Travel, Tailor, and tired, so very very tired

[breakinglight11]

Gah, what an intense week. Started my school assignments, had a ton of stuff to do at work, and launched my audio drama project. I have been writing or otherwise working almost constantly since Monday, and the last few days have been especially busy. My brain feels like it's overloaded the circuit and blown a fuse. But it's not done yet. Today I have to drive to the Berkshires for a two-day company retreat for work. I'm not a huge fan of driving and I don't ski, so I'm not terribly excited, but it won't be so bad. I'm packing up now, and am just thankful that the snow quit before today.

Friday we had the read through of the first two episodes of The Tailor of Riddling Way. Most of the cast was able to attend, and we had a nice dinner together before going through the script. I am actually pretty pleased with what I put together. Hearing the whole thing read showed me the weak spots, too, the places that require tweaking and change.

Bernie and I also made our first shot at recording on Saturday. I hadn't originally planned on jumping in immediately, without time to do any planning, but Caitlin is going away to her acting program in Connecticut for the semester. I really, really wanted to use her because she's so talented, so we had to fit her in before she left. She was incredibly patient with our experimenting; our whole team was, in fact. Niel Marsh, the gentleman who plays Porek in Second Shift and the man in charge of audio for Mask of Inanna, kindly dropped by to give us some advice on how to proceed. I was especially glad to have Bernie helping. His technical background allowed him to understand what Niel was talking about, which was incredibly helpful. I don't know how I'd be managing this without him. Niel also brought rigel with him, so she could act off of Caitlin in a scene they had together. I've never gotten the chance to work with Rigel before, and I was very pleased. I think she suits the character very well, and understands the personality really well. aurora_knight rounded out our little team, filling in for the one actor we didn't have present. Everyone was so great, and not only did we learn a lot from the session, I think we got some good material recorded as well. I'm happy to say I think our little experiment is off to a good start.

Comments

[laurion]

If you need technical help, I have a lot of audio recording gear and experience as well, as I ran a podcast for 5 years.

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Super excited to hear you're doing audio theater. Like laurion, I'm happy to offer any help I can. And as Neil may have mentioned to you, we've been playing with the idea of developing some training materials for new audio theater producers as well. Will keep you posted on those if you're interesting (but don't expect anything substantial any time soon).

Will the fruits of your labor be publicly available?

[audioboy.livejournal.com]

I was happy to help! And I would be happy to be an adviser as you progress through the project. I'm very intrigued by the script.

(I would like to clarify that virtually all audio production for "The Mask of Inanna" was done by writer/director Alicia Goranson. I gave her training and support, but she did the vast bulk of the work.)

[read-alicia.livejournal.com]

(I would like to clarify that virtually all audio production for "The Mask of Inanna" was done by writer/director Alicia Goranson.

And the writing and the recording and the directing and the finding music/sound effects and the website maintenance and did I ever mention that on average it took me over two hours to produce one minute of MoI?

When you've slaved over a hot laptop as I have, you need people to understand how much of your life you've given away to a project :)

Lovely to meet you, Phoebe, and I look forward to your own projects.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Thanks for introducing yourself! I really enjoyed Mask of Inanna and have been listening to it for inspiration on technique and stylistic points. You did some really excellent work.