A question regarding the radio broadcast

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

I understand everything in public is fair game in so far as it is seen to happen. But how do we denote that a conversation isn't heard.

For example, I need to do a scene on the beach. It's fine if it's reported she was there. It's fine if they say she was seen doing this or that. But if I were to say "The breaking of the waves was loud enough you couldn't hear what she was saying unless you were standing right next to her," keep the conversation itself from being reported?

Thanks in advance!

Comments

[chasingangela]

Mark in the subject line that the conversation is Locked or NFB, though mentioning that someone is talking softly or there's background noise (like the waves in your example), etc., helps to keep things IC.

Thanks for asking -- it can be confusing.

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

Considering the scene in question "Locked" would be good b/c you don't want other characters wandering by while it happens.

So you'd say "Locked to Isobel and [character]"

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

But of course that would still be broadcastable wouldn't it? We have to tag it NFB also don't we?

[notstakedyet.livejournal.com]

My understanding is that the radio folks take "Locked" to equal "NFB." That being said, yeah I'd mark both down.

I just wanted to stress the Locked option b/c I know she doesn't want interruptions =)

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Yeah I thought we had to tag it with both, since locked just meant for only so and so not don't broadcast it and as we have lots of new people it's probably good to clarify both right? :)

[aka-vala.livejournal.com]

For example, I need to do a scene on the beach. It's fine if it's reported she was there. It's fine if they say she was seen doing this or that.

I tend to do just that in an OOC note (http://www.livejournal.com/community/fandomtownies/410567.html?thread=16674247#t16674247) for stuff that isn't stricly OMG Not To Be Mentioned, but isn't free-for-all reporting either.

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Also? The Radio's good, if you do those kind of OOC notes, about noting that something happened but could not be overheard-- "Event for Broadcast, Content Not" will get a mention of character placement, but make it clear that no IC information can be put in the IC broadcast.

Radio guys? Tell Izzy if I'm wrong.

[likeguidelines.livejournal.com]

*adjusts pirate hat*

If you post in a public place, yeah, your presence will be reported. If you mark the contents of the conversation as Not For Broadcast (NFB), we'll respect it.

[locked to whoever] has evolved to mean conversation just for a certain person or group, not necessarily that it's not open for broadcast. Many people will specify by tagging the entry as both locked and NFB, just to make sure we don't accidentally report on something.

If it's not specified, we use discretion about that, too--if there's a suprise party email that goes to the entire school but the intended person, we're not going to blow the IG surprise.

Establishing that the waves are crashing is great for IG cover, but the researchers who have to read through dozens of threads everyday might not catch it--thus the spiffy NFB tag.

Did that make any kind of sense at all?

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Perfect sense!

Thanks so much. I think I have it all covered.