Recording our lines (7/5/2014)

* Today my partner and I recorded our voices for the story reel. We were able to do half of the captain's lines and all of the pilots and dock bot's.

During recording we would stand up and act our lines so as to project them better, sometimes getting the other to read the line in between the actor's lines or before it, so that they had someone else to bounce off.
We would record our lines multiple times so as to get the best take, and cut them where necessary, so as to combine the best of two separate takes.  

We found halfway through however, that we needed to print off the script instead of using the screen as reading paper was easier. During which we also re-wrote certain lines when the voices we used couldn't pronounce certain words or letters quite right. 

Overall, I felt that the recording went incredibly well today and we are already one third through. However, I will make sure to eat more next time, as I ate less today so as to not build up saliva, only to end up feeling weak later during the recording, thus explaining why I only got halfway through the captain. Though this is also because the captain went through at least two to three different takes per line as we wanted to make sure the captain stood out and gave off a friendly demeanor, despite losing his patience at points.

* Recently a friend of mine linked me to a YouTube video that explained how they did the robotic voice for the character Legion from Mass Effect. Realising that all it would involve is putting a filter over the person's ordinary voice I shared this video with Ed who agreed with the idea and decided to play around with the lines recorded today.

Afterwards, I then listened to the edited versions of the lines my partner was working on, commenting on what worked and what could be used for the characters yet to be recorded. It may be better to simply use our regular voices and then filter them afterwards, as he was doing for the dock bot today.
Making it sound more bassy and therefore not the same to his regular voice, we decided to look at possibly using this tactic for the ship, golem and possibly even the mechanic, as I have noted that, despite the chosen voice being one of my favorites, it hurts my throat.

* Finally, in the evening I decided to read my lines in advance for tomorrow as I felt recording my lines today took the longest. However, this was due to not printing my script in advance and having to balance a friendly captain with a stressed one.

It was also during this time that I looked over the lines and found that some could be done in the same take instead of separately, thus saving us time.