[Reloaded TC] movie auditions

[the_mask]

Ok, time for a Daffy Duck imitation, that I wanted to do for a long time:

'Quiet on the set. QUIEEEET ! Ahhhh, shut up !'

 

Getting serious again: I'm calling for auditions for a movie sequence,

that'll be in the Rebellion Reloaded TC. This is the sequence, that'll

replace the one, where the Deathstar blows up a planet.

(I'll probably replace the part, where the laser is heating up, but you

can still get your timing right with this version).

 

What I need: speak the following line 'Target designated, ready to fire.'.

Please speak in an even and slightly snobby tone, you know like the Imp

officer in tactical, that would be perfect

 

If you're scratching your head and ask yourself how you should record

your line, try this: plug a microphone into your pc's line in, or microphone

connector. Now click on the little speaker symbol beside your the clock in

Windows. Ok, the next part could differ in the english version of Windows,

but I'll try with a translation that should come close

Select 'options' and 'properties'. There select your soundcard in the

dropdown list and click on set volume for recording.

Click on the OK button and the volume window should've changed.

Now you'll see the 'Mic. Volume' volume on the left. Adjust the slider to

be at the middle and click on 'select' below.

This sets the pc to record sound from microphone.

Now open your sound editing software (for ex. Cool Edit), if you got none

you can also use the Windows soundrecorder.

Set your audio quality to 44,100 Khz and 16bit stereo under 'File', 'Properties',

'convert now'.

Now press the button with little red circle to start the recording and the button

with the black square to stop it, like on a vcr.

 

If you use a headphone with a microphone, set the mike a bit below your mouth, that

lessens the distortions.

 

If your done and you like the outcome, save it as a wave file somewhere.

 

Now for the conversion, this is necessary cause my mailaccount couldn't hold even

one 40MB file and you might also not want to spend so much time online, just to send

me a file that large.

If you haven't got an encoder, that can create .mp2 (mp2, not mp3 !), download TMPEG

under http://www.tmpgenc.net (it's free and works very good).

Open up TMPEG and click the browse button at audio source. Select your recorded wave

file. Now in the main dialog again on the right, under 'stream type', select audio only.

Click the setting button and select the following things from the top to the bottom:

-MPEG-1 Audio Layer II

-44100

-Stereo

-128

 

leave the rest and click OK.

 

Now you're in the main dialog again and you can just click on the start button and

watch TMPEG work. After it's finished you should have a .mp2 file in the same directory,

that you stored your wave file in.

 

If you want to take part in the audition, email your .mp2 file to billy_loomis@gmx.net

Please don't forget to include your SWR alias, so I can include you in the credits movie

as well.

I'll pick the one, that I think is suited best for the movie then.

 

Also, don't despair, if your submission is not taken. There are quite a few movies to made.

 

Download the movie here !

It's in Rebellion's smacker format, if you didn't download the old player from my site, you can get a new one from http://www.radgametools.com

 

Good luck !

[TK421]

Please not that the original Imperial officer is a probably experienced and older soldier, while Thrawn only have nervous young men in his service. So not too snobby is okay too, I think.

When I get home I'll talk some to my mic and send it you because of my awful accent, it is probably worthless, but well: to give an example!

[the_mask]

Anyways , try your best and let's get this going people.

This will not be the last movie, that I'll need voices for.

 

Btw, if you wonder about the lack of sounds, they will be included after I have the voice.

[Trejiuvanat]

I'll try it too...

[the_mask]

This is getting better and better

Any other volunteers for this movie ?

[TK421]

Anyone?

 

It reminds me that I volunteered myself for auditions... hmmm

[the_mask]

Ahaaaa

 

Come on guys, or are you waiting for the other movies ?

You can have several parts, you know. We'd also need someone for the MonCal officer, that replaces 3PO for example.

[TK421]

Mon Cal officer, brabbling and snottering into the mic!

[Trejiuvanat]

For the Imp officers we chouls get our brits.. Imps always had a british accent...

I'll leave the brabbling for you TK

[the_mask]

Yeah, I already tried to make Jahled aware of this thread. So far he didn't come down from his tree to take talk into the mic.

[TK421]

We dutch people are fluent in over six million ways of communicating and we.. errr correction, that six million thing could be somewhat less...

I don't brabble, I just keep forgetting to take my mic and become what I always wanted to be... A LUMBERJACK! err correction again, a voice over actor!

[Trejiuvanat]

We could still call Elvis.. to talk in the Mic...

TK you just gave me an idea for an Easter Egg... ... I mean...

[the_mask]

It's sad, that nobody has mailed me his recordings.

 

It gets even sadder, cause I just uploaded the second movie

Eclipse sabotage (27MB !)

I need the following lines (2 people):

1 - Stormy, 2 - Rebel infiltrator

 

1 - "Hold it right there, Rebel !"

 

1 - "Get away from that console, slowly."

 

2 - "Ok, ok."

 

1 - "Arrgh."

 

2 - "Alpha to base, scratch one Eclipse"

 

 

The filter for the stormy's voice is not necessary for you to apply, I can do that later.

I've also been asked where the sound effects and music on the first movie were: as with this one, they'll be included with the voices

This makes it a lot easier for me

 

Now if only some volunteers would surface, that actually sent me some recordings ....

[Jahled]

Ok guys I know i'm slow, but I only just got wind of this entire thread just now through a PM by Mask. I'm up for helping out, being a Middle-Class English twit and can sound like that Imperial bloke in the game's tactical battle. I'll contact Mask privately and see what spec he wants.

[TK421]

I think I don't have the accent, or the correct English to be published in this TC, so I could record something, but I am really useless

[AceRogue1]

id happily help

but im not wasting my download limit on those movie files, they are 2 big

make them smaller, then ull get more applicants

[the_mask]

Ok, we have Jahled for the first movie.

Now we still need two people for the second one.

The accent isn't that necessary for the stormtrooper and the infiltrator of the second movie, so I wouldn't let that stop me

 

Ace, I really tried, but that's as small as they get, if you still want to recognize something. The first one with 1.5 MB shouldn't be a problem, but I can understand, that not everybody wants to download the 27MB beta of the second one. I tried various forms of compression and resolutions, but it didn't get any smaller. I could provide a few screenshots, if that would be helpful.

[Jahled]

WOOOO-NESS!!

 

I bought a mic for my PC this afternoon, a couple of lagers, and spent an hour recording stuff like 'THE EMPIRE IS VICTORIOUS!' and 'TARGET DESIGNATED, READY TO FIRE!' Mask now has my early efforts.

 

The fame...

[TK421]

Trej and I just decided to both volunteer for the NR side... I'll start recording as soon as possible!

[the_mask]

Gooood, I hope there'll be more lines from you two soon. I still need the lines for the stormtrooper and the NR infiltrator from the first movie. You can decide between the both of you, who gets which part.

Who ever pick the stormy, don't worry about the effect of his voice coming out of the helmet's speaker. I think I can conjure something with the audio programs on my pc

 

Hmm, that looks like I'll have to release some more movies after these are complete, eh ?

[ElvisMiggell]

Might have a mic somewhere, lesse...... hmmmmmm.....

[Lord_La_forge]

any news?

[ElvisMiggell]

My mic is somewhere in my house 300 miles aweay, so no joy i'm afraid.

[Jahled]

The Mic I used for what Mask wanted cost a fiver from my local store. All I had to do was plug it into the back into my PC! Mask, after many evenings of Fosters-fuelled scripts speaking into my mic, is now in possession of a classic 'Imperial-Officer,' announcing.... well hell, that's for the TC!

[the_mask]

You said it dude,

 

so far nobody else sent me voice recordings.