FantasyCargoPantz wrote: ↑November 28th, 2022, 6:40 pm
Hello! I'm a little new, and I'm not sure if it is 'Kosher' or not to volunteer for more then one role; even if they happen to only have one line. If it is not then please forgive me and take your pick.
I would like to Volunteer for the parts of
68 05-Shopper 1
and
08 09-MissHaskins (Who, as I perused is actually in chapter 6? Is it being assumed that the nurse in chapter 9 is also Miss Haskins?)
Just for the sake of getting parts assigned, if you don't mind a female trying to speak a deeper male part, I would also be free to do a Guard or Defender. If not, no problem :thumbs:
Welcome to the project FantasyCargoPantz!
In this dramatic reading it's fine to read multiple roles as long as they are in different chapters. (Other dramatic readings may want every character read by a different reader - you should be able to find what the Book Coordinator wants in the post announcing the project.) Yes, I've happily put you down for the shopper (Mrs. Watkins) in chapter 5 and the nurse Miss Haskins who appears in chapters 9 and 15. In Chapter 15 she is just identified as "the nurse" and the line is "I'm sorry." If you want to read male parts that's fine as well, just choose a character (or characters) not in chapters 5, 9 or 15 and let me know.
The process for dramatic readings is a bit different than reading chapters in a book. Since I'll be adding your voice to a chapter full of varied readers I ask everyone to
not apply noise reduction, compression, etc. Your volume can be in a wider range than if you were recording a chapter in a book. If your character has more than one line leave about 5 seconds of room noise between lines. This will let me find the beginning and ending points of a line easily and also provides a good sample of room tone in case I want/need to use noise reduction. When I put on my editor hat my job is to try to make it sound like all the voices were recorded with everyone in the same studio.
You'll upload a file for each chapter - as an example, the file for chapter 5 will have the file name yearwhenstardustfell_shopper_05.mp3
The first file you upload should also include a line for the book credits. In your case you should read
Mrs. Watkins and Miss Haskins - read by FantasyCargoPantz.
That line will end up in the book credits - at the end of chapter 20. If you read more characters I'll have you redo this so all the roles are listed before you read your name. (if you want to change your Catalog Name to your real-world name or some other nickname let me know and I'll ask an admin to change it for you. The Catalog Name applies to everything you read for LibriVox - it isn't set project by project.)
If you have questions just ask.
