The KeenSpace Players Present . . . KING LEAR

ZOMBIE USER 17345 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 17345** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:15 pm

Anyone else here a fan of Shakespeare? Anyone enjoy a good opera or stage musical? Fancy live performance arts such as plays, stand-up comedy, or street performers?

Well, I personally don

Evil Jamie! · Post by **Evil Jamie!** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:24 pm

Hmm. intresting. I'm going away on saturday though. If it's still going on by the timeI get back, I may just join in.

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:09 am

I like this idea. Are you expecting animation? If you are, Jesus fucking Christ. If not, will that work with actual voice acting? Would it be too static for this play? What about the varying styles?

Again, I like this idea, so I'm not just punching holes. It'd be cool if we did it right.

ZOMBIE USER 17345 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 17345** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:31 am

I know I haven't explained everything yet. That's mainly because I haven't figured everything out yet. You raise some good questions, Duff.

Originally I had the clause "feel free to use animation, but only for soliloquies and dialogue which is longer than 7 or 8 lines" appended to step 6, but I decided against it. This is suppose to be a comic version of King Lear with an audio compliment, not a cartoon. I may make it an AVI or MPG format, but I'm not yet certain of what my new movie software is capable of. If worse comes to worse, it will be a bunch of JPGs with sound clips for each page.

I'm hoping the artists can give some nice dramatic illustrations with plenty of emotion. Each character would drawn in a different manner, I suppose, and some styles would clash . . . but isn't that par for the course on KeenSpace? I'd request that a select few do the backgrounds and props, but that might not work out.

I'm not sure if anyone has attempted something like this before. If not, we could be setting a historic event in motion. We may give way to a new format of performance. Sort of cartoon, but not.

I just hope for some people to get as enthused as I am. If I can't find the necessary numbers to complete this in KeenSpace, I'm willing to open it to all webcomic artists. Though, I

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:34 am

Sounds like a really cool idea, but I have no audio equipment, etc. And no, I don't do set design very well either.

Ah, well.

--Sij

ZOMBIE USER 17345 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 17345** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:38 am

For people in your position, I recommend acquiring some sound equipment. A decent mic isn't overly expensive, and there's bound to be free software out there on the 'net that allows you to record more than 60 seconds of audio and save it to WAV or MP3.

Or you could just draw additional characters such as servants and whatnot.

Please, just give it a try.

Seriocity · Post by **Seriocity** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:41 am

It's a really ambitious project. While I do have the equipment, I doubt I have the skills for drawing though.

Er... why not hire me for lighting and sound?

ZOMBIE USER 17345 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 17345** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:42 am

YES!

You provide the voice, Luprand provides your character's illustrations! That will work.

Seriocity · Post by **Seriocity** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:45 am

I meant lighting and sound! I'm a techie, not an actress!

(Eh, besides, I talk like a blank automaton anyways)

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:59 am

So who's directing?

DEVO-Bot · Post by **DEVO-Bot** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:57 am

Vile is, and apparently he's quite the perfectionist.

I would love to help out with this, if I wasn't already up to my elbows in other stuff this quarter, but I'll keep it in mind because I just love King Lear that much.

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:00 am

Vile's directing, eh? Has Vile done anything else I may know?

DEVO-Bot · Post by **DEVO-Bot** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:09 am

Well, just that snuff film in the 80's.

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:10 am

Ah. And here I thought someone would say "Your mom".

Chrismills · Post by **Chrismills** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 11:14 am

I might be interested. I used to act in college, and voiceovers were my thing. I did voiceovers mostly. My old site is a bit out of date, but here you go.

http://www.instantmonsters.com/chris

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:16 pm

This is weird, I just finished reading King Lear today in literature. I wanna be Edgar! or possibly Albany...

Luckily i'm also a film director/producer and have a full arsenal of audio equipment.

ZOMBIE USER 17345 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 17345** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:34 pm

There's no rush.

Give yourself a little credit Seriocity. There are bound to be several roles you could play perfectly fine. The doctor, an officer, a herald, or a servant, perhaps.
Though if you're really good with audio I may send you the recorded dialogue to spiff it up, add sound effects, and whatnot.

Don't worry DEVO. This isn't going anywhere fast. If you think you can pitch-in at all, go ahead and try.

That's an interesting page Chris, but I was unable to access three of your audio files, seeing as they're RM format. Thanks for your interest.

Thank you, Toxic. I

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:39 pm

Of course i can play Albany. I practically specialize in playing guys who are all whipped by their wives.

And as for when the Keenspace players do Macbeth, Malcolm is my role! *hissing noise*

ZOMBIE USER 17345 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 17345** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:51 pm

Well, Macbeth was whipped by his wife too, until he became king.

If this pans out, feel free to direct yourself in Macbeth.

<small>Though I

Seriocity · Post by **Seriocity** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 9:09 pm

[quote="ImpousVileTerror"]Well, Macbeth was whipped by his wife too, until he became king.

If this pans out, feel free to direct yourself in Macbeth.

<small>Though I

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