4amcab Series 2, coming on the 1st of May 2013
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First Recording Completed
Last night we officially began Series 2 as we recorded the first episode.
The actors all gathered together in a basement room and we set the hard disc recorder going. While you wait for the results, pop on over to the 4amcab Company page and see who the actors all are. Also, you have just enough time to listen to all of the first series again. All our previous episodes are available to listen to on the website or you can head over to iTunes and grab them all from there. While you’re on iTunes, feel free to subscribe and you’ll get every episode as they are published.
So, now begins the big job of the edit. See you all on the other side.
The next 4amcab arrives on the 1st of May, make sure you’re along for the ride.
New Logo!
Our resident graphic designer, Jake Lloyd has done it again. He’s spent hours in a dark room with his camera and a torch and come up with another great logo. Each photo takes ten minutes to shoot on a long exposure and jake dances around his room with a high powered flashlight literally writing the words “4am cab 2” in the air.
We think he’s brilliant and we love his photos.
Do go over to twitter and follow Jake. Tell him we sent you and that he should make more beautiful images.
Thanks Jake!
New Series Taking Shape
I should really be redrafting the script for S2:E1 right now but I’m getting so excited to be returning to the studio that I just had to share it with you.
After what can only be described from the outside as a MASSIVE BREAK (honestly, we have been working hard in the background) we are almost ready for our second coming. Rachel and I have read through all the submissions and we’ve made a nice sized pile of ones that are suitable (or will be with a rewrite). So far we’ve contacted three writers for the first episode and we’ll be in touch with more as we pull together the rest of the series.
Ready for a big announcement? Of course you are. Our plan is to release each episode in series 2 on the following dates:
Episode 1 – 1st May 2013
Episode 2 – 1st June 2013
Episode 3 – 1st July 2013
Episode 4 – 1st August 2013
Episode 5 – 1st September 2013
Episode 6 – 1st October 2013
(Secret and previously unannounced) Christmas Special – Just before Christmas ;-)
Imaginitve, eh? So put the dates in your diary (they’re probably already there, you just need to add the event).
We hope you’re as excited as we are and we’ll be asking for your help to spread the word just as soon as we’re ready to release the next installment.
Happy Birthday to Us!
On this day, one year ago, 4amcab was born.
Kicking and screaming we registered the website and began work on what has turned out to be a really fun project, working with lots of very talented and hilarious people. We are now offically one year old, so in terms of our development we’re on solids and getting ready to walk and dribbling all over the place.
When we started 4amcab, we didn’t know what it was going to sound like, whether it would survive more than one episode or if we’d even be able to find the time to develop it into something that people would want to listen to. One year later, we’ve had press coverage, topped the New and Noteworthy section of iTunes, have our very own company of lovely actors and a network of fantastic writers that are keen to get their work heard. We were even voted 13th best podcast in the UK! Next year we’re aiming for the top ten.
Thanks so much for your support and encouragment, this is just the beginning so stick with us as we have some exciting plans afoot.
We announced on twitter yesterday that we will be recording the first episode of Series 2 on Monday 22nd April and in the next few days we should be able to tell you more about series two, as always follow us on twitter to get updates.
We’re off to get some cake.
The Window is Shut
A big thank you to all the writers that have sent us their work over the last month for the forthcoming series of 4amcab, our inbox has been filling up nicely. We’re going to now read everything that was sent and can begin the process of planning out all six episodes of the second series.
Follow us on twitter to keep informed about how the project is progressing and if we need any more material we’ll put a call out on there (and on here too but there’ll be links from twitter).
So once again, thank you for taking the time to contribute and we hope to be able to use as much as possible.
Call for Submissions
The window to write for Series 2 of 4amcab is now open.
This time we are having a month long window where we are asking for your sketches so we can more thoroughly plan all 6 episodes of the second series.
Here are the details you need.
– The current window is open until Midnight Wednesday 20th March 2013
– Send your Word .doc scripts to us at this email address: ideas@4amcab.com
– Put “Series 2 submission” in the subject box – this will ensure you get a receipt to say we’ve received your work.
– On each sketch, put a header with your name and email address on, so we can keep track of who sent what.
– Send us as many sketches as you like, there is no limit.
As we are expecting to receive a lot of sketches, we are not able to offer feedback for individual sketches but if we like something or think that it could be developed we will let you know.
As always, everything that is used will get a credit on the website.
For more infomation on what to write about, have a look at the writers guide but the main thing we are looking for are short sketches with a slightly surreal or silly sensibility. Have a listen to one of the later episode of Series 1 or individual sketches on our audioboo channel.
We look forward to reading your work.
Remember, the deadline is Midnight Wednesday 20th March 2013
Really Exciting Update (really?!)
The 4amcab tech elves (erm, that’ll be me then) are working hard in the background of the website this month to make things run a bit smoother for series two. In the past we’ve suffered from the website being a little bit unreliable meaning that sometimes you weren’t able to access the latest episode. We are making improvements that, although might not be visible on the site, should mean we have a better service when the new stuff comes out. What do you mean that’s not a very exciting update?!
So, if over the next month you come here and can’t read anything, rather than it just being one of my mispelt posts (!), it’ll probably just be down to site maintenance.
To keep up with other really exciting updates, ahem, follow us on twitter.
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Series 2 announcement
So we had the big swivelly chair meeting and we’re delighted to announce that work has officially begun on 4amcab, series 2. The door will remain open to new writers, but we’re going to approach things a little differently this time.
Rather than having a deadline for each episode, we propose to do a big trawl for scripts at the beginning, and then request additional material as and when we need it as the series progresses. We’ll be releasing some guidelines for potential writers very soon.
We’ll be doing another six episodes this year, bringing back some old favourite characters from series 1, and developing some new ones.
So keep ’em peeled, and we’ll be in touch soon.
Rachel and Lee
European Podcast Award Update
As of 1st February, the deadline for the public vote on the EPA has passed. We’d like to thank all our supporters for voting for us and we have our fignesr crosesd (that was a joke!) that we’ll be through to the next round. For those that are interested in how the judging panel decide who wins, this blog post highlights how the competition works.
If we are lucky enough to have enough votes to get to this stage we feel confident that we can score highly in a lot of the areas that the judges are looking at. Whatever happens, we’re chuffed to bits to have been selected as a nominee.
In other award news, we’ve almost finalised our entry for the highly prestigeous Sony Radio Academy Awards. We will be pitting ourselves against the country’s biggest comedy names in radio, so figners crssoed (stop it now!) for that too.
Once we’ve finished patting ourselves on the back, expect an announcement regarding Series Two next week.
