The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 11

August 23, 2025August 17, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

In this Episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Tayla Kenyon played Clive and Beryl
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.

What do you think Aramelle saw in the cauldron?

Thank you for listening!

Freelance Journey

How to Become a Freelancer – August Update

August 17, 2025August 18, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

Intro:
Another late in the month update, but, I hope, one worth waiting for as I have my first job as a sound recordist! It’s on a short film shooting next week, and once edited, it will give me my first IMDB credit!

The Legend of Aramelle is going well. Episode eleven is due up next Saturday (23rd August). You can listen to it here on WordPress, on Apple podcasts, Spotify or Pocketcasts.

So on to the update!

Scripts Update:
Finally finished a draft of The Last Witch in Swanage (puritan witch script) and have received feedback from two people for my next draft. I hope to enter it into the BBC open call this year, so still have time to work on it.

The BAFTA Rocliffe competition still hasn’t opened but, when it does, I’ll be submitting my Troy script this year.

Finally, am in the process of editing everything I shot in the film course and am about half-way through all the projects. Sadly, I won’t be able to make the final screening as it’s the same day as my sound job starts. Though, I’m hoping I can meet up with people from the course in the coming months as I was looking forward to seeing everyone at the screening.

Things Learnt:
As this first job is expenses paid only, I have made sure I’ve been collecting receipts and invoices for the travel I’ve booked. Now I’ve actually started doing it, it’s much less daunting than it seemed before I started and just need to make sure I keep everything in one place!

Sound Effect Listings

The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 10 Sound Effects

August 9, 2025August 3, 2025 Christy.E.S1 Comment

As someone interested in sound recording in general, I thought it would be a good idea to combine the credits I have to include for the sound effects in each episode with information of why I chose them, plus how I edited them.

Here is the full list of sound effects including where I got them from, plus what the original script called for.

Mixed sound effects for:
Persephone’s theme and Grim’s Theme – mixed together for when Persephone takes Orson away

BBC for:
Persephone and Grim row across the river of Styx – Boats: Punting – Punting: Boarding and clambering about (Bought)
Ship creaking: Thames Sailing Barge, Atmosphere Below Deck Under Sail, With Creaking Wood. (Recorded On Board S.B. Pudge.) (Bought)

Freesound for:
Underworld ambience: The Underworld by erlipresidente — https://freesound.org/s/415886/ — License: Attribution 4.0 – Ideally I wanted something with a few more screams in the background, but this does do a good job of sounding sufficiently otherworldy and not likely to get kixed up with the Soothsayers Cave from the previous episode!
Underworld crowd: Walla Crowd Inside French by Salomé_Lubczanski — https://freesound.org/s/733849/ — License: Creative Commons 0

Adobe Sound Effects for:
Flood water – Liquid Water River Flowing Water
Persephone unrolls parchment and Gideon signs paper– Foley Paper Wax Paper Movements
Orson walks alone – Foley footstep human walking through tall grass
Orson begins to teleport – Multimedia Internet CD-Rom Flash Beep High Pitch 33

Music:
The Village Krumhorn stem – to move between the different sections of the scene
Grim’s Theme – Grim takes souls, also when Grim arrives to see Persephone again

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The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 10

August 9, 2025August 3, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

In this Episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Liam Harkins played Giant Gary
Tayla Kenyon played dead guard, King Gideon and Voice
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
AM Stubberfield played Grin Reaper

What does find roots mean?

Thank you for listening!

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The Legend of Aramelle -Episode 9 Sound Effects

July 26, 2025July 24, 2025 Christy.E.S1 Comment

Here is the full list of sound effects including where I got them from, plus what the original script called for.

Mixed sound effects for:
Exterior Castle Courtyard – Crowd Exterior Daytime Courtyard…Blenheim Palace (Prosound: Bought) mixed with Pirate’s in crowd – Pirate Murmur Constant Calm… (Prosound: Bought). Both of these together sounds enough like a crowd, though the crowd does sound annoyingly distracted. Though I do like the fading up of the pirates, as you can hear an “Arr!” just at the moment that “I can’t see no pirates either,” is said!
Torch gets knocked over – Fire torch burn in wind, short (Prosound: Bought) Impact firewood grab (Adobe) – mixed these two together. It was too much noise for the fire to be burning the whole way through, so added it jsut before it gets knocked over.
Crowd fights – Episode 9 general screaming fighting (Cast) mixed with Crowd panics – Human crowd footsteps running and screaming (Adobe) and Fire burning – Torch fire burning roar intermittent crackles (Prosound: Bought). Wanted quite a few noises here so you can tell it’s pandemonium and no-one knows whatr’s about to happen at this point!

Cast for:
Soothsayer Faints – Episode 9 Soothsayer fainting
Soothsayer wakes up – Episode 9 Soothsayer wakes up
Crowd panics – Episode 9 crowd panics
Orson gets hit – not a sound effect, just good acting!

Prosound for:
Soothsayer’s cave – Breaths Creepy Ghostly Wind – (Bought). I originally wanted a more cave-y type setting for this, but it sounded too similar to the dungeons, think this makes it seem more like the soothsayer is sitting on top of a mountain!
Aramelle and Gideon have tug of war with drum – Swing Set Swing (Bought). Could not for the life of me find anything that sounded like a drum being pushed back and forth, think this works though as it’s only a few seconds.
Giant pours water over fire – Water pour –(Bought).
Flood water – Water lap heavy sloshy crashing tidewater – (Bought).
Aramelle puts Orson on tree branch – Water splash tree branch drop – (Bought).
Aramelle bangs drum and giants hear – Distant Booming Muffled Thumps – (Bought). Very difficult to find drum noises, it turns out! This one works well, as I’ve added an echo and slowed it down.

BBC used for:
Dungeon door opening and closing – Doors Prison Cell Open and Shut (Bought) – the same as used in episode 3

Adobe Sound Effects for:
Leaving soothsayer’s cave – Foley Footsteps Cowboy Boots Debris Dirt Walking – Needed something so you’d know they’d left the cave before the soothsayer woke back up.
Orson gives sword to Aramelle – Weapon broad sword hit metal tink
Aramelle fights – Impact sword impacts

Music:
The Village Krumhorn stem
Persephone theme

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The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 9

July 26, 2025July 24, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

. CW: Character Death. Not graphic but, if listening with children, you might want to listen ahead or wait for the next episode to come out so you can hear the full plot.

In this Episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Liam Harkins played Liam, Barry and Giant Gary
Tayla Kenyon played Soothsayer, King Gideon, Man in Crowd and Giant George
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
Am Stubberfield played Grim Reaper

What will Persephone do with Orson now?

Thank you for listening!

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The Legend of Aramelle Sound Effects – Episode 8

July 12, 2025July 10, 2025 Christy.E.S1 Comment

Here is the full list of sound effects including where I got them from, plus what the original script called for.

Cast for:
Bird Squawks – Captain Liam answering Aramelle’s questions.

Prosound for:
Waves, ship creaking – ship – Thames Sailing Barge, Atmosphere Below Deck Under Sail, With Creaking Wood. (Recorded On Board S.B. Pudge.) (Bought).
Sparkles Glistening Metallic Swells – Jewel map being projected. I did want to use this for the rest of the scene, but it was distracting so I faded it down after a few loops.

BBC used for:
Doors Prison Cell Open and Shut (Bought) – Dungeon door opening and closing – the same as used in episode 3

Adobe Sound Effects for:
Multimedia Internet CD-Rom Flash Electronic – Spell – The same sound as used for the Witch Princess’s spells in episode 3
Foley Prop Coin Flip and Catch Ringing Spin – Captain Liam pressing the corners of the jewel down
Foley Footsteps Cowboy Boots Debris Dirt Walking – Barry leaves – Needed something to show he was gone, before the door noise again.
Household Wood Old Wood Door Close – Door closes – Needed a sound to show that the guards had entered the shop.
Foley Coins Moving in Hand – Captain Liam hands coins to the potion man
Weapon Sword Remove From Sheath – Guards remove swords from sheaths

Mixed Sound Effects:
Oven Door Fall Open Metal Rattle (Prosound), mixed with Household Book Fall to Ground (Adobe) – Cage door opened – the hardest thing to find for this episode. I was searching for rattling cages and got nowhere. Think I searched for Metal rattle to get this one.
Water dripping in cave (Freesound) mixed with Witch Princess Gamelan Melody Stem – Dungeon atmosphere

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

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The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 8

July 12, 2025July 19, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

In this episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone and Guard 3
Liam Harkins played Captain Liam, The Potion Man, and Barry
Tayla Kenyon played Guard 1 and The Prisoner
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
Am Stubberfield played Guard 2

What do you think Aramelle’s plan is with the drum?

Thank you for listening!

Freelance Journey

How to Become a Freelancer – July Update

July 6, 2025July 7, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

Intro:
Now I am back at work full-time, I am having to plan my editing time for The Legend of Aramelle, more closely. I am still on track, though, with episode eight due to go up this Saturday (12th July). It can be listened to here on WordPress, on Apple podcasts, Spotify or Pocketcasts.

I have been applying to sound-recording jobs (and a few assistant director or producer jobs) on Mandy and Backstage, which has led to a few interviews, but no paid work, just yet. However, I am keeping track of how many interviews I’m getting and it’s over half of what I’ve applied for!

So on to the update!

Scripts Update:
Am still waiting for the release date of the Bafta competition this year, as I will be submitting my Troy script into it. I am also nearly finished with my script for the BBC writersroom this year (will be nice to finish with plenty of time to edit). It’s my puritan witches script and I’m going to ask my writing group to give me notes in the next week or so.

Am in the process of editing the films from the film course. I may not finish all of them before the graduation, but should have a fair few edited and ready to be shown.

Things Learnt:
Am getting better with writing succinct cover letters when applying to jobs. Have found the best way for me to write them is to write them in a Notes app and then add them to my application. I tend to follow the formula of mentioning things they have mentioned in the application and then adding my own skills where appropriate. It may not sound like much, but as someone who used to not add cover letters at all until I was about 28 (when I was a manager and realised I wasn’t impressed when people didn’t send cover letters to me), it has changed how I apply to jobs!

Sound Effect Listings

The Legend of Aramelle Episode 7 – Sound Effects

June 28, 2025June 26, 2025 Christy.E.S1 Comment

Here is the full list of sound effects including where I got them from, plus what the original script called for.

Cast for:
Bird Squawks – Captain Liam answering Aramelle’s questions.

Prosound for:
Waves, ship creaking – ship – Thames Sailing Barge, Atmosphere Below Deck Under Sail, With Creaking Wood. (Recorded On Board S.B. Pudge.) (Bought) – This sound has really paid for itself at this point!

Adobe Sound Effects for:
Weapon Broad Sword Hit Metal Tink – Aramelle catches sword – A surprisingly difficult sound to find someone catching a sword, so this was the closest!
Foley Footsteps Cowboy Boots Walk By – Clive leaves – Strangely only the cowboy boots sounded like normal shoes…
Household Wood Old Wood Door Close – Door closes – Wanted a sound that could be heard over the market atmosphere as it would srtop abruptly when the door was closed.
Foley Coin Remove Coins From Pocket – Aramelle takes coins out her pocket
Foley Coins Moving in Hand – Aramelle hands coins to the potion man
Weapon Sword Remove From Sheath – Orson removes sword from sheath – same as previous episodes and reversed for him putting it back away.

Mixed Sound Effects:
Adobe: Foley Footstep Hard Sole Run on Wood mixed with Weapon Sword hits Sword – Clive runs at Aramelle – and again the second time. I’m only disappointed that I didn’t think to record Clive screaming as he ran, so he attacks silently.
Adobe: Weapon Broad Sword Slide off Sword mixed with Cast: C falls over – Aramelle knocks Clive over.

BBC Sound Effects:
1. Foreign Atmospheres – Covent Garden Market, horses & carts: Horses, villagers, market traders. (Bought) Same as in episode one.

Freesound for:
Cauldron bubbling – Water Bubbling – Same as at The Witch Princess’s castle but without the stirring spoon this time as it was a bit too distracting for the atmosphere of a tiny shop. water bubbling by ultraaxvii — https://freesound.org/s/591151/ — License: Creative Commons 0

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The Legend of Aramelle Episode 7

June 28, 2025June 26, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

In this episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Liam Harkins played the Potion man and bird sound effects
Tayla Kenyon played Clive and Market Drummer
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
Am Stubberfield played Crew member and Market Seller

Why was Captain Liam banished?

Thank you for listening!

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The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 6 Sound Effects

June 14, 2025June 13, 2025 Christy.E.S1 Comment

Here is the full list of sound effects including where I got them from, plus what the original script called for.

Mixed Sound Effects:
Giant’s Dungeon: Scolex_Water-dripping-in-cave (free sound) + Gamelan Melody (Jean) – this is the same mix I used in the Witch Princess episodes.
 Giant Gunther pushes boat out to sea, crew falls over: BBC Boats Sailing Dinghy sail past left to right Recorded on shore – (Bought) mixed with Clive falls over by the cast.

Adobe Sound Effects used for:
Giant Footsteps: Foley Footsteps Soft Sole Work Boots Walking in Cement – used this multiple times in the episode for all the giant walking sounds except for:
Footsteps leave – by the cast – used this right at the end of the first segment as it sounds rather like a door being closed at the end of a long hallway! AKA them getting locked in giant prison!
Orson takes out sword: Weapon Sword Remove from Sheath – Same as in episode one, and with the sound being reversed for when the sword gets put back away. 
Paper rustling: Foley Paper Wax Movements – surpisingly hard to find a sound that worked for the huge manuscript the treaty was written on. The wax paper rustling sounded the most realistic.

Prosound used for:
Giant Rats: Rats Biting Cloth, CU, Licking and Gnawing, Short Sniffles, Small Fast Movements, Hissing, Rustling Pro Sound.
Giant Gunther opening drawers:  Cabinet door, kitchen, wood, Open and Close, Multiple Times – Pro Sound.
Waves, ship creaking – ship – Thames Sailing Barge, Atmosphere Below Deck Under Sail, With Creaking Wood. (Recorded On Board S.B. Pudge.) (Bought) – That good old Thames Barge returns!

Freesound for:
Pulling Out Wooden Chair and Sitting Down – needed a noise for the giants arriving into the council chamber.
Pulling Out Wooden Chair and Sitting Down.wav by F.M.Audio — https://freesound.org/s/547735/ — License: Attribution 4.0

Cast for:
Int. Pocket
Ship out of pocket onto table – used for when they arrive into the council chamber, simply to signify that they’ve been taken back out the pocket!
Takes drum out of pocket: Ship out of pocket – when Gunther gives the drum to Aramelle
Clive and Aramelle get up: C and A get up – after they have fallen over and makes a good segway into Aramelle asking Clive what he knew about the mutiny.

Music:
Council chamber ambience – Giant Country Strings Stem and later Giant Country theme – the strings worked well for the small segments when we were going back and forth, but did the whole theme later on during the negotiations, looping the last part as it gave the most energy as the negotiations came to a close. It seemed strange to me to use this, but as I couldn’t find any medieval office ambience to use instead, I think it works well!
Drum noise – Giant Country Percussions Stem – just used when Gunther hands the drum to Aramelle and Orson takes it away.

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The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 6

June 14, 2025June 14, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

In this episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Liam Harkins played Barry, Giant Gunther and Giant Gary
Tayla Kenyon played Giant George and Clive
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
Am Stubberfield played Giant Dave and Giant Damien
Everyone played – Giants voting

Sound effects:
Jean Loup-Pinson composed the theme music, scene change music, Giant Country theme and Persephone’s theme.
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 .

There’s a second half!?

Thank you for listening!

Freelance Journey

How to Become a Freelancer – June Update

June 8, 2025June 9, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

Intro:
Nearly back at work full-time! I have also finished my Diploma in film-making and am actively seeking work in sound, production and writing! (I have availability for a month in advance.)

The Legend of Aramelle is going well. Episode six is due up next Saturday (14th June). It can be listened to here on WordPress, on Apple podcasts, Spotify or Pocketcasts.

So on to the update!

Scripts Update:
Fewer competitions this month – though I did hear back from Large Format Films competition and sadly neither The Master’s Boots or Billy Frankenstein made the shortlist. I do like both those scripts a lot, so am on the look-out for more short film competitions to send them to.

I shot my short film Somewhere Below last Monday. Also managed to sort all the paperwork needed for it and keep track of all the shots we needed on the day as we didn’t have a 1st AD available. (Others on the course have praised my organisation skills in production.) We ended up shooting in a pub during the day, so there is a bit of re-jigging of the story I’ll have to do in the edit, but it still works great!

Things Learnt:
Have updated my CV with links to my Linkedin page and The Legend of Aramelle feed. Have been trying to get my head around the best way to re-write my CV to show the new skills I have learnt on the course and market myself for jobs available towards the end of summer!

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The Legend of Aramelle – Episode 5

May 31, 2025May 30, 2025 Christy.E.SLeave a comment

In this episode:
George Coyne played Orson
Georgia Faye played Persephone
Liam Harkins played Barry and Giant Gunther
Tayla Kenyon played Giant George
Mariana Sa Sousa played Aramelle
Am Stubberfield played Giant Dave

Do you trust Persephone? Should you trust Persephone?

Thank you for listening!