What’s the difference between an audio drama and a podcast movie? Well, I’d never actually heard of a podcast movie until I learned about Treat, a podcast movie from C13Features that stars Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Mad Men). However, basically, they’re the same thing.
Some audio dramas, such as For Blood or Justice, are episodic like a tv series. Treat, however, is like a movie. No breaks. Just a solid one hour and 31 minutes of listening thrills for your ears.
Or, as Shipka put it in her Audacy Check In with Bru interview, it’s “an audio experience that’s technically a podcast but for all intents and purposes is a narrative film.”
We’ll talk a little bit more about what else she talked about with Bru, but let’s first learn more about Treat and how you can listen to it.
Treat Storyline
Allie West is an unpopular teenager who is dealing with issues beyond her years while struggling to fit in with her seemingly perfect small town. But, on one Halloween night, everything changes, and she discovers that her town’s idyllic image comes at a deadly cost. As she learns about the mysterious Piper’s powerful hold on the town, she, along with her younger brother, realize they are the only ones who can save their community before it’s too late. Can Allie West help rescue her family, and their town, and even herself, from its evil past and own demise?
How to Enjoy Treat
Treat dropped on October 25. You can listen on the Audacy App as well as anywhere else you get your podcasts from, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.
If you want to get a taste of what you’re in for, check out the trailer. It sounds really good. I was totally digging the soundtrack.
At the end of the Audacy Check In interview with Shipka, Bru also said it would play on Halloween night on all of Audacy’s radio stations. Which is something I don’t think we’ve ever seen before either, have we? Or, I guess I should say, heard before.
Speaking of her interview about the podcast movie…
Audacy Check In: Kiernan Shipka
It was fun to see her interviewed. Sally Draper was one of my favorite Mad Men characters. I always thought the then-little girl who played her must be super intelligent and wise beyond her years. Her interview with Audacy’s Bru confirmed she is indeed a super-intelligent old soul. Yet, she’s still in touch with her twenty-something self.
They discussed how challenging voice-over acting was. How different it was being in booth with no costumes and not being able to use your expressions and how she had to find new ways to convey all the emotions. How she had to “feel it in her body” so that it translated through her voice.
Also, how she felt the end product is “10 times more terrifying with the sounds.” How the listener is forced to use their imagination more.
As she pointed out, that is often scarier, isn’t it? After all, how often have you conjured up worst-case scenarios in your mind, but when a bad reality happens, it’s not near as terrifying?
Anyway, you can watch the short interview in its entirety on Audacy Music’s YouTube channel.
For More Info
Visit https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/treat-61466.
Check-In
Have you listened to a good audio drama lately?
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I know audio dramas are out there, but I haven’t listened to any lately. No real reason, just haven’t. Maybe it’s because in my free time I stick my nose in a book. I love to read.:-)
And that’s how you pound out thousands of pages each quarter!!!