VL: Pride 2021 "Why I Take The Lift", by Mark Nixon
Victoria's Lift
9th Story Studios LLC
4.7 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2021
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
When a man struggles to come to terms with his true self, Victoria does her best to help him find his way.
But, will his fear of how others perceive him prevent him from facing the truth and being who he is?
Written by Mark Nixon
Cast (in order of appearance):
The Narrator: David Ault
Victoria Bigglesworth-Hayes: Amber Collins
Vicky: Amber Collins
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Art: Jeanette Andromeda of JeanetteCreations.com
Score: Nico Vettese of We Talk of DreamsÂ
A 9th Story Studios Production | Foytik, Collins, Vettese
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THEMES:
"The Song of Many Worlds" (Lift Opening Theme), "A Girl Alone", (Victoria's Theme), and The Lift Closing Theme Music were Composed and Recorded by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams
www.wetalkofdreams.com
FX:
Sound FX: freesound.org, audioblocks.com
AUDIO RECORDING
Sound Design and Vocal Mix by Davis Walden, of The Viridian Wild audio drama podcast.
Score: Nico Vettese, We Talk of Dreams
Final Mix, 9th Story Studios: www.9thstory.com
PRODUCTION:
Producer/ Creator: Daniel Foytik
Executive Producers: Amber Collins, Nico Vettese, Jeanette Andromeda
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Victoria's Lift and all core characters, places, and situations are property of Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios, and 9th Story Publishing and may not be used in any form without explicit written permission.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 9th Story Studios, giving story a voice. |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to the lift. Get ready to take a ride. |
| 0:30.4 | Tweet, tweet. |
| 0:32.5 | Are you a birdie? |
| 0:34.5 | Do you like to Twitter and tweet? |
| 0:37.9 | Come find us on Twitter at Victoria's Lift. |
| 0:38.8 | Tweet, tweet. Tweet. |
| 0:38.8 | Hello, I'm Daniel Foytec, and I thank you for joining us for a special episode of Victoria's Lift. |
| 0:55.9 | Today, in celebration of Pride Month, we present a fresh take on one of our favorite stories from season one. |
| 1:02.5 | Not only was why I take the Lyft a Parsec Award finalist, but it's one of my personal all-time favorite stories of the show. |
| 1:11.0 | Now, it always felt like this one deserved a better production than I had the ability, experience, or resources to give it so early in the show. |
| 1:20.7 | If you create things, anything, you'll know what I mean. |
| 1:24.6 | When you start on the path of making arts, you know what you want it to be. |
| 1:30.0 | And you do your best to realize that. But because you know you're inexperienced, and eventually you do improve, part of you always wants to go back and make it better. |
| 1:42.9 | So today, in celebration of Pride Month, this story gets its due. |
| 1:47.8 | The episode has been completely redone with new narration by the incomparable David Alt, |
| 1:52.7 | fresh sound design by our amazingly talented new sound designer Davis Walden, |
| 1:57.5 | and an all-new custom score by Niko Veteze. |
| 2:01.0 | And the fact that the new narration and sound design were both done by gay men makes this |
| 2:06.0 | episode even more special. |
| 2:08.6 | I sincerely hope you'll find this episode as beautiful as I do. |
| 2:12.3 | A big thank you to our author, Mark Nixon, for agreeing to allow this story to appear again. |
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