Freelance Journey

How To Become a Freelancer – September Update

Intro:
The final episode of The Legend of Aramelle is up! You can listen to it here on WordPress, on Apple podcasts, Spotify or Pocketcasts.

The film shoot I was on went well. The first day was recording on location, and there was an issue with one of the microphones in that it couldn’t be heard through my headphones. It was recording sound though, and both other mikes worked fine. If I had had an hour to figure out the issue, I would have been able to, but that wasn’t possible without delaying filming significantly. I haven’t heard anything from the editors, though, so I assume it did record fine in the end, just without me hearing it!
The next day was on a set and I used a different microphone to avoid that issue and it worked fine. I am excited to see the final edit! It’s a very strange thing to be able to hear someone across the room more clearly than someone directly in front of you, if they’re miked up. Plus, it can be extremely tiring to hear things to that extent for so much of the day, but I do find it enjoyable and have already applied for my next job!

So on to the update!

Scripts Update:
Am working on the feedback for The Last Witch in Swanage (puritan witch script). The channel 4 scheme opens on 22 September and as Troy isn’t eligible for that one, I’m hoping LWIS is at a good enough level to submit it this year.

The BAFTA Rocliffe competition still hasn’t opened.

The date for the final screening of the film course got moved again! This was due to building work being done over the summer, so I am hopeful I will be able to attend after all.
However, there’s no update on when the screening will be now.

Things Learnt:
I’ve made a spreadsheet for my expenses/income and coded it so the sums get added up automatically. I added my expenses for the film shoot and then subtracted them again once the expenses had been paid. For this first year, I’ve only made one spreadsheet for the entire financial year as it’s unlikely I’ll be making enough month to month to warrant monthly ones.
I an hoping to finish all the projects before the screening and, now the editing for Legend of Aramelle is complete, I will have more time to focus on them.

Sound Effect Listings

The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 12 Sound Effects

Of course it would be in the final episode of the series that I had the most trouble with the audio! It seems that one microphone wasn’t working correctly so two actors lines were extremely quiet. I had to isolate their audio and edit them on their own track to make it audible. I’ve edited it as best I could, and it works pretty well, it just has the unfortunate side effect that there’s some background interference audible in their lines, as a result of it being heightened. It sounds a little bit like wind though, so as they’re all outside or on mountains, if you use your imagination it’s not so bad!
Plus, I wanted to make sure it was audible as some of the lines lost were important to the future plot!

Mixed Sound Effects:
Walking through prison corridors: Witch Princess Gamelan Melody mixed with Water dripping in cave freesound and Cowboy boots walking (Adobe)

Adobe Sound Effects used:
Liquid Water River flowing waterRiver
Coin Flip and Catch Ringing SpinJewel
Foley Cinder Block Sand ScrapesCave moves position
Liquid Water Water Ballon Dropped in WaterSpoon dropped in cauldron
Foley Coin Moving in HandKing Gideon gets money out
Ambience Ocean ShoreShip in bay by Isle of the Sirens

BBC Sound Effects used:
Ship creaking: Thames Sailing Barge, Atmosphere Below Deck Under Sail, With Creaking Wood. (Recorded On Board S.B. Pudge.) (Bought)
Doors Prison Cell – Prison Door Cell, opened and shut (Bought)Door to Prison opened and closed
Boats Rowboats Punting – Needed a noise of driftwood to show what Barry is floating down the river on. (Bought)

Pro sound effects used:
Whistler Mountain Canada Light Buffeting Windmountain ambience (Bought)
Sparkles Glistening Metallic Swells – Sound of jewel map being projected. (Bought)
Sucky Woosh – Noise for the ghosts method of travel and appearance – more will be revealed how this works in series 2! (Bought)

Cast for:
Ship onto Table out of pocketAramelle takes jewel out of pocket
Crew Cheering
Crew executing orders
The “Woo” that Orson says was supposed to be another round of the crew cheering, but realised in editing that as they’ve just gone off to execute their orders, it didn’t make sense, but Orson was still there, so he could cheer for Aramelle all by himself.

Music by Jean Loup-Pinson:
The Village Krumhorn
Grim Reaper theme

Freesound for:
Cauldron bubblingWater Bubbling – Same as last episode. water bubbling by ultraaxvii — https://freesound.org/s/591151/ — License: Creative Commons 0

The Legend of Aramelle

The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 12

Of course it would be in the final episode of the series that I had the most trouble with the audio! It seems that one microphone wasn’t working correctly so two actors lines were extremely quiet. I had to isolate their audio and edit them on their own track to make it audible. I’ve edited it as best I could, and it works pretty well, it just has the unfortunate side effect that there’s some background interference audible in their lines, as a result of it being heightened. It sounds a little bit like wind though, so as they’re all outside or on mountains, if you use your imagination it’s not so bad!
Plus, I wanted to make sure it was audible as some of the lines lost were important to the future plot!

In this Episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Liam Harkins played Barry and Potion Man
Tayla Kenyon played Clive, King Gideon and Robin
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
Am Stubberfield played Grim Reaper and Mountain guard

Social Media:
Show email: thelegendofaramellecasting@gmail.com
Writer: Christy Sago: Bluesky: @christywrites.bsky.social
Producer: Kate Delong: Instagram: @kate.delong.creates
George Coyne: Instagram: @jorge_pereira8890
Tayla Kenyon: Twitter: @taylakenyon
Liam Harkins: Instagram: @liammharkins
Mariana Sa Sousa: Instagram: @marianasasousa123
Am Stubberfield: Instagram: @brumble_hag
Composer: Jean Loup-Pinson: Instagram: @jlpinsonmusic

Sound effects:
Jean Loup-Pinson composed the music.
His website is: www.jeanlouppinson.com/
Sound effects for this episode are from BBC Sound Effects Library, Adobe Sound Effects, Freesound.org, Pro Sound Effects and the cast themselves.
Full credits for the sound effects as well as more information on the writing, recording and editing of this episode can be found here.

Questions that still need to be answered: What happened to Captain Liam? We haven’t seen him since the mountain prison, has he gone to find his wife? What is Aramelle’s plan with the sirens? Why can Orson see a figure on the Isle of the Sirens while no-one else can? Is it to do with the voice he heard in the grasslands? And the most important un-answered question of all: What happened to Orson’s sword? The enchanted one he stole of the suit of armour? Is it at the bottom of the lake in Aramelle’s kingdom?

The Legend of Aramelle will return! (When I’ve written the scripts.)

Thank you for listening!