Our recording session at Sam Mowry’s WRW home studio yesterday went really well, better than anticipated, in fact. Scheduling issues reared their ugly head, as they always do, but things fell immediately into place on recording eve.
The next morning bore shades of Das Boot or Horatio Hornblower. Jamie compared it rightly to monsoon season. Intermittent bursts of cold wind and hard rain, with sudden appearances by that big bright glowy thing that occasionally appears in the sky like Nessie, turned everyone’s commute into a minor nautical adventure.
It was the second time I’d ever worked in Sam’s studio and the first time I’d met actor Susan Chapman. Sam and Cindy McGean recommended her, and she got a firm handle on the role right away. I hope we can do more stories with her soon.
We laid out a little spread for cast and crew. There was fruit, coffee, and sandwiches. And of course Jamie baked some cookies, kind of a tradition for Afterhell studio work. A little bribery, er, something for everybody. Our working brunch nearly became lunch before it was time to reluctantly close things up.
So now principal dialogue for “Dead Peasants,” the story that will open Volume 2, has been recorded. Bits of narration will be recorded later in the week. Also this week, we’ll be wrapping up edits and fx for “Dying on Stage.” Then it’ll be post-production time for “Dead Peasants.”