I've been turning over some ideas for a short the last couple of days. The action mainly
takes place in an old warehouse. Psychological, borderline supernatural chiller with a happy ending.
Sound: lots of clanking, clunking, water, rain, wind, screams. I'm helped that the dialogue
is mostly a cacophony of telepathy and noise, so actors wouldn't have to move their mouths.
No sync issues for the majority of the shoot.
My plan was not to even pick up a camera until I sat down at my leisure with a decent Mac
and concocted an epic soundscape. I figure then I've got no money or time pressure. I'd try and
make the thing work as a radio play.
I'd recruit actors based on their voices only, which meant I could audition worldwide through the net.
For 80 per cent of the dialogue, the faces of the speakers won't be visible, or if they are, their
mouths won't move.
1st layer: Lots of Clanking, Wind, Rain.
2nd layer: Screams of an actor (don't worry it aint too grizzly)
3rd layer: Cacophony of telepathic voices (vaguely reminiscent of the white coated doctors in 12 Monkeys)
4th layer: Guide tracks for any synced dialogue (could be reshot later as it's minimal and easy to shoot)
5th layer: More sounds. Foley etc.
6th layer: Music.
I know there would be some issues, and I'd have to move things around in post, but I think doing
things like this might help financially and artistically. Re: Foley, of course I wouldn't have everything synced, but I could at least have an idea what I wanted.
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- Does anyone else work like this?
- Any issues I might have to think through?
- Are there any famous films that have used the face of one actor with the dubbed voice of another.
The Big Question:
Scene: The protagonist is strapped to a table being psychically tortured by 6 people in white coats.
Theoretically,I could have each of the six actors in a different locations, and record each part at my leisure. I could, for example, book a live ISDN sessions at a studio. Focusing on the technical aspect only, how would I make sure that there was audio continuity between separate sessions recorded at different times? Would I have to specify certain equipment, or make sure other technical aspects such as gain were aligned?
I'm not sure if that could be done. If not, I could quite easily record the white coats parts as a standard radio play.
Any ideas?
takes place in an old warehouse. Psychological, borderline supernatural chiller with a happy ending.
Sound: lots of clanking, clunking, water, rain, wind, screams. I'm helped that the dialogue
is mostly a cacophony of telepathy and noise, so actors wouldn't have to move their mouths.
No sync issues for the majority of the shoot.
My plan was not to even pick up a camera until I sat down at my leisure with a decent Mac
and concocted an epic soundscape. I figure then I've got no money or time pressure. I'd try and
make the thing work as a radio play.
I'd recruit actors based on their voices only, which meant I could audition worldwide through the net.
For 80 per cent of the dialogue, the faces of the speakers won't be visible, or if they are, their
mouths won't move.
1st layer: Lots of Clanking, Wind, Rain.
2nd layer: Screams of an actor (don't worry it aint too grizzly)
3rd layer: Cacophony of telepathic voices (vaguely reminiscent of the white coated doctors in 12 Monkeys)
4th layer: Guide tracks for any synced dialogue (could be reshot later as it's minimal and easy to shoot)
5th layer: More sounds. Foley etc.
6th layer: Music.
I know there would be some issues, and I'd have to move things around in post, but I think doing
things like this might help financially and artistically. Re: Foley, of course I wouldn't have everything synced, but I could at least have an idea what I wanted.
*
- Does anyone else work like this?
- Any issues I might have to think through?
- Are there any famous films that have used the face of one actor with the dubbed voice of another.
The Big Question:
Scene: The protagonist is strapped to a table being psychically tortured by 6 people in white coats.
Theoretically,I could have each of the six actors in a different locations, and record each part at my leisure. I could, for example, book a live ISDN sessions at a studio. Focusing on the technical aspect only, how would I make sure that there was audio continuity between separate sessions recorded at different times? Would I have to specify certain equipment, or make sure other technical aspects such as gain were aligned?
I'm not sure if that could be done. If not, I could quite easily record the white coats parts as a standard radio play.
Any ideas?
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