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Post by JBHorror on Feb 26, 2005 14:42:05 GMT -5
Alright now the majority of my script is a man talking to the killer over a telephone (don't get the idea that it's a slasher or anything). Has anyone else done scenes where you can hear the man on the other line talking? A few ideas I had was using a tape recorder and just put it in a place where it can be unseen. Anyone else? Suggestions?
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Post by horror4ever on Feb 26, 2005 21:45:33 GMT -5
I've done that before and usually it's done in editing. You record the voice and you add the audio to the video. You could go with what you were saying but it would sound alot better if you added the audio track in.
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Post by JBHorror on Feb 26, 2005 22:58:28 GMT -5
Okay now I know nothing about editing so bare with me. How would I add it in without it overlapping the original audio? Keep in mind all I really have is a regular video camera.
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Post by horror4ever on Feb 26, 2005 23:41:27 GMT -5
If you know nothing about editing I would try to find someone who knows how to edit. But if you want to do it on your own and you have Adobe Premiere or a program similar to it there are 3 different audio tracks where audio can be added. It's pretty simply. Just take the audio track you recorded and place it in the second audio track. You will have to line up the audio properly so it doesn't over lap. You'll also have to time inbetween each piece of dialogue when recording on location so it matches the video in editing. You don't want to have the killer talking and have the victims mouth moving. This part can be fairly tricky for someone who hasn't done anything like this before. If you don't time it properly, when you go to edit the movie the audio won't match the video. Anyways once you have it all lined up properly make sure the existing track is the same volume and quality as the additional track for best results. That's the best way I can explain it. If you still don't know maybe you could find someone to do it for you or I would be more than happy to do it for you. Hope this helps.
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Post by JBHorror on Feb 27, 2005 14:04:58 GMT -5
Alright so when I film my movie I just film the main character talking on his phone and pausing for a few seconds? Does he have to use his best judgement on when to start talking again? Then later I get my other actor and record his lines on...say a tape recorder?
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Post by horror4ever on Feb 27, 2005 14:40:22 GMT -5
Your best bet is to record the killer first using a tape recorder or a boom mic or even your computer mic so it's already on the computer. Then time each audio track that the killer does and when recording the scene have your actor pause for that amount of minutes/seconds or however long each additional audio track is. It's all about timing so you're going to have to record each time down somewhere. This could take awhile to do to get it done right and you might have to do it over a few times until you get it right but in the end it's worth it.
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Post by Mommy's Little Monster on Mar 1, 2005 12:46:38 GMT -5
The easiest way for you to get it done would be to have both actors in the room. Film the victim but have both actors running through the dialouge. This way the pauses are just where they need to be and all the reactions are synced up perfectly. If you like you could even record the killer at the same time and get all the audio outta the way, this makes it much easier in post as you only have one line of audio to work with. If not record the killers dialouge after and have the victim running lines with him. Chop it up appropriately and places then on two sepreate audio lines.
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Post by RottwielerPro on Mar 23, 2005 16:10:50 GMT -5
I agree with Mommy's Little Monster. It's much easier to have both actors saying their lines. Just make sure that neither of them are talking at the same time. Because then when you go to edit and you want to take the killers dialogue away you're taking some of the other dialogue away. So becareful when you go to film it that they aren't both speaking over top one another. Then when you go into edit take the killers voice out of the shot, and re-dub it. We've used voice overs (V.O.) many times in our shorts and our movies. Hope that helps. Dusty + Rottwieler Productions + www.projectdoomsday.com |
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Post by goriddle on Mar 27, 2005 19:30:09 GMT -5
here is super super low budget way of doing this. once you get your footage on camera, record it from the camera to the vcr except don't plug one of the red and white cables in and plug a microphone in instead. speak the phone dialogue into the mic. kind of a pain but cheap
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