Teaser – Out Eeling
Content warnings:
Peril to Main Characters.
Thalassophobia.
SFX: Squelching, roaring, fish noises, thunder, screams.
[EXT. THE FROLIC, THE SEA IS CALM AND GENTLE. THE RIGGING IS CREAKING]
BOATER: (calling across from the Fortune) Lines secured!
SAILOR 1: Cheers Boater! (calling to rest of sailors) Lines secured!
[THE SAILS FLAP AS THE TWO SHIPS SAIL APART FROM EACH OTHER. CHEERFUL MUSIC BEGINS]
SAILOR 2: (pleased) Look at the size of that beast…
SAILOR 1: Aye, it’s a good haul.
SAILOR 2: Oh we’ll celebrate at the Gleaming Eel when we get back.
SAILOR 1: Shoaling Day’s coming up. It’ll be good and busy.
SAILOR 2: I’ll see you there then?
SAILOR 1: Aye. You still owe me from from last time.
SAILOR 2: No, I paid last Hronnsday, remember I…
[A BELL RINGS, INTERRUPTING THEM. FIRST SLOW, THEN FAST, THEN FRANTICALLY]
SAILOR 1: Another one?
SAILOR 2: Must be….wait…what in Unn’s name is that??
[THUNDERCLAP]
[EALD BYCATCH EMERGES FROM THE WATER, ROARING]
[SOUNDS OF HORRIFIC FISH VIOLENCE AND SOME SCREAMING]
[CUT TO POST ROLL INFORMATION, MUSIC]
V/O: Eeler’s Choice is an upcoming dark fantasy maritime podcast, coming this autumn, created by Lou Sutcliffe and Daisy McNamara. The unlucky sailors were Tal Minear, Meg Molloy Tuten and Pacific S. Obadiah. Editing was by Daisy McNamara and music and sound design by Lou Sutcliffe, using sounds from Freesound.org. Follow us on social media @eelerschoice if you choose, but be warned; the ocean never gives back what it takes unchanged.
Cast:
Carrick Boater: Tal Minear
Sailor 1: Meg Molloy Tuten
Sailor 2: Pacific S. Obadiah.
Written by Lou Sutcliffe and edited by Daisy McNamara. Sound design and music by Lou Sutcliffe.
Sound effects used:
Creative Commons Attribution Licence:
https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/274977/
https://freesound.org/people/thanvannispen/sounds/29845/
https://freesound.org/people/TUNABIZZ/sounds/420979/
Creative Commons 0 Licence:
https://freesound.org/people/dan.pugsley/sounds/457956/
https://freesound.org/people/amholma/sounds/376805/
CYTOCHROME HEAR 