March 19th 2010: What an Eventful Friday!
WOW, a lot of progress was made today on the radio play!
Big thanks to Mark and Alison for coming out today and helping us with the play. We had two english blocks today to get as much done as possible seeing as our deadline is looming ever closer…
The class split up into one large group which would be doing sound effects with Mark, and a smaller group which would be doing the deliberating on the writing.
So, what became of our english class today was either pushing tables, booing and clinking cutlery, or whispering in hushed tones on whose lines were to be cut. Well, it looked like they were quiet from what I saw, anyway. It was quite funny to listen to all of the noise we were making compared to when I walked by the computer lab and saw Alison and fellow key writers huddled together deciding what would become of our script.
For the sound effects, our two head techies, Rachel and Deanna, lead the class on what kind of sounds we should make depending on the scene right down to the volume. Mark was there to give handy tips based on his expertise in sound and of course Courtney and Alexa were recording. We got a lot of scenes done and had fun in the process!
On the writing side, Alison was very helpful in helping the writers decide which scenes should be scrapped or shortened. This is a very difficult thing to do seeing as we are WAY over the time limit (which should be approximately 8-10 mins). And, you know, we’re ONLY five minutes over without sound effects. Decisions were made and the rest of us aren’t certain which scenes were tweaked, however, we trust our writers!
Thanks to everyone who was so cooperative and helpful today!Everything has to be done by March 30th, so let’s cross our fingers!
