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Post by theillusiveman on Nov 4, 2020 13:41:06 GMT
I was wondering if anyone here has ever made a Doctor Who Audio and if so what advice would you give
for someone who would potentially want to make an audio or audio series that features in the Doctor Who universe?
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Post by glutamodo on Nov 4, 2020 23:18:03 GMT
I've never been involved with making a DW fan fiction title, but I have helped out with producing a Star Trek fan-fiction series. I kind of stepped back recently though, but for many years I was part of the sound editing team on Star Trek: Excelsior.
We have actors all over the world and they all record-at-home. It's been kind of amusing listening to Bonus Interviews on recent BF releases where they talk about home-recording during lockdown, because that's pretty much what I've been dealing with the last decade! (and I've had to deal with some bad home-recordings)
Vocal talent is important, getting enough recorded takes to pick and choose the best line readings is also important. Sound design is the next step, and the most time consuming part of it all... I should know, I did a lot of it. Getting it to sound right is really important for audio drama. |
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 4, 2020 23:57:16 GMT
My wife is a teacher and qualified writer. She recommends copious amounts of reading/re-reading/letting others read the script for potential flaws, issues etc before committing to the recording.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2020 1:13:27 GMT
My wife is a teacher and qualified writer. She recommends copious amounts of reading/re-reading/letting others read the script for potential flaws, issues etc before committing to the recording. Some form of beta reader helps enormously, yeah. English major and freelance editor here, I can add a few other things to that on the writing side as well: If you're writing these yourself, there will be the necessity at some points to cull or shorten scenes to fit the duration or word count. It's called "kill your darlings," in the industry because it's often a tough call. Importantly, though, while it may be necessary to remove chunks of the text, don't delete anything. Cut it from the script and put it in a separate file off to the side. Sometimes it's just not working for this project and can become useful later. Other times, it can be an easy case of not having yet reached the point where you can rearrange dialogue or entire sequences to fit the new shape of the story. If you're commissioning others (i.e. going out and finding the writers), make sure that you establish the elementary facts, first. Biographical information that's easy to overlook. The personality and traits of your chosen Doctor, their companion(s), the length of the scripts and a mission statement of your series wants to accomplish. We call this a writer's bible. In essence, something you can give to authors saying: "This is who these characters are, how they operate and these are the kinds of stories we want to tell." On the production side, one of the learning exercises of the Audio Visuals stories (proto-Big Finish in the 1980s) was recording things like the frequency of the ring modulator used for the Daleks. Remember to keep track of certain frequently-used techniques for the soundscape, so you don't have to relearn the process when you return to it in a new production. A Word document with a list of bullet points or laid out in a table can work. |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Nov 6, 2020 12:44:40 GMT
Not fan audios, but done editing and video production before. For me, whether it's visual or audio - good quality sound and mixing. Nothing kills a project faster than lots of white noise/echo/dead air from poor sound editing, as well as low grade microphones. You can look it up on Youtube - loads of guides not just to affordable mics but also sound proofing with tricks as simple as the actor covering themselves in a blanket while recording.
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Post by masterdoctor on Nov 6, 2020 13:27:37 GMT
Not fan audios, but done editing and video production before. For me, whether it's visual or audio - good quality sound and mixing. Nothing kills a project faster than lots of white noise/echo/dead air from poor sound editing, as well as low grade microphones. You can look it up on Youtube - loads of guides not just to affordable mics but also sound proofing with tricks as simple as the actor covering themselves in a blanket while recording. Speaking as someone who has been learning through what good sound editing is, and how important a quality mic and sound-proofing is, I cannot stress this enough. A quality mic and soundproofing is so important. |
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