Almost There!

Jemma Louise Harrison / / Radio Drama

Well, after 6+ hours of editing, including coming in on the Saturday after our studio recording in order to get started straight away, our final version of the production was completed last night!

The exported version was sent to Emily who suggested some minor adjustments, and then a re-exported version was finished late last night. This still may yet be subject to change – there’s something about the background ambiance that is bugging me, but apart from that the version we have is ready for submission.

I would just like to say a massive thank you to all that have helped us over the last four weeks in order for our drama to come together so efficiently and effective as it has!

So I promise to upload an mp3 of our audio production soon for you all to have a listen, but for now myself and Emily need to concentrate on completing our production paperwork and essays!

Again, a massive thank you to all of you out there!

Finally!

Emily Jane Pheby / / Uncategorized

After a few attempts, I am finally logged into the In Memoriam blogsite! Just to introduce myself, I am Emily Pheby and I have been directing our radio drama. The production of this piece up until now has been a complete success! I am extremely touched by the response I have had in regards to actors interest. With a range of actors responding to my advertisements, from Birmingham to Australia!! I am overwhelmed. I have responded to all messages, unfortunately I couldn’t cast all of you but with consent from all parties I have been able to keep contact details on file for future productions! Fantastically helpful!

Editing is in process, Jemma shall keep you informed however I can tell you now, so far so good!

Now just to tie up loose ends and hand in with a big smile on our faces.
In Memoriam has been a great eye opener into the world of radio! I cannot wait to carry on exploring!

Emily x

A Day in the Studio!

Jemma Louise Harrison / / Radio Drama

Today myself and Emily have been extremely busy. We booked out four hours in the radio studio today, 11am – 1pm and then again 3-5pm. Thankfully, being so busy has paid off! All of our actors have had the audio recorded, and we’re ready to begin a rough edit.

Both times we had to set up a stereo microphone pair, and adjust the levels to each actor. Emily also had to direct the actors to get the sound we wanted. Thankfully, there were few problems. The ones we had were:

– Having the wrong microphone holder and having to swap it.

– Putting the microphone jack in port ‘1’ and not getting any sound.

– A slight issue with Audition during recordings.

However, all these problems were quickly fixed, and we managed to finish with all the actors in one day.

A massive thank you to our actors then:  Tony Fielding-Raby, Honor Grantham, Andrew Whitlam and Glen Dolan, for being so wonderfully efficient and patient with us!

Tomorrow I shall begin the editing process!

The Beginnings of a Production!

Jemma Louise Harrison / / Radio Drama

So today myself and Emily attended a workshop session where we both learnt how to set up a stereo pair of microphones, ready for when our actors come into the studio. Also, our first draft of the script was submitted and we’ve received feedback already, which means we can begin working on the next draft and hopefully finish that off soon.

As for our actors, we have a person in mind to play our vicar, and Emily is speaking to a man who is interested in playing the role of Frank, the bereaved dad. Hopefully we’ll get these casted soon, as well as our two ‘whisperers,’ ready to record in the studio next Friday!

Myself and Emily also took a very windy trip up to the Bailgate Methodist Church in Lincoln in order to record some sound effects using a Marantz. I have a copy of the sounds on my laptop, which I shall back up for security reasons, and listen to them with my headphones in a short while to check that the quality is satisfactory.

The next thing we both need to do is apply for a weeks extension, in order to give us some breathing space when it comes to the editing!

The Weekend Update

Jemma Louise Harrison / / Radio Drama

So, over the weekend myself and Emily both have been pretty busy.

I wrote about four pages of script, using a very handy template made available from the BBC Writersroom: (http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/send-a-script/formatting-your-script)

Emily has also written a couple of pages, so we’re hoping to combine these, edit them and get a first draft sent off to see how well it works.

We’ve also had contact with a church, for us to be able to film on location, and several actors have responded to the StarNow advertisement Emily created, so we’ll need to audition them ASAP.

Hopefully we’ll be able to get some recording completed soon!