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Post by sherlock on Oct 11, 2018 12:43:01 GMT
WILF! 😃
Oh and the trailer's good too, and the stories sound interesting.
but WILF!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2018 13:19:09 GMT
WILF! 😃 Oh and the trailer's good too, and the stories sound interesting. but WILF! From trailer it sounds the preferable Tennant more restraint than excessive exhuberance
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Post by barnabaslives on Oct 11, 2018 19:51:03 GMT
If this isn't my favorite Big Finish cover of all time, it has to be in the top five. Well done with that too. I'm delighted to have Donna's family along for the ride, too. Wilf really needed to happen at Big Finish. He's one of the most charming and memorable characters in all of Who. Absolutely! - and he looks and sounds uncannily like that fellow from that Peter Cushing film. He'd be DW Royalty twice over if he were the same guy. ;-)
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Post by mrperson on Oct 11, 2018 22:01:23 GMT
I wonder why they only do three stories per Tennant box set. Time limits that tight for both of them? I'm pretty sure I read some quote from Tennant around here that indicated he approached these by basically showing up and reading the script, not actively memorizing/preparing/etc as you might do for anything filmed or on stage. Could be wrong about that. But if I'm right, damn has he got to be busy for time to be this tight. It's what, a day of recording at most usually?
Anyway, I don't mean to sound miffed. The more the better. He's still the only new series doc to turn up (unless that Karen Gilliam pic/quote from that other thread means a certain something that would make my year).
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Post by ollychops on Oct 11, 2018 22:08:05 GMT
I’m pretty sure I heard another actor pretty much saying that they just turn up and read the script on the day, as opposed to memorising it.
Tennant says in the clip in the recent news article that a story takes a day to complete, which is consistent with what I’ve heard in previous interviews, so presumably a three-story set takes three days to do.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 11, 2018 22:57:00 GMT
I wonder why they only do three stories per Tennant box set. Time limits that tight for both of them? I'm pretty sure I read some quote from Tennant around here that indicated he approached these by basically showing up and reading the script, not actively memorizing/preparing/etc as you might do for anything filmed or on stage. Could be wrong about that. But if I'm right, damn has he got to be busy for time to be this tight. It's what, a day of recording at most usually?
Anyway, I don't mean to sound miffed. The more the better. He's still the only new series doc to turn up (unless that Karen Gilliam pic/quote from that other thread means a certain something that would make my year).
Why would any actor memorize a script that is right in front of them? And I've known several actors who read a script once and have a pretty good idea of what they are going to do with it. Different actors work different ways. And I seem to remember something press-wise from the first set where the three adventure format came from Jason. I could of course be wrong.
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Post by bobod on Oct 12, 2018 1:11:57 GMT
I’m pretty sure I heard another actor pretty much saying that they just turn up and read the script on the day, as opposed to memorising it. Actors don't memorise scripts for audio. They'll (usually) read it and prepare. But they'd all be working on the day with the scripts there.
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Post by TimPendragon on Oct 12, 2018 3:55:04 GMT
I’m pretty sure I heard another actor pretty much saying that they just turn up and read the script on the day, as opposed to memorising it. Actors don't memorise scripts for audio. They'll (usually) read it and prepare. But they'd all be working on the day with the scripts there.
Exactly it. As someone who worked in local radio, on both the production side, and as "talent," actors in audio dramas will come in, read through the script quickly, get cues and any direction sorted, then typically record scene by scene, based on people's schedules and whether you're doing it with everyone together, or one actor in the booth at a time. Retakes for muffed lines or a cough happen occasionally, but are very easy to do in this format. No one spends time memorising the script in audio work.
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Post by omega on Oct 12, 2018 4:16:18 GMT
I’m pretty sure I heard another actor pretty much saying that they just turn up and read the script on the day, as opposed to memorising it. Tennant says in the clip in the recent news article that a story takes a day to complete, which is consistent with what I’ve heard in previous interviews, so presumably a three-story set takes three days to do. One day to record a disc's worth of material is standard for a Big Finish recording session, depending on actor availability. Sometimes with two disc releases if an actor is only available one day all their scenes will be recorded when they are in studio. Doing multiple recording sessions depending on location and spread of actors is something Big Finish is no stranger to, with many, many releases that are recorded on separate continents. The post production is excellently done to disguise so that you wouldn't realise if you didn't already know.
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Post by omega on Oct 12, 2018 4:18:29 GMT
From interview material I've heard many actors read over the script once they get it so they can get to grips with their lines and cues, sometimes coming up with approaches for their character like how to do an alien voice (Toby Longworth has spoken on how he came up for the voice for an alien slug) and questions for the director.
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Post by mrperson on Oct 12, 2018 19:59:40 GMT
I wonder why they only do three stories per Tennant box set. Time limits that tight for both of them? I'm pretty sure I read some quote from Tennant around here that indicated he approached these by basically showing up and reading the script, not actively memorizing/preparing/etc as you might do for anything filmed or on stage. Could be wrong about that. But if I'm right, damn has he got to be busy for time to be this tight. It's what, a day of recording at most usually?
Anyway, I don't mean to sound miffed. The more the better. He's still the only new series doc to turn up (unless that Karen Gilliam pic/quote from that other thread means a certain something that would make my year).
Why would any actor memorize a script that is right in front of them? And I've known several actors who read a script once and have a pretty good idea of what they are going to do with it. Different actors work different ways. And I seem to remember something press-wise from the first set where the three adventure format came from Jason. I could of course be wrong. I suspect I'd do a much better job if I didn't need to read my lines before saying them. I would be more able to focus on how I say something rather than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to how I'm going to say it. I figured actors might be the same way.
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Post by TimPendragon on Oct 12, 2018 20:07:02 GMT
Why would any actor memorize a script that is right in front of them? And I've known several actors who read a script once and have a pretty good idea of what they are going to do with it. Different actors work different ways. And I seem to remember something press-wise from the first set where the three adventure format came from Jason. I could of course be wrong. I suspect I'd do a much better job if I didn't need to read my lines before saying them. I would be more able to focus on how I say something rather than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to how I'm going to say it. I figured actors might be the same way. That's why you read through the script first, so you figure things out, and do a run-through with your scene mates if you're recording together. No one would record off a cold read, but the more actors do this kind of thing, the less the need for actual memorization.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 12, 2018 22:38:44 GMT
Why would any actor memorize a script that is right in front of them? And I've known several actors who read a script once and have a pretty good idea of what they are going to do with it. Different actors work different ways. And I seem to remember something press-wise from the first set where the three adventure format came from Jason. I could of course be wrong. I suspect I'd do a much better job if I didn't need to read my lines before saying them. I would be more able to focus on how I say something rather than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to how I'm going to say it. I figured actors might be the same way. Not really. In a medium such as audio you are working quickly and if the actor is talented and/or experienced usually you want their first instinct. And from the performer’s perspective one of the allures of radio is the speed of it. Not having to memorize lines feeds into that. There is something freeing about just listening and then reacting. You do your prep and then get together with the other actors and your director and you ride the wave.
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Post by bobod on Oct 13, 2018 13:13:25 GMT
Why would any actor memorize a script that is right in front of them? And I've known several actors who read a script once and have a pretty good idea of what they are going to do with it. Different actors work different ways. And I seem to remember something press-wise from the first set where the three adventure format came from Jason. I could of course be wrong. I suspect I'd do a much better job if I didn't need to read my lines before saying them. I would be more able to focus on how I say something rather than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to how I'm going to say it. I figured actors might be the same way. It's famously and for many years been the big actors comment on audio work 'and you don't need to learn the lines'.
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Post by bobod on Oct 13, 2018 13:16:55 GMT
Why would any actor memorize a script that is right in front of them? And I've known several actors who read a script once and have a pretty good idea of what they are going to do with it. Different actors work different ways. And I seem to remember something press-wise from the first set where the three adventure format came from Jason. I could of course be wrong. I suspect I'd do a much better job if I didn't need to read my lines before saying them. I would be more able to focus on how I say something rather than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to how I'm going to say it. I figured actors might be the same way. It'd be just as easy to argue 'I suspect I'd do a much better job if I had my lines in front of me. I would be more able to focus on how on how I say something than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to remembering what the damn line was'.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 13, 2018 22:03:27 GMT
I suspect I'd do a much better job if I didn't need to read my lines before saying them. I would be more able to focus on how I say something rather than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to how I'm going to say it. I figured actors might be the same way. It'd be just as easy to argue 'I suspect I'd do a much better job if I had my lines in front of me. I would be more able to focus on how on how I say something than having to first devote X% of my attention in the remaining seconds to remembering what the damn line was'. What is that Jonathan Frid story? Where he was performing in a play by Shakespeare and a Dark Shadows fan approached him and commented on how he didn't flub any of the lines. To which Frid replied, with Shakespeare the words don't change every day. Any, back to our regularly scheduled discussion.
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Post by mark687 on Feb 27, 2019 12:04:49 GMT
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Post by aemiliapaula on Feb 27, 2019 12:14:52 GMT
Is this the same fog as Amorality Tale? (listening to the audiobook right now) will 10 and Donna run into 3 and Sarah?
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Post by mark687 on Feb 27, 2019 12:19:28 GMT
Is this the same fog as Amorality Tale? (listening to the audiobook right now) will 10 and Donna run into 3 and Sarah? Probably not
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Feb 27, 2019 12:35:58 GMT
Is this the same fog as Amorality Tale? (listening to the audiobook right now) will 10 and Donna run into 3 and Sarah? They never met 7 and Mel in Pompeii, so I guess 10 and Donna have a bit of a blind spot when it comes to that sort of thing ...
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