Recording - Commentary | Production

Once we had re-written our commentary to something we liked and thought sounded effective, we recorded it, in the studios, with Carol.

• We taped Carol's commentary onto a surface so she could read them without the paper being heard.
• We then played, at the same time, the documentary so she knew where in the documentary the commentary will go.
• This was also useful for Sammi when timing Carol to start talking.
• I recorded the sound on the computer and I made sure that the audio wasn't peaking too high as we didn't want the audio to sound too loud and muffled.
• Nisserin listened to what Carol was saying through the headphones, so she knew whether it sounded alright and whether there was any noise in the background.

• We started by doing a rehearsal for Carol so she could get used to the commentary and also for me so I could get used to the technology.
• Once we had done a run-through of all of the different sections of commentary, we recorded for real.
• I made sure everyone was happy with everything we recorded before saving and naming the files.
• Once we had finished recording the commentary, we added it to the video and made sure it fitted in with the shots that we have going over it. We adjusted the durations of some of the shots slightly, but not enough to drastically change our documentary length.

I'm really happy with the outcome of the commentary as it sounds clear and it sounds professional.