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A Recapitulation of 2016

12/30/2016

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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”

 to quote Charles Dickens. 2016 has been a crazy busy year, filled with good times, and hard times, but God has been faithful through it all!

Here is a recap of the things we have worked on in the last year:

In January, we released a song for the New year. It was a quiet month, as we wrapped up the final touches of our first audio drama.

In February, we released our first ever audio drama, Sarah, Plain and Tall. It was the product of a year’s worth of work, and a quite a few years’ worth of dreaming. We also released a short, 4-song “EP” about love, including Beautiful, How Deep the Father’s Love for Us, Live Like You’re Loved, and Even Me,  which featured the vocal talents of Elisa Yvonne and Isabella. Live Like You’re Loved has by far become our most popular production, reaching over 1000 plays on Soundcloud. We also celebrated the release of Do Unto Others, a short audio drama produced by Audio Drama Alliance, in which Sarah Grace assisted in post-production.

In March, we released a short-form audio drama skit entitled Lies and Otherwise. Isabella’s debut into the script writing world was quite a success.  We also released a piano duet version of Forever by Kari Jobe just in time for Easter.

We started a podcast in April, called Our Favorite Things | A ChatCast. The hosts, Victoria and Sarah Grace chat about their favorite media, everything from books and music, to audio dramas, and more! We have since released 12 episodes. We also released what is perhaps one of our favorite songs, A Jungle Book Medley. The Audio Drama Alliance released their second production in association with IFP.

We started our May with the release of Even When It Hurts, cover of Hillsong. It embodied some of our emotions as we struggled with the passing of a loved one. We also announced our next audio drama, Treasure Seekers, which is still in production. Also in May, we shared two piano solos, Midnight Rhapsody, and Moonlight Fantasy, by Sarah Grace and Victoria, respectively.

In June, we shared three songs, Times, cover of Tenth Avenue North, a piano solo No More Tears, and an a Capella version of It is Well, which we dedicated in loving memory of Sharon Felten. Mrs. Felten, who passed away on May 23rd, 2016, was an amazing wife, mama, friend, and musician, and we were honored to produce this song in her honor.

In July, we released a version of our country’s national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner. We also kicked up production on Treasure Seekers and really got rolling.

August, we also busily worked away on Treasure Seekers,  releasing one song, a Polonaise by Bach.

For September, we again released one song, The Acceleration of Time. The voice track editing for Treasure Seekers drew to a close, and we started working on Foley and sound design. Audio Drama Alliance released their 3rd production, also in association with IFP

In October we celebrated IFP’s first anniversary with a huge giveaway. We also shared the trailer and cover art for Treasure Seekers on World Audio Drama day. Audio Drama Alliance released their 4th production, written by none other than Victoria herself.

November 1st we released a song that was very dear to our hearts, More of You, cover of Colton Dixon. Also, we produced Still the One in honor of the 28th anniversary of two of the most important people in our lives, our parents, Brian and Michelle.

We kicked off December with our first ever music video! ‘December Song’ was a ton of fun to work on, and it was a pleasure working with our videographer, Matthew. We also shared a unique piano solo arrangement of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.
 
That wraps up our 2016 year in recap! Thank you all so much for being on this journey with us. Without your support, we couldn’t continue doing what we are doing. You guys are the best! Here’s to 2017! God bless you all!
 
By God’s grace alone,
The team at Ichthus Family Productions. 
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Anniversary + Treasure Seekers Trailer\Cover Art

10/30/2016

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Stay tuned to the bottom of this post to hear the official trailer forTreasure Seekers, as well as see the cover artwork!

This studio started with a dream. A small one albeit, that grew even beyond our own expectations. After our audio drama listening expanded quite a bit in 2014, I had the desire for voice acting. I was thinking how to get started and had the idea that it would be fun if we could produce something small. So I went into our library and pulled the smallest book off the shelf. Sarah, Plain and Tall. To these novices, we were like, “oh no problem, we’ll figure this out and have it posted in few months.” I laugh now at how naïve we were.

 Our desire for perfection pushed us to really learn and excel at what we were doing. Our little project taught us so much. We learned audio production from the ground up. Sarah Grace, who is our producer\audio engineer, continues to strive and learn more and more as time goes on. Instead of using stock sound effects, we recorded most of the sound effects ourselves. And the music was composed in house as well.

Speaking of music, it has always been a passion of our family’s, with singers, pianists, and a guitar player among the siblings, we have played/sang in some capacity for many years always with the desire to record music. Now, with Ichthus we have that ability, and it has become a huge part of what we do here.

All that little history to say that we are so excited that our one-year anniversary has rolled around! We have really been working on this for longer, but Ichthus was officially launched on October 30th, World Audio Drama day in 2015. We have accomplished so much in one year, from releasing our first audio drama and an audio drama skit to starting a second feature length production, as well as releasing 22 songs, starting a podcast, and participating in other projects from the Audio Drama Alliance andPorchlight Family Media.

In honor of this, we have put together a giveaway with the purpose of spreading the word about what we do here. We included some of our top picks for audio drama as well as a physical copy of Sarah, Plain and Tall, and a CD of 7 of our favorite songs. Pleasecheck it out if you haven’t already and enter! You have one more day with the opportunity to win some awesome “prizeage”!

Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner on Monday, Oct. 31st at 3:00 p.m. EST.
Thank you all for sticking with us and watching us grow!

Blessings,
Victoria

And now . . . dun dun DUN! The official trailer for IFP's newest audio drama, Treasure Seekers!

And here if the official artwork for this audio drama.
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So what do you guys think? Are you excited for the release of Treasure Seekers? Let us know in the comments below!

Thank you so much to all our followers for sticking with us on this incredible journey! God bless you guys!

Blessings,
The Team at Ichthus Family Productions
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ADA Releases Howard and Jackson Mystery in accosiation with IFP

10/18/2016

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Over a year ago, Victoria wrote a script entitled  Howard and Jackson: Case File #001, originally to be produced by Porchlight Family Media. When both PFM and IFP joined the Audio Drama Alliance (ADA) in the end of 2015, this production was moved to ADA to be produced. At long last, it is released! We are so excited to share with you 

Howard & Jackson "Case File #001 – The Case of the Missing Violin".

Check it out on the Audio Drama Alliance website here. Please be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you thought! 

​It was written by Victoria, with voice tracks edited by Sarah Grace. We were honored to be able to work with Porchlight Family Media, GreenStreams Studio, Solitary Badger Entertainment, Adventure Alley Productions, and Solomon Kim Music. 

​Go check it out and let us know what you thought!

The Ichthus Famiy Productions team.
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May News

5/3/2016

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Hey everyone!
Welcome to May! Spring is finally here! Here is some stuff we have planned for May.

AUDIO DRAMA:
We have finalized the script for our next audio drama and we cannot wait to for you to hear it! Writing went very well. After a few fun team “brainstorm” meetings, Victoria had it written in about a week’s time. It is going to be even bigger and better (hopefully) than Sarah, Plain and Tall! This month we will begin recording, and hopefully get into post-production by the end of the month. I (Sarah Grace) am getting itchy to do some sound design! It’s going to be a lot of fun! We may even have a guest star(s)!  Stay on the lookout for more details coming soon! We are so excited for this one! Here is a sneak peak of the script!  Grab a magnifying glass!
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Also, in early April, The Audio Drama Alliance (of which IFP is thrilled to be a part of) released their second production, in which Victoria helped in post-production. Check that out here if you haven’t already. Also in the works for ADA is another production, which both Victoria and I will be a part of. We can’t wait for you to hear that one also. We will be sure to let you know when it releases.

MUSIC:
This month we plan to release some pieces from me, Victoria, and Isabella. Some vocal and a few piano solos we think you guys will enjoy! Stay on the lookout for those!

OUR FAVORITE THINGS | A CHATCAST:
If you guys remember, in April we started our podcast, Our Favorite Things | A ChatCast. We released the first two episodes and plan to release two more here in May. Our next episode will be about two novels written by independent author, Julia Erickson. Keep your eyes on the Our Favorite Things website, and if you haven’t already, check out our first two episodes!

God bless and have a wonderful day!
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Blessings,
Sarah Grace
 

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The Jungle Book Medley

4/16/2016

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Hey everyone!

The Jungle Book movie has a special place in my (Victoria's) heart along with a chosen few other of the first Disney musicals. 


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February News

2/1/2016

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Hey Everyone!

Here's some news on some things coming up here in February!

This month, Ichthus is planning to release four songs throughout the month, all on the theme of God's  love! We 

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