The link that seen below this paragraph depicts the Star Now callout that I produced on Friday 23rd October 2020 asking for possible voice performers who could provide their vocals for the short Audiobook/Drama;
StarNow, 2020. Voice Performer for Audiobook/Drama. Student Production. -StarNow. [online] Available at: <https://www.starnow.co.uk/listing/1095375/voice-performer-short-audio-drama-book-student-production/> [Accessed 23 October 2020].
The link to the PowerPoint Presentation that contains all is the sketchbook pages depicting the written development and scheduling for this project can be seen below;
The screenshot below depicts comments/critiques provided by Andrew (fellow colleague in the course) on what I’m doing so far. Another Screenshot that follows depicts the critiques I’d given Andrew when he was going through his project;
The embedded YouTube video that is linked below showcases the rough edit of the opening sequence of ‘The Magic Wood’. This was done as I tried to upload the original wav and mp3 files to the blog but they couldn’t upload;
The Word Document linked below depicts the messages I sent to the two chosen performers who’ll providing their vocal talent for this student production (This was written before the final recording sessions that took place during the second week of the project);
The Unlisted YouTube video shown below depicts the first recording i made on my own within Microsoft Teams which will be implemented in the recording sessions on Thursday and Friday (although this subject to change depending on how the performers feel on the day or other factors that might prop up);
The next two Unlisted YouTube Videos depict the edited recordings I done with both ‘Anthony Stuart Lloyd’ and ‘Jessica Gittins’. Added Noise Reduction and -24 Loudness was applied to the chosen takes to make it sound more polished and professional:
The YouTube Video embedded below depicts the edited slideshow presentation of the recording session I done with ‘Anthony Stuart Lloyd’. The video was edited to together by Anthony and the video is located on his channel ‘anthonystlloyd’;
The Unlisted YouTube Video that can be seen below depicts the final edited rendition of the audio drama ‘The Magic Wood by Henry Treece’ for Project 3. The Audio Drama was edited on Adobe Audition;
A link to a Word Document containing the Harvard Referenced Research performed for this project can be seen below;
The positives that are present within the final edit of the audio drama ‘The Magic Wood’ is how the individual performances of Jessica and Anthony overlap each other seamlessly despite the fact there were two separate recording sessions with the performers in question relying on my direction alongside describing the basic outline of how the drama will come together. The music and binaural effects are also worth commending as they both enhance some scenes within the production as well as mimic the standard quality that is found within professional Audio Drama Productions.
Negatives prevalent however mostly relate to the production feeling as if it needed more sound assets to flesh out the audible world which I feel is slightly lacking in my production. Some sound edited tracks of the performers appeared unrefined and needed more adjustments so the vocals blend in with the rest of the environment (This can also be said of other sound tracks that had similar issues).
Improvements that I would have considered if I had more time or if I find myself doing a similar project in the future will be focused on discovering methods in creating more seamless transitions and overlays of different sound tracks so the entire production runs in a smooth manner without repetitive ticks that come in the form of sounds not natural to the constructed environment produced for the production.
Thoughts I have overall for this project is mostly positive and relief considering that I managed to produce a full-cast audio production within two weeks under the current circumstances at the time this was written in relation the government lockdown implemented within the United Kingdom. Although I would like to a similar production again in the future the need to have a timeframe of more than two weeks will be refreshing as well as provide the necessary time for me to refine and tweak the production to the highest standard.
Further Harvard Referencing (Project 3 and ‘The Process Book’):
InDesign Research (The Process Book):
Angelo Montilla, 2020. How to add videos to an interactive layout in Adobe InDesign – YouTube. Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhTliWR5O6k> [Accessed 05 November 2020].
Pariah Burke, 2017. InDesign: Adding Background Colors to Pages in InDesign (All Versions) – YouTube. Available at: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54fWWLxMxmw> [Accessed 05 November 2020].
Callum Forster 