The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => LBT Projects => Topic started by: LBTFan13 on August 08, 2008, 09:40:58 PM
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After watching many abridged series on Youtube, I decided why not try making one of my own. Since some people have done voiceovers with LBT, I figured I would try it out.
This will become an Abirdged version of The Cave of Many Voices. I am currently working on a script for it, and if I am satisfied with it I will make it into a video and put it on Youtube.
I will say that this will contain some profane language, but no F-bombs whatsoever, at least not without a warning. May contain some sexual references, but not too many.
Some of you may and will disapprove of this, and I understand that. This is purely something I thought would be fun to do, and I hope some of you like it.
In the near future, I will post part of the script to show a preview of what I am planning on doing.
I want to make this very clear, I AM NOT A STAND UP COMEDIAN! I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF FUNNY IN ANYWAY! THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE IF IT TURNS INTO ANOTHER HOBBY OF MINE! So please do not expect to be rolling on the floor wetting yourself with laughter, because it probably won't be funny enough to make you do that.
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I'm curious for the result.
How much time do you think it will take?
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:lol
Well, we'll see just how funny it will be. Will it contain themes with South Park or something?
I'm not a fan of South Park myself, but I'm just curious.
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All the dialogue will be my own creations, however because it is another abridged series, I will pay tribute to other abridged series and make references to them, because in this episode Chomper watches too many of these and begins quoting them like mad, in which case the others comment that he is stealing from them. Any lines from other shows used will be given credit to.
Well, the dialogue will probably take me a couple of days, but the hardest part will be putting it all together. First I will have to record me voicing all the lines, which means changing voice pitches constantly between all seven characters. Since I've never tried this before, I will need to practice A LOT!!! Secondly, I have to put it all to video clips, but hopefully that won't be as hard because the episode is shortened down and all clips come from the same source.
Of course, I still have my two jobs, one volunteer job, and summer work to finish as well, so I am hoping to finish this before summer ends, but I will have to wait and see.
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Good luck with your project.
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Good luck :^.^: Hehe, this sounds kinda cool.. :lol
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I approve of Anime Abridged Series. However, I would like to see this in action before I give this my approval or lack thereof.
I mean, this is pretty much like the Abridged Series that I have watched, and makes jokes on some of the flaws of the series, but I don't think that this is where sexual jokes should be made. If you could remove those, I would approve of it much more than I do now.
If you could make me roll on the floor wetting myself from laughter, I would jump through the series of tubes that is the internet and hug you.
Warning- This post contains a Ted Stevens reference.
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I think...I'm about to lose my midnight peanut snack :x. I'm sorry, but that is just horrible in regards to LBT. I mean, sure, I like dirty humor but only if it's original and not connected to LBT. I'm aware I'm terribly sensitive, and these lyrics made me cry, but that's my opinion. Ya have the freedom to create this project. I just find the lyrics very derogatory to the characters and not funny... -_-.
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Um...that was different... :blink:
Sorry, I seriously didn't like the script that much. <_<
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You have some good jokes in there,
the whole thing is good, all i can say is try not to go to far with the jokes
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Hm, coming from someone who is a big fan of Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged series this isn't that great. The main problem is you're overdoing this with dirty jokes and referring to the characters by foul names. Insults like that aren't going to get any lols out of it. I will give you kudos for being original. (since other abridged series, such as Yu-Gi-Oh, tend to have lines or phrases blatantly stolen from them.) You have to make fun of the plot, come up with funny lines, slightly find ways to alter characters personalities. Because, from what I'm seeing, every character seems to be portrayed the same way, as jerks. Have characters do funny things on their own. Basically, the characters are throwing insults at each other, and the swearing is heavy; even in a abridged series is the cursing kept to a minimal. Sure, there were some moments I thought were alright but you really need to work on it.
And I don't mean any offense, dude; I am sure it can be good. You just to work at it. Maybe ask someone to help you write the script. Two minds in one thing can help make all the difference. Good luck with your future endeavors.
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Wow, some pretty strong comments :blink: I had a feeling this was going to e harder than I thought, so I might as well revise the entire script, considering what you guys suggested.
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Ok, here is my revised script for the Abridged Series. I took all of your comments into consideration, and made it a much more LBT friendly script. The beginning wierd creatures remark by Littlefoot refers to humans, because obviously he has never seen humans before. Hope you like it better.
Littlefoot: Hello weird looking creatures. My name is Littlefoot, and this is the first time we’ve tried an abridged series ever. So don’t expect anything spectacular on the first episode, but we are trying our best here. Anyway, enjoy the show!
(Play music/opening credits)
Cera: You know what I just realized?
Littlefoot: What Cera?
Cera: We’ve now gone through 13 movies and a TV series, but we haven’t gotten any older.
Petrie: Yeah, so?
Cera: So? What do you mean by so? Don’t you ever want to grow up?
Littlefoot: Not really. Being a kid forever does have its benefits. We can get away with almost anything we do and never be considered breaking the law or whatnot.
Ducky: I like being a kid, I do I do. I like having fun everyday, yep yep yep! I don’t understand why I haven’t grown up yet.
Littlefoot: I’m sure you will. Maybe by the 50th movie the producers will finally make us teenagers, although I seriously doubt we will stop at 50.
Petrie: Me want to be older! Me want to be great flyer like my uncle.
Cera: Just try not to get thrown out of the valley like your uncle did Petrie.
Ducky: Yes, that would be a very big problem if you had to leave, right Spike?
Spike: Fooooooooooooooooooooooood!
Ruby: Hello my friends my friends hello.
Littlefoot: Oh hi Ruby. Hey where’s Chomper
Ruby: He stayed up watching too many Youtube videos again. I never understood how he managed to get internet service here.
Petrie: What’s internet?
Chomper: yawns Yo.
Littlefoot: Chomper, haven’t you learned by now it’s not healthy to stay up past your sleep time?
Chomper: Sorry I can’t help it.
Petrie: What wrong? Bad sleep story?
Chomper: My crib is flooded.
Littlefoot: It can’t be that bad can it? Switches to cave Ok………maybe this is bad.
Ruby: Well Chomper was trying to imitate something he saw on the Real Chris Angel, and he accidentally destroyed our ceiling.
Ducky: I would not like that. No no no! Spike wouldn’t like it either.
Spike: All the water would mess up my foooooooooooooooooooooooood!
Chomper: Well, anyway, I thought we could go find another place to crash.
Littlefoot: You want to explore caves that you have no idea how to navigate and have no idea of what could be lurking inside?
Cera: You aren’t even the least bit concerned that we could get eaten or something?
Chomper: Don’t worry it’ll be fun! An adventure! Starts singing I want to go-
Ruby: Chomper, no offense, but please don’t sing that song. We sing it too many times.
Littlefoot: Besides, what is the likelihood that anybody actually breaks out into random song in real life?
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After I read this revision, I began rolling on the floor from laughter. You made it MUCH better in terms of Abridged Series.
My approbation for this idea has greatly increased since you revised the script.
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Your new one has a stamp of approval from me.
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crap,
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Much better :^.^:
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Much, much better! I actually started laughing. This feels more like an Abridged series. That's what it's all about! Giving Spike the "foooooooood" line was great, especially when he said, "All the water would mess up my foooooooooooooooooooooooood!" XD
Really, good job. Remember, you can curse, but make sure to keep it to a minimal. Other than that, please continue.
crap,
I like how you're very constructive about his excerpt by giving such intelligent reasons. I should probably let the admins know about how rude your comment is for helping someone. <_<
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Lol, KK, Kjeldo just is that way :p But yea, he could be a bit more.. friendly.. ? -_-
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The second version of the script was better! :yes
Yes, it made me laugh! :P:
I would like you to continue with it, good luck!
Kjeldo, that was unneccesary...
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crap,
First of all that was a little harsh for a comment. Secondly would you like to give me reasons as to why you don't like it? If you don't find this funny then I understand that, but leave a reasonible and respectful comment next time. This isn't as easy as it looks, so I'd like to see you try making a script of your own. <_<
Anyway, thanks for everybody else's comments. I had hoped this would come out better than the last one, and I do plan on continuing the script. I guess I was influenced a little too much by certain Abridged Series which was why my first script turned out the way it did.
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I like how you're very constructive about his excerpt by giving such intelligent reasons. I should probably let the admins know about how rude your comment is for helping someone.
It's been handled.
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:lol :lol :lol
I like the revised one. :) That was funny for me. :^.^:
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Yeah, the revised version is way better and funnier :lol B).
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I think it is even funnier now that it is g rated.
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Thanks for the comments guys, and I'm sorry we had to get admins involved in this.
Anyway, here's more from the script. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did. The Dragon's Lair reference is from an episode of Megaman Abridged, so I do plan on giving credit to the creator of that for the line. Hopefully you guys don't take the conversation between Ducky and Ruby too seriously, because I stopped it before it could get any worse.
Petrie: We there yet? We there yet? We there yet? We there yet? We there yet? We
Cera: NO!!!!
Petrie: Me sorry.
Spike: Ooh Fooooooooooooood!
Pulls vine showing light
Littlefoot: Spike, you just gave us light to explore the caves! Nice job!
Spike: Oh, I guess that’s good also.
Shows sharpteeth in water, Redclaw chasing them out.
Redclaw: Out of my hot tub! Smells others Must…..stalk…..children…..
Littlefoot: sees four paths Umm ok, who’s idea was it to put a Dragon’s Lair joke in here?
Ruby: This cave is too small.
Ducky: This cave is too big.
Petrie: This cave just right.
Littlefoot: Really?
Petrie: No. Me just wanted Goldeylocks joke.
Spike: I can’t smell any foooooooooooooood, and who’s Goldeylocks?
Chomper: Hey guys! Come see this!
Petrie: Ahh! Sharptooth!
Cera: It’s only Chomper you baby.
Petrie: How you know? Chomper turns around Oh, hi Chomper.
Cera: Ok, what is it you want to show us so badly? Inside cave Don’t tell me you’re going to attempt some Evil Kenivel stunt.
Chomper: No, this cave has a talk back.
Ducky: Ooh let me try. AUGA! Auga. Auga. Auga.
Cera: Wow it actually worked. My turn. Bologna! Bologna! Bologna…….Umm, where’s the fourth one?
Littlefoot: Let me try. Tree stars! Tree stars! Tree stars! Bologna.
Ruby: Umm, does anybody else think that someone might hear us screaming?
Ducky: Why do you ask?
Ruby: I just have a bad feeling that we shouldn’t just be screaming random stuff when we’re right next to the Mysterious Beyond.
Littlefoot: Ok time to go.
Back in valley
Chomper: Wow, those buzzers were very spicy. Thanks Petrie.
Petrie: Ok that just gross
Littlefoot: Hey Chomper, since none of us feel like stopping our lunch, why don’t you go on ahead.
Chomper: Ok!
Cera: Was that really a good idea? Sending him out alone?
Petrie: It Chomper. What the worst that happen?
Cera: I could name a couple.
Switches to Ruby and Ducky
Ducky: Umm, Ruby, there’s been something I’ve wanted to ask someone for a long time.
Ruby: Ok then. It can’t be too bad. What do you want to know?
Ducky: Well, I was just curious. How are we born?
Ruby: confused Uhh, we are hatched from eggs. Is this going where I think it’s going?
Ducky: Well, I know that, but I mean what happens before-
Ruby: Ok this is going exactly where I think its going. This conversation is over.
Ducky: But I-
Ruby: No Ducky, I am not going to tell you.
Ducky: Fine, I’ll just go eat. Jumps for tree stars
Cera: Sorry, but you have to be 9 inches or higher to reach this tree. Laughs
Littlefoot: That was mean.
Cera: It was only a joke.
Littlefoot: That was a mean joke. We don’t do that here.
Cera: Come on I was ju-
Littlefoot: DAMNIT CERA WE DON’T DO THAT HERE!!!!!!!!!!
Ducky: Did you just curse?
Cera: I thought we were all G-rated characters? Why does he get to curse? I’m complaining!
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:lol :lol
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eh, eh, i'm sorry, okay? -_-
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:lol hehe! :^.^:
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LBT violation! But still funny!
I liked how in one of the early ones you broke the 4th wall.
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I liked it with when there was more swearing in it and such, but its still good
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Both thumbs up!
Laughing out load here! :lol
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Bologna! Balogna! Balogna!= LOLZ!
That's pretty funny :lol . A REAL abridged LBT there.
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:D :D
I'm really having fun with this. I guess I'm trying to stay away from cursing especially since the characters would never EVER curse in the LBT reality.
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Littlefoot: DAMNIT CERA WE DON’T DO THAT HERE!!!!!!!!!!
Ducky: Did you just curse?
Cera: I thought we were all G-rated characters? Why does he get to curse? I’m complaining!
:lol :lol
Love that one! The cleaner ones are hilarious! The swears are alright but not any more extensive than in your fanfic(of which I'm anxious to see the next chapter, but take your time ;)). Sexual comments and vulgarities should really be left out, though. It almost sounds like character bashing, which upsets fans of a series. All in all, I really like the two clean versions better. Ya need to give yourself more credit on being a comedian :yes B).
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I guess I just never imagined myself to be a comedian. I am never the one coming up with jokes on the spot, and all my friends at school agree that I am not the funniest person around. Thanks for your support!
I do plan on continuing the fanfic, so don't you worry ;)
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I enjoyed reading this. G rated comedy can be very funny, a thing many comedians seem to know now, some normal folks also I guess. It is also natural that at least some of the gang would be curious where hatchlings& such come from and such. Some kids are curious now and then, to at least a little degree.
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I find that extensive swearing isn't funny at all. Sparce swearing is funny, though. By the way, can you give a voice sample.
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I could certainly do that, although I can't promise anything spectacular since I have never done voiceovers before, and I would also have to change voice pitch maybe a thousand times.
Is there any particular section you guys want me to sample voicing?
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Personally, I just want to hear the voices of the characters. Just small samples of them. You could ask some people here or at other places to do some voices, just like LittleKuriboh and Vegeta3986 and MasakoX (the writers of the two most well-known abridged series.)
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Well, if you need to, you could also get help for voicework.
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I guess there are some members who went to lend you their voice. I'd be one of them.. lol But I don't think my voice is too good to do stuff like this.
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That is an idea. Even if only 1-2 people help that is 1-2 less voices you have to do, less if 1 or 2 of them can do 2 voices.
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I think that voice modifiers work here.
See Dan Green's Abridged 101 on Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series website.
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Wow, after watching that video, I'm a lot more nervous about this. I still want to do it, but I don't know if it will be as well received on Youtube as it is in here. I don't have too many pop culture references, and I haven't even thought about using music! :blink: :blink: :blink:
Although I definitely could use the vocal pitch changer, or just ask someone to provide voices for certain characters, especially the higher pitched characters.
I have to really work hard on this :unsure:
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Just do what you can :^.^: You enjoy it right? If you're going to make more you're going to improve for sure :) Learn new techniques etc. So if the first movie isn't so well accepted on youtube, maybe your second one will.
Next to that, we like it(at least, I do), that's what matters :^.^: Because you're doing it for the fans :)
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Yeah you're right. Thanks :D
Ok, the voice pitch changer is not working at all! Everytime I change it, it always sounds like a chipmunk, and I don't think Ducky really talks fast and high.
I might just have to deal with changing my voice pitch, which will hopefully not mess me up throughout the episode.
Anyway, here are my ideas for voices:
Littlefoot will be my normal voice
Petrie will be a my normal voice with some effect
Spike will be a lower version of my normal voice
Chomper will be a higher version of my normal voice
Ruby will be a lower version of my falsetto
Cera will be my falsetto
Ducky will be a higher version of my falsetto
Yes, I will provide sample lines for each character. My normal voice is kind of low, but oh well.
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Voice Sample (http://www.driveway.com/i7b8a5d7x4)
Ok, here goes nothing.
As requested, here is a sample of my voice overs for the characters. I decided to voice the first part of the script that I posted. Some of it has changed a little, but they were all my choices.
Anyway, PLEASE DO NOT JUST PUT DOWN "This sucks" OR "Crap" OR ANYTHING DISRESPECTFUL LIKE THAT! I will happily take criticizm, but not in a disrespectful manner.
Also, don't expect anything spectacular. I am trying to do this all by myself. Excuse for the fact that some of the voices are either too soft or I kind of crack on them.
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Let me check this out :^.^:
Edit:
Ha, I listened to it. I think it's quite good :p :D
Hey, for the bzzt on the background, I can remove it for ya again if you want to make the final thingy.. Like I did with your singing too.
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The voices are okay. If I were to do this, I would try to get the original voices, but when I look at the other main abridged series, they aren't exactly alike. I approve of the voices.
Next big thing: the mixed video. I don't want to rush you, but that is the next part that I want to see. Take your time, make it as good as it can be, and show us a result when ready.
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Yeah that was my main concern about the voices. I probably should have let you guys know that the voices were going to sound NOTHING like the originals, due to in part that I have a much much MUCH lower voice than the original actors.
For me, this project was not to totally make fun of the series to the point of insult, but just to take a different approach to it. That's why I made my own voices for the characters.
Anyway, I will most likely mix a video for the part I just voiced, in which case I would really appreciate it if Mumbling could get rid of the background noise again for me. I can't promise it tomorrow, but in the near future I will have a sample of what my video would look like.
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As I said, don't rush. Do it at your own pace. Also, do you have theme music?
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You want me to do it now?
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Wow, sooner or later I have to repay you for everything you're doing!
I would really appreciate that, thanks Mumbling! Just use the link provided above to download the sample!
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I'll try making it sound okay :)
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Well.. I finished the file.. But as my connection drops all the time, uploading isn't really working :p I'll keep on trying though and post a link ASAP.
Maybe you want to volume to be turned up a bit as well? Or can you do those things yourself ? ;)
And you don't have to repay me, it's not so hard to do. If you want to I could teach you how to take away that noise yourself. You can pm me if you want that, easy to explain :) .
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There we go .. :^.^:
http://www.adrive.com/public/7602b6cb22632...b435263bad.html (http://www.adrive.com/public/7602b6cb22632813b915599639b1f791b49519a55c7a43810dc822b435263bad.html)
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Hey, mind if I make a comment on the voices?
I do have a bit of the problem with how you voice it in general; you're not articulating enough. I find at times you rush through your lines without taking the moment to pronounce them clearly. At times I find myself reading along with the script because I can't understand what you're saying. Slow down a bit with what you're saying. As for the voices, they're not bad. Being someone who likes to voice act, think I could lend my voice to the project? I'd actually love to do Spike's voice! Let me know asap! ^^
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By the way, I'm willing to help in on the voices as well. I'm not that great of a voice actor, but I can give you my voice and you can modify it as you wish.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I guess I tried to sound too much like a South Park episode.
I probably will need other voice actors for this in order to sound successful.
KK, I'm kind of surprised you want to do Spike, because he has the least amount of lines outof all of them, but if you really want to, then once I finish the script, then I can send you all his lines.
lbt/cty_lover, I will happily accept your help since I am now in need of actors. Again, once I finish the script, I will send you lines. Which character would you like to voice?
This goes for anybody! It appears I am now in need of voice actors! You don't have to be extremely skilled!
I will remain the voice of Littlefoot and Red claw, but here's who I need actors for:
Spike: KingdomKey23 (expressed interest)
Petrie
Ducky
Chomper
Cera
Ruby
Ducky
I am in dire need of actors for Cera, Ruby, and Ducky since they are higher pitched. Anybody who can voice in their ranges, much appreciated!
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I could try, the only problem is that my mic isn't that great. I could try Ducky or Cera of course :^.^: . The only problem is that my voice is also quite low for a girl :p
If you want me to play one of those, tell me :^.^: I can make my voice a little bit higher easily :)
Of course.. I'm not a native speaker.. But hey, if you find any mistakes I'll just rerecord it :p
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I don't really care. I'll do whatever you want me to.
So now voices are good. Now all we need is a way to mix the videos.
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Hey, I could also voice some minor male characters if you want. Spike is really the only one who I can imitate well, but I can do minor male characters. I think another character I could do is Topsy, whenever he makes an appearance. But I would love to be Spike, regardless.
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Here is a link to my Petrie impression. I edited my voice with an application on my computer.
Here it is (http://www.yousendit.com/download/Q01FZHlpSWVEbUpFQlE9PQ)
Also, if it expires, e-mail me and I'll send you the file personally.
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If I had a microphone I'd help but sadley I do not have one.
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This is OT, but will you have a file where you put the entire script together or are you just showing us bits and pieces as it gets done?
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Ha. I'd like to do some voicework for this, but
?I heavily doubt the quality of my microphone
?I heavily doubt the quality of my voicework
?Don't have any recording software (unless you count Windows Sound Recorder, which I'd rather not)
?Still a closet LBT fan. I don't think I'd be able to hide it from my little brother for long if he comes to investigate why I'm talking to myself, especially since his room is right next to mine.
I think I'd still like to give it a shot, though, mostly because I don't do anything else with my time that could be considered productive.
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@ Petrie: Yes, I will have a file with the entire finished script. I was just showing bits and pieces to serve as previews. I will get the file to everybody as soon as possible.
@ TNOS: I understand your reasons. If you are unable to do it, then don't worry about it. I appreciate you offering. What character would you want to voice?