Governor Mister Phes Posted April 27, 2008 Governor Posted April 27, 2008 Axle is working on a promotional video for the It's "A Pirate's Life" competition and we need a more "piratey" voice. The line we need in the voice is: "Ahoy! Take part the It’s 'A Pirate’s Life' competition. The aim is to design a SYSTEM Pirate LEGO set and win fabulous prizes! Visit Classic-Pirates.com for more details” So if anybody has this capability then tell us right away! Quote
Axle Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 Yes, if someone does, please show. Maybe we should send a copy of the clip to the person who wants to try it, so they know how fast or slow they have to speak? Quote
Mr Spielbrick Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 What do you call a piratey voice? Just a British accent or a raspy voice or or or...? If we'd take our reference from the moderately famous Pirates of the Caribbean films (I'd say one of your friends should have heard of it), would it be à la Mister Gibbs? Barbossa? Sparrow? I'd be willing to give it a try. If you can't use it, no hard feelings. What format do you want the soundfile in? MP3? WAV? Something else? Quote
Scouty Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 Well, typically you would want to record the voices first and then animate based on the, instead of the other way around. It may look better! Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 I'll give it a try, when do you need it? Quote
Joey Lock Posted April 27, 2008 Posted April 27, 2008 I would Love to do it since I have a good Pirate Accent, but I have no Microphone... Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted April 27, 2008 Author Governor Posted April 27, 2008 What do you call a piratey voice? Just a British accent or a raspy voice or or or...? If we'd take our reference from the moderately famous Pirates of the Caribbean films (I'd say one of your friends should have heard of it), would it be à la Mister Gibbs? Barbossa? Sparrow? Any of those would do nicely. What format do you want the soundfile in? MP3? WAV? Something else? Either will do just so long as the file size isn't too big. MP3s are usually smaller in file size. Well, typically you would want to record the voices first and then animate based on the, instead of the other way around. It may look better! Yes you are correct, but in this instance there is no mouth movement so it shouldn't matter too much. I'll give it a try, when do you need it? As soon as possible. I would Love to do it since I have a good Pirate Accent, but I have no Microphone... You could probably buy a cheap one for 10 bucks that would do the job. Quote
Scouty Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Yes you are correct, but in this instance there is no mouth movement so it shouldn't matter too much. I'm not talking about mouth movement . This applies to hand movements for accent on words and such. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted April 28, 2008 Author Governor Posted April 28, 2008 What makes you think there are hand movements? Quote
Scouty Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 What makes you think there are hand movements? There aren't any? I'm curious to see how this goes Quote
Mr Spielbrick Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 In my understanding it's a voice-over, so the speaker is not supposed to be a minifig on the screen. So no lip synch or hand movements. I'll record my attempt, then. Who shall I send it to? (Also, do you want it to be "classic hyphen pirates dot com" or "classic pirates dot com"?) Quote
Axle Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 I think it shoould just be "Classic pirates dot com" because the text for the link appears on the screen. I'm not sure, see what Mister Phes thinks. Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted April 28, 2008 Author Governor Posted April 28, 2008 There aren't any? I'm curious to see how this goes Yes, there are hand movements, I was just messin with ya In my understanding it's a voice-over, so the speaker is not supposed to be a minifig on the screen. So no lip synch or hand movements. Yes, there are hand movements but they are random. I've uploaded the video to YouTube so everyone can get some idea of what we've done so far. to view it.I'll record my attempt, then. Who shall I send it to? administrator@classic-pirates.com (Also, do you want it to be "classic hyphen pirates dot com" or "classic pirates dot com"?) As soon as the URL is spoken it appears as subtitles on screen to reaffirm what it is, so just "Classic Pirates dot com" will do fine. Quote
Scouty Posted April 28, 2008 Posted April 28, 2008 Yes, there are hand movements, I was just messin with ya Your lack of an emoticon did not say so Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted April 29, 2008 Author Governor Posted April 29, 2008 Well that's the difference between "messin" and "kiddin" Quote
Axle Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Is it okay if I post a link to the video, as I have found the classic pirates account on youtube..... Quote
Scouty Posted April 29, 2008 Posted April 29, 2008 Well that's the difference between "messin" and "kiddin" And a large one at that Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted May 7, 2008 Author Governor Posted May 7, 2008 Never mind folks as I have provided the voice for the animation myself! Axle is just finalising everything and we'll have it finished in the very near future. Quote
Shadows Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Never mind folks as I have provided the voice for the animation myself!Axle is just finalising everything and we'll have it finished in the very near future. Would it be a good time to mention that the contest officially ends in 5 days? Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted May 7, 2008 Author Governor Posted May 7, 2008 If you want people to stop submitting entries it would be a very good idea! Quote
Shadows Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 If you want people to stop submitting entries it would be a very good idea! No, but I wouldn't mind if they actually finished their entries in a time vaguely resembling the stated conclusion of the contest. Yeah, like that's gonna happen. Quote
Captain Zuloo Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Ah. Don't you think that it is perhaps a bit late to make a promo add? Unless you extend the time limit, I think it's a bit late but.... I do have a mic and I could probably re-animate the video too as it is quite shaky. I have a few hundred dollars of film animation software/hardware that I could use to make a really profesional film. My pirate voice is a bit poor though but I have a friend that could speak like a very convincing Davy Jones from POTC films. If you would like me to provide a second film, please email me as soon as possible so as I can start work on it. Regards, Director Zuloo Quote
Axle Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) After I got Mister Phes's voice for the ad, I realised mine was REALLY BAD ! I'm going to have to work my piratey accent up for the next few days.... for my future animations. Edited May 7, 2008 by Axle Quote
Governor Mister Phes Posted May 7, 2008 Author Governor Posted May 7, 2008 If you're finished editing create a new thread for it lad! By the way... "Second to none" means the "best of them all" Quote
Axle Posted May 7, 2008 Posted May 7, 2008 Oops! I always thought it meant really bad! Oh No! I'll post the new thread. Will I link to yours or to mine? Quote
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