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The Process Diary|Recording Session I Episode
Yes folks - recording was commenced in Sydney on the 28th of June 2008. The cast and I had brunch, then got down to some character discussion, and finally, a four hour recording session.Yes, for a 15 minute pilot.In this week's vidcast, I show a few behind the scenes shots, and you can see my shoddy home-made recording booth. Here are the materials: 1x shag-pile carpet; 1x threadbare wool blanket; 1x curtain. 1x Samson condenser microphone; 1x Eurorack 812 pre-amp and mixer; 1x Macbook pro running garage-band.Jane Newton and Osman Kabarra gave stellar performances, and special Kudos goes to Adam Ring, who did much of my extras voices (including a character called Ozman Lane, and all the traders). Adam's actually pretty versatile, and he's inspired me to expand a character which up until now was just going to be played for laughs (the running joke being that you never see him). You will also recognise Adam as the off-screen assistant director in this week's vidcast.However, I let myself down in the recording. The results were less than ideal. There was way too much room echo, and when I put it up against Steve's reads, the difference in quality was obvious.So I immediately went online and asked for some advice on home recording. After some digging and searching, I called up Audio Oz and ordered a "mic thing". This is a brilliant bit of foam on a stand that sits behind the microphone. When you talk into it, it deadens the space and gives a clean, ambient-free read. Apparently, it can so deaden the sound you can end up sounding too flat.So here's my progress report:It's been a full year since I began this blog to egg myself on to create this project and make it work. Can you believe it? I can't, but know that I look back, the pre-production process has truly eased into production, and I am creating all the elements which will ultimately serve to create the final product.I currently have Steve Odgen's most recent reads for both Aziz and Marcus. We've been discussing the dangers of having the same actor voicing two roles in conversation, so I've enlisted the help of a long-time friend and fellow podcaster, Mr Orien Colmer, to provide me with a Marcus read.I have the Minauld and Sal reads from the weekend - which I am disatisfied with because of my poor recording efforts (the acting was terrific, btw). I also have my own Corben read which I've since recorded after purchasing the Mic Thing.I am ten pages into story boarding - that's 60 panels people. I am averaging 5 pages (35 panels) a week. Hopefully I can pick up the pace here.I have reconstructed the Market exterior, and the interior as far as the entrance tunnel.All in all, I am a little behind, and I will have to re-draw my schedule to accommodate for further audio recording and remodeling of sets.My next recording session may not be for a few weeks, however. When I will have to figure this one out to accommodate a work commitment. Without saying too much: you can blame the Pope. ;)I will put up a new schedule ASAP, however, and in the meantime, I'll be pushing ahead with storyboards and props concepts. Subscribe to iTunes Feed
[ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:14:55 -0500 ]
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