Voice Recording Take 2

This Thursday, 24th, was the lecture for 1pm but before that, we met up in room G23 for another take on voice acting.

Due to the changes within the script, it was necessary to re-record what was done before - any tweaks and amendments to bolster the strength of the plot would also help a great deal. Sure enough, there was one major change to the performance; Ben Greenwood (courteously helping us again) changed his initial voice (low-tone, randy) to a royal, upperclass and regal sort.  Reasons for this - other than simply being all the more humorous, is because we realised that the ludicrously of the scenario wouldn't flow too well with the former personality, and the context of a some-what forced woman voice fits in context with the male lavatory.

It took quite a few takes to get the voicing just right - sometimes it would be received too quietly, or there would be moments of staccato. Ben had to put some light strain on his throat to present the voice, so naturally the poor man would slip on some cases - thankfully it didn't take too long, otherwise he wouldn't of had any voice left at the end of the day.

Once we finished up with The Presenter's lines, it was onto the two focal characters - Bruce and Timid Tim. The former played by Tom and the latter by Liam, who again took time out to assist us. For the most part, there were some only slight (albeit still necessary) changes within the dialogue, but the big break was during the bum-squeeze scene. For this part, we deemed it best for Liam to improvise the reaction - and how, and from what? Real-life bum squeeze, of course! Liam's reactions weren't just hilarious, they were genuine which is was all too important in making the humour believable. Again, this too required quite a few takes mostly because we wanted to see would we could get out of Timid Tim's shock but also because some responses weren't what we were looking for. Saying that, however, the best altogether was Liam letting loose a plethora of naughty swearing which brought the performance home. To cover up the swearing, we cut off line delivery before it jumped into Grade A language.

We finished at 12pm, just in time for an hour's break before the lecture.