On this episode of Welcomed by Design, we listen back to Fall 2022's Queer Horror Week, coordinated by Pitt's Horror Studies Working Group. Members of our team got to panel with many cool creatives, including the wonderful, BBC award-winning team of Unwell, to talk about accessibility and identity in the world of audio dramas! With a topic like that, there's obviously going to be far too much good conversation to have a mere hour of footage. So we're releasing a two-part special (which, given its patchwork of event audio clips, a lá Frankenstein's monster, is also thematically spooky in structure).
In this part 1, we discuss accessible and inclusive production practices, on the "real life" side of things. We talked about everything from fun/snarky transcript comments to balancing the nature of scaring in horror with care in content warnings.
Be sure to check out part 2 for even more conversation, this time on inclusive fictional practices.
Open episode transcript (which we've annotated this episode, in honor of Unwell!)
(An unembedded link to the resource library, which includes transcripts, will be at the bottom of this description for anyone needing to copy and paste the link in a web browser.)
Go to our resource library (for terms and recommended readings)
Check out Unwell, a fictional Midwestern Gothic Mystery podcast, about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice…
Host and producer: Lynn Priestley
Executive producer: Dr. Jessica FitzPatrick
Sound designer: Ashton McCool
Producer: Emily Kuntz
Transcriber: Shivangi "Teddy" Tiwari
Sound credits:
"Turning to You" from Landmans Duet, by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
"Valantis" from Cauldron, by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
Some sound effects were sourced from Freesound.org.
Julesv4 - Door Creaking
Nettimato - Chain
Keweldog - Crunching Scraping
Mincedbeats - Gel Squelches
TRP - Foot Squish Wet Mud Puddle Stratford
Garzul - Analog Lazer fx
Florianreichelt - Soft Wind
Sound effects not listed above were sourced from https://www.fesliyanstudios.com
If you have questions, guest suggestions, or comments about the accessibility of this podcast, please don't hesitate to email us at welcomedbydesign@gmail.com.
Unembedded link to above-mentioned resource library: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1unKUUqD_SH2Qi0C94s2j7WEuXdtP0k0e?usp=sharing
