- Place ambiance tracks
- Place character dialogue
- Record Alan, Carrie and the Train conductor
- Record, edit and place sound effects
- Begin Mixdown
- Create/source music for the end credits/trailer
The group began today's session going through the final takes of Archie's dialogue. There was issues with the final monologue; we had 3 full takes, the first two had paper turn's during them (which we should have picked up during recording) and the third sounded rushed and not as well acted. Thank fully the paper turns in the first two takes were in slightly different places and we were able to take a cut from the first take and add it to the second one. The cut itself was not noticeable, however there is a very slight difference in delivery. I think it would go unnoticed to someone who was not aware of it and will test it on someone tomorrow. Unfortunately we will need to use it as it is too late to get Ian back in to record.
Today we also recorded the parts of the conductor, Alan (the son) and Carrie (the daughter). We got Irvine to come in and record the conductor, it was a fairly short role and Irvine is good at voice acting so we were happy with the recordings after 3 or 4 takes.
Alan and Carrie's parts were performed by Campbell's friends Gary and Maggie. They were not professional actors (Gary has some acting experience) but they took direction well and after a few rehearsals seemed to pick up the parts quite well. Maggie is from Bristol and has a southern accent which is not ideal for the role, however due to time restraints we must go ahead. The script had to be amended slightly to suit her voice; replacing the Dundee dialect with more standardized English. One of Chrissie's lines in the play is that she lives "halfway across the country" so that could explain the difference in accent.
In the interest of keeping the play sounding consistent, I decided to record Alan and Carries parts with the actors stood up (the same as Archie and Chrissie) instead of sat down as planned. All performers were recorded using a Neumann U87 stood at arms length from the microphone.
I was also recorded as part of the introduction to the show (to meet delivery specs), the lines were:
"And now on Radio 4, an adaptation of Slow Train by Mary Macintosh. A dark comedy telling the tale of one mans struggle with his bitter wife."
The group spent the rest of the session listening through takes and selecting the best tracks to use in the production.
I was happy with the groups performance today however we are now well behind schedule, I think it may have been a bit naive to assume we could get everything done in a matter of 4 days. I now hope that tomorrow we can record the last of the SFX and finalise the placement of all audio within the production ready for the mixdown. We are now aiming to get the production mixed over the weekend ready for mastering early next week.
Today we also recorded the parts of the conductor, Alan (the son) and Carrie (the daughter). We got Irvine to come in and record the conductor, it was a fairly short role and Irvine is good at voice acting so we were happy with the recordings after 3 or 4 takes.
Alan and Carrie's parts were performed by Campbell's friends Gary and Maggie. They were not professional actors (Gary has some acting experience) but they took direction well and after a few rehearsals seemed to pick up the parts quite well. Maggie is from Bristol and has a southern accent which is not ideal for the role, however due to time restraints we must go ahead. The script had to be amended slightly to suit her voice; replacing the Dundee dialect with more standardized English. One of Chrissie's lines in the play is that she lives "halfway across the country" so that could explain the difference in accent.
In the interest of keeping the play sounding consistent, I decided to record Alan and Carries parts with the actors stood up (the same as Archie and Chrissie) instead of sat down as planned. All performers were recorded using a Neumann U87 stood at arms length from the microphone.
I was also recorded as part of the introduction to the show (to meet delivery specs), the lines were:
"And now on Radio 4, an adaptation of Slow Train by Mary Macintosh. A dark comedy telling the tale of one mans struggle with his bitter wife."
The group spent the rest of the session listening through takes and selecting the best tracks to use in the production.
I was happy with the groups performance today however we are now well behind schedule, I think it may have been a bit naive to assume we could get everything done in a matter of 4 days. I now hope that tomorrow we can record the last of the SFX and finalise the placement of all audio within the production ready for the mixdown. We are now aiming to get the production mixed over the weekend ready for mastering early next week.
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