This is my intro bumper. Since at this time I will not do a radio show as an individual I chose to make an intro to my possible audio session and not a ds106radio bumper. One of my Dad’s favorite shows was the Muppet Show. He loved Waldorf and Statler and Animal.
Searching for clips of animal turned up a lot of screaming and grunts – he was a character of few words and lots of animated action! I still may try a short 15 second bumper with Animal.
Waldorf and Statler – It took me a while, because I knew who they were – the grumpy old men hecklers, but not their names. Once I uncovered who they were there were piles of clips to go through. And sigh…again I got caught up in watching – but not as long this time!
I found a trailer for a muppet movie that was more a conversation between the two of them and not the one liner zingers. Zingers would work -but there would have been a lot of piecing together. I think John Johnston has some script to apply to clips that I will have to check out on how to use – especially before the remix units! I still had a lot of trimming, matching, juggling and piecing to do with the dialog to get it to say what I wanted it to say.
I found several versions of the theme music for the background and went with a cover of piano only since I wanted it to be background. The music in the end sounded to me like it was part of the original and it wasn’t. This is still several pieces rearranged and tweaked to be one.
I added the text to speech voice of Ryan for the title Eastside to take out references of muppets.
Other than that this one was a little more simple and straight forward without a lot of layers and additions. The original clip had layers of sounds and – hey – why not use them.
I did keep the ending with a long trailer – that is for the purpose of being easier to add to a longer audio event and blend it in. So the last 3+seconds are really dead air, but since they are at the end a listener will not be affected.
Any other Muppet Show fans out there? I love bringing in things that meant something to my character!
Tools: Audacity, Mac YouTube Downloader
I love this so much! All of the different elements that you brought to it come together so nicely. I also love the muppets so I really enjoyed this.
I like this a lot; it’s a very creative approach. I think the background music could have been a little louder because I was only able to hear it when the voices stopped talking, and the music is so distinctive and adds a great quality to the audio. Other than that, I thought your audacity work was really skilled – everything blended very seamlessly. Also your explanation of your process was really in-depth, which I appreciate a lot!
Great feedback. Wearing headphones it sounds like the music is okay. But you are right, listening open speakers, the music sort is falls off. Good for all of us to remember to check all or as many of the the ways it will be heard and work towards the middle.. Thanks for constructive feedback! Very helpful..
Haha I like the comedy and the bickering between them. I like the background music