by a PC, we will email the appropriate ST as notification, but otherwise proceed unless told not to by the ST.
News Articles
Stanley Roberts and Hanz Shumaker discuss the weird and odd news each episode.
The OOC intent of this section of the show is to build a National (if not International should SPI choose to be involved) New World Of Darkness, and make it seem like the world is more than just what occurs in local games.
Entertainment value is not required, although we may attempt to put some in via Stan's or Hanz's responses.
PC and NPC actions alike can be feature, so long as they are confirmed by STs to have been reported in the media somewhere.
News discussed is no more than 30 days old, however exception may be made if the event is truly extraordinary, likely to have significant effect on our games, or requested by an ST.
You may send whole articles, headlines or links to us via email, however the more complete the better. If the script demands details not had, we will suggest the details and run it past the relevant ST for confirmation.
As this segment is a discussion between Stan and Hanz, we will not use any recordings sent or need to arrange a time to record - although if discussed via Skype, a recording may be made for reference.
Types of Submission
Write something about types of submission. These may either be Synoses, Scripts, Recordings sent by You, Recordings at the Studio or via Skype.
Synopses
You may send via email a Synopsis of the Call, Interview, Advertisement or News Article you would like to feature on One Night Stan and have us use it to base all, part or parts of our script or scripts on it.
Be aware that if your synopsis submission is a Call or an Interview, given they are a back and forth conversation, you may not have control of what or how it is written in regards to characterisation, especially with One Night Stan signature characters.
You may suggest characterisation for any characters proposed by your submission, and we will attempt to find a voice actor who may suit your suggestions where possible, but be aware that the voice acting talent pool we have access to is limited.
You may also make a suggestion of specific person to provide voice acting for your submission - however this is up to the submitter to arrange this.
We will make a script from what you send and run this past you for approval. If no approval is received within 5 working days of email, we will assume approval and proceed.
You may request correction of facts presented in the script, but if using one of One Night Stan's signature characters, you may not request alteration of anything we deem characterisation of the script.
The final result will be sent to the submitter for approval. If no approval is received within 5 working days of email, we will assume approval and use it.
While we will attempt to maintain the spirit of what was submitted in Synopsis, what results is ultimately our creative process with the talent and set characters we have available, and it may not be represented exactly as you envisioned it.
Scripts
You may send via email a Script of the Call, Interview, Advertisement or News Article you would like to feature on One Night Stan and have us use it to base recordings on.
You may suggest characterisation for any characters proposed by your submission, and we will attempt to find a voice actor who may suit your suggestions where possible, but be aware that the voice acting talent pool we have access to is limited..
You may also make a suggestion of specific person to provide voice acting for your submission - however this is up to the submitter to arrange this.
Be aware that if your script submission is a Call or an Interview, given they are a back and forth conversation, you may not have control of what or how it is written in regards to characterisation, especially with One Night Stan signature characters - however we will not alter the reaction of any character proposed by you wherever possible.
The final result will be sent to the submitter for approval. If no approval is received within 5 working days of email, we will assume approval and use it.
While we will attempt to maintain the spirit of what was submitted in Script, what results in recording is ultimately our creative process with the talent and set characters we have available, and it may not be represented exactly as you envisioned it.
Recordings
You may submit anything you have recorded yourself for One Night Stan.
Please advise via email first before sending recordings of what the recording pertains to.
The recommended recording specifications are:
- 16-bit stereo format .wav
- 48000 Hz
If you cannot manage this, please send a recording that is uncompressed (not .mp3) and/or as high a quality as possible.
In Person
You may arrange via email a time to come in to the tunefm.net studios, if you live in or near Armidale, and record your submission for One Night Stan.
It is strongly advised that you have sent a script or synopsis via email beforehand or along with you email to book the recording time.
Be aware that if your submission is a Call or an Interview, given they are a back and forth conversation, without any pre-sent synopsis or script the process will take longer.
Via Skype
You may arrange via email a time to Skype, if you do not live in or near Armidale, or cannot make it in in time, and record your submission using it's VOIP service.
The Skype username One.Night.Stan has been set up for recordings via Skype, however anyone seeking to add this user to their friends list must include either their membership number or email address that they have prior to used to send an email to onenightstan@tunefm.net in order to arrange the recording. All others will be rejected.
Any microphone set-up will work - however be aware that not all microphones are made equal, and the better the microphone, the better the quality of the recording.
Before recording via Skype, please do the following:
- Confirm your set-up is working using the Skype Call Testing service.
- Arrange to use Skype in a quiet space with little or no background noise.
- Make sure you are not disturbed during the Skype session.
It is strongly advised that you have sent a script or synopsis via email beforehand or along with you email to book the recording time.
Be aware that if you submission is a Call or an Interview, given they are a back and forth conversation, without any pre-sent synopsis or script the process will take longer.