Recording a childrens book

Posted on Aug 29, 2006 11:51 am
Hue
Pinnipedal Czar (: 3=
Member Since: Apr 11, 2004

We just recieved a new client that wishes us to 'perform', and record his childrens book . He's basicaly asking us to read the narative part with inflections relevant to the story line, as well as character voices, and a simple score for the background . His goal is to give a little extra to the publishers that he's seeking to publish his work . Which seems to me to be a sound idea .

I have never done anything like this, and I thought that perhaps some of you may have some pointers for a good way to approach the process .

I figure that reading the first-person narative with inflections would be the first step in setting up the flow of it, followed by the character voices, and then composing music(and sound fx) that would support the overall atmosphere, and changes between chapters, and such .

I must admit, though not to the client, that the book is a bit odd... kind'a spooky even... character voices include a vendictive dragonfly, and a festering, magot-laden rat, with the last word of the entire story being "nightmare" . It's appearently designed to impart a sense of respect towards the natural world, but to be honest, I'm not sure how many folks would want to read this to their small child before bedtime, and I'm wondering just how well he expects to be recieved once we breath life into this thing and start sending chills down the spines of his would-be publishers .

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