BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE OF FLU – PART 1
by bsenese on Aug.31, 2010, under promotion
This is some behind the scenes footage from the set of Midnight Radio Theater’s Flu. Flu is the latest audio suspense drama from the Midnight Radio Theater series.
In this scene, Thomas (Jeremy Childs) is having a semi-breakdown – he’s freaking out about the possibility of his 8-year old child, Anthony (Stone Craig), dying from a dangerous breakout of the swine flu.
After recording several of these radio dramas, I’ve found the best way to capture the audio performances is to record them like I would a film. Have them block out the scene (at least, somewhat) like they would on camera, have them interact with each other like they would, and so on…it helps with the performances and also helps with the audio shaping of the room in post. If they were both just standing at their individual audio booths, reading their lines back and forth, it would be good (they are both very good actors), but it would be missing that “something” you wouldn’t be able to put your finger on.
If you haven’t listened to Flu yet, I highly recommend that you turn off the lights and do so immediately (click here to download). Flu is an intense suspenseful psychological ride that touches on some genuine, identifiable fears I think we’ve all experienced…and recently.
September 1st, 2010 on 8:35 am
It’s easy to see how synergy they had together here could lead to you casting them in your upcoming short film, The Suicide Tapes.