A Day in the Studio!

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!

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!