I wasn't very productive with my film and writing projects
this week. I dabbled away on "Felix",
"Bright Freedom", "The Barrier" and "Two Friends".
"Felix"
I did do some analysis of my story "Felix", my Lovecraft/ Science fiction story, in
preparation for a rewrite. Mostly I tried to work on the structure and where I
needed to rewrite. I wanted this to be my top priority, but I have made any
progress on it.
"Bright Freedom"
I also did some analysis of my story "Bright Freedom", about the woman lawyer. I haven't done
any work on that since the summer of 2012. Again, it was mostly reworking the
structure. It needs a lot of work.
"The Barrier"
I did a little experimentation on "The Barrier", my transportation planning story. Someone
suggested that the robot voices really detracted from the movie. I tried to
record my voice to replace Arthur's voice in one of the scenes. It really
didn't work well. I got the timing off. Arthur's lips were still moving after I
finished talking. It is a skill I just don't have. Maybe I can do it with a
little practice.
Xtranormal did allow you to use pre-recorded voices in place
of the artificial ones. There is still a rumour that Xtranormal may be
restarted, which would allow me to use that approach. Otherwise, some other
animation programs have a similar feature.
"Two Friends"
(see: http://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/stories/two-friends/
or https://soundcloud.com/dynamiclethargy/twofriends
)
I tried out soundcloud.com
this week. It is supposed to be like a YouTube for audio. I recorded my short
story "Once Upon a Time",
my fable of greed and friendship, and posted it a few years back, but later
removed it.
I made one change: I renamed the story "Two Friends". The audio had the old name, so I tried to
re-record the title. Unfortunately the sound quality was very different, so I
couldn't use it. Instead, I found the phrase "Two Friends" in the
story and did a copy and paste. I had to modify my website. I renamed the story
and added an audio player to the story page.
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