Audio Recordings with Ashley Smart

Yesterday morning I arranged to meet one of my main actors Ashley smart, his character has a few lines that are spoken off screen (Non-Diegetic) we went to one of the drama rooms to record these lines as it was quiet and without too much background noise, allowing me to get the quality of recording I needed.
I experimented with different recording quality standards, at first I recorded using the Film quality option which uses 48Khz, this was not suitable for the situation in which the lines would be spoken, this being via a phone call, the FM quality (32Khz) was also not what I needed as it was too clear and not as distorted as a phone call would usually be, this then lead me to the Telephone quality (8Khz) this was much more like what I needed, I then began to change the mic gain and added the stereo type of recording that changes where the sound is coming from.


For the voice overs I recorded using the Film quality (48Khz) so that the words came through very clear and with high quality.

Script

Script

Tom Eliot- Ashley Smart

Wil- Liam Goodman

Emily/Woolf- Lilie Keen

Campbell Lou- Louise Herbert

Short Man (SM)- Sam Warren

Emily’s Boyfriend- Archie Kirkwood

Rain- Lucia Carini

Cecilia- Chrissie Gibson

Cafe Extras-
Park extras-

Corridor extras- Mr Pollard’s tutor group

Character	Stage Directions	Dialogue
Scene 1  Tom [Non-diegetic] Campbell [Diegetic] Tom Campbell Tom Campbell Tom	Non diegetic, calm, questioning. Stressed, scared. Alert and sharp. Calm, sarcastic. Concerned, commanding. Determined [Pause] Shaky, jokey. Heavy breathing [Phone drops] Frantic, frustrated. [Black out, sound bridge] Angry, commanding, hidden fear and disappointment. [Campbell lifts bat over shoulder] [Tom Shoots Campbell] [Transition]	Are there bodies? Of course there are bodies! - I’m f***ing knee-deep in bodies! Bodies. Desiccated bodies, piled against the walls. What’s that sound? – Like humming? Oh. Yeah, that’s flies. Ten billion flies. … I just figured out what this black stuff on the walls is. Blood. Come back. You can report in what you’ve learned. Try again tomorrow. No. No. There’re doors ahead. Closed double doors. Sign says Fire Exit. If anything goes wrong, I want you to tell them I was cool under pressure. I’m opening the- Campbell? What do you see? Talk to me. Campbell! Stop! Campbell, drop the bat! Vestid forsash raintree valo! Stop! Stop! Campbell, stop! Valo! Stop!
Scene 2 Tom	Calm, low key, hushed tone.	Broken Hill, population ten thousand and one hundred… Now… None. We can’t stay here much longer. We are in just as much danger as they were. Your kidnapping earlier… that was nothing compared to what we will have to face.
Scene 3 Wil	[Eyes darting around, shaking, breathing heavily and shaky.] [Stagger down corridor, open door, lift arm to shade face from the light, walk towards car, open car door, sit down in passenger seat, greet Cecilia, kiss on cheek] Shaky, trying to hide fear and confusion, slightly awkward in movement.	Hello beautiful.
Scene 2 Tom	Serious, hopeful tone.	Cecilia was gone long before you got in that car, she no longer loved you, and it was her mission to kill you. You were lucky we were there, not to save you, but in the hope that you could save us.
Scene 3 Wil Tom SM	[Muffles, struggle] [Bat over the head] [Eyes open, in back of car, had on head, hand on drivers chair] [Jokey] [Laughs]	Cecilia! Cecilia! What the f***! Cecilia! How’d it go with your girlfriend Wil?
Scene 2 Tom	Calm, serious	Cecilia was under the Woolf’s persuasion. Woolf uses words, she can control people. You’ve seen it before, with Rain.
Scene 4 Tom SM SM Tom Tom SM Wil	Shocked Excited Reluctant, submissive [Scared, brace self, heavy breathing, shaky]	Is that Rain? I think so. Hit her. Hit her. Ah, f***!
Scene 2 Wil Tom	Slightly agitated Calm, quiet, serious	Why is this happening?! You lost your friend to Rain! Ewan was prepared to lose his life if it meant we could finish what we started.
Scene 4 SM Rain Wil	Cocky, shocked Coarse, rough voice, angry and fast pace talking [Rocking back and forth, shaking, heavy breathing]	I killed her, I f***ing killed her! Holy s***, I nailed a poet! Contrex helo siq rattrak Shoot yourself.
Scene 2 Tom	Apprehensive, serious	I taught a girl, she had a lot of potential... (Voice over)
Scene 5 Tom [Non-diegetic] Emily [Diegetic] Tom [Diegetic] Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Emily Tom Tom	"         "         "         "       [Pissed, jokey, cocky] [Confident, sophisticated] [Eats food] Dismissive, cocky [Gulp drink] [Reach for bag] Sharp, sly Curious, desperate Persuasive. [put large sum of money on the table] [Eyes widen, creep hand to money, go to snatch] [Snatch money back] Sophisticated, sharp. Casual, sophisticated. Confused. Casual. Dismissive, impatient. [Shrugs] Casual. Cocky, jokey. Dismissive, impatient. Cocky, jokey, submissive. Casual, formal. Sarcastic. Blunt. Sarcastic. Casual, blunt. Sarcastic, submissive. Serious tone whilst slightly casual. Defensive, firm. [Taken back] Serious.	I found her doing Street magic in the park...  She had made herself a place to sleep on the park bench...  Her persuasive skills shone through her magic. I walked over to her and paid for a game... When I answered right she seemed pissed. Oi, you just made me look stupid!  You gotta buy me something... Get me an egg mcmuffin. My job is not actually to administer questionnaires. My job is to test people. Think of it as a job interview that you don’t know you’re having. Well, thanks for thinking of me, but you know, I’m pretty happy with what I’ve got going on now. Thanks, though. Thanks for the breakfast. It pays. How much? As much as you like. No. You need to complete this questionnaire before we proceed. Now you know who I am, who are you? Emily. Are you a cat person or a dog person? What? Cats or dogs? Which do you prefer? What do you care? I’m just making conversation. I hate cats. Too sneaky. What’s your favorite color? This is your idea of conversation? Just answer the question. I’m just saying, as someone who knows about banter, you’re really terrible at it. Black. Close your eyes and pick a number between one and a hundred. Are these from your questionnaires? Yes. You’re surveying me? Is this the test? Part of it. I’m not closing my eyes. Thirty-three. Do you love your family?” Are you serious? You think I’d be here if I had a good family? No. Okay, then. Last question. Why did you do it? Don’t manufacture an answer, I’ll be able to tell, and it will invalidate the test.
Scene 2 Tom	Serious.	Emily passed the questionnaire and exceeded in the practical test, she became one of the best pupils and the most skilled, although she disregarded the rules… She chose her poet name… Woolf
Scene 6 Tom [Non-Diegetic]	Grave, serious, ominous.	She always had questions to ask, was curious about the extent of the power of persuasion. She completely violated the rules, as a consequence she was expelled from the school and sent away. We told her to use her own resources and she could come back when she had reform herself… we sent her to Broken Hill.
Scene 2 Tom		The reason we came looking for you, the importance of your cooperation and protection is because you are the only one that survived… You are immune to the bare word. We were hoping that you would be able to tell us before Woolf gets to you.
Scene 7 Woolf Tom & Wil	[Fast pace walking as a matter of urgency, walk with dominant presence, face stern and determined] [Running with urgency, looking back, desperate to get away]
Scene 2 Wil	Blank, confused, frustrated and scared.	I don’t know… I… I… I can’t remember anything!