Just giving the audio a whizz through Logic Pro 9, mixing the Ave Maria 800 times slower with the monologue, and adding a machine effect to the speech. I got advice from Mike Cosgrave on some audio editing, dealing with frequencies and working on the EQ.
However, I’m not happy with those in between gaps of the monologue. I kinda realized to add to the narrative environment, it needs an atmos track on top, something that’s quite relative in film making. My feelings were that it needs some sort of chatter, continuos talk. I could quite pin down what I’m looking for whilst looking for tracks online. Taking a step back, i reflected on the religious angle of the piece. Some of the video content i made was in the form of a mandala, something relating to more Eastern religions. So, the took the inspiration of looking at Hindu Mantras and looked up one about Lord Shiva, Maha Mrityunjaya - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahamrityunjaya_Mantra
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान् म्रुत्योर्मुक्षिय मामृतात्
Transalation; We Meditate on the Three-eyed reality which nourishes and increases the sweet fullness of life. Like a cucumber from its stem may we be separated (“liberated”), not from immortality but from death.
It reflects on the separation of body from mind and the protection os a supreme being, relevant i think. Partially, it’s down to people interpretations of the piece as well, people can take different ideas from it if they seriously take it all in. I’ve found a free download and added it to the mix to see what it’s like. I know ideally, I’d got to a Hindu temple and ask if it’s possible to get my own recording, alas Bournemouth isn’t well known for it’s multi-culturalism. Hence i do miss living in Birmingham at times like this. Anyway, using that free mp3, I’ve got this into the mix, it’s an improvement i think, but not totally 100% on it. I may need to come back and redo the levels of the speech.
Religion.
