259 Radioplay - The Catalyst Experiment Ep.1

[Rem]

259 Radioplay - The Catalyst Experiment

Tamtu - Ghai
Rem - Rem Aoyama and Gideon
Delilah A. Black - Chocofluff
Mathew Amtrum - Goon 1
? - Sophie (Goon 2)
- Goon 3

Mixed/Produced/Edited by Rem
All Background Music comes from the Metal Gear Solid 4 OST (My tribute to it, it being an awesome game), except for the final song, which is "Teenagers" by My Chemical Romance.

Please, listen, enjoy, and leave comments in this 'ere thread~

[narakunohana]

-thumbs up-

Something I can never do. Wonderful radioplay, as usual.

-sighs and walks away-

[Arim Urem'der]

THE BIRDS.
THEY HAUNT MY DREAMS.
THEY'RE STILL TOO LOUD. D:

Anyways, love it.
Rem's such a spazz.

x33

[Mathew Amtrum]

I loved it XD and I really like Rem's voice =P

[Rem]

Goon's voice wasn't bad either, man x3 Almost thought I'd hear a codec ringing soon.

[Mathew Amtrum]

Yeah imagine when I actually get in practice and get a decent mic >_> though I plan to get one soon since I have a bit of money right now.

[Autumn]

Loved it REM ^_^
For a moment... I thought I heard Silky-chan driving in there. Hehe.
Yay for Onii-chan! ^_^ Thats the second time I have heard you voice acting... As usual you rock!

-huggles Mathew-

Again... Yay! ^_^ Good job you guys!

["Unfettered"]

Gonna look at this from two perspectives. Critical and overall optimistic, but true outlook on it:

I tried closing my eyes a bit, to try and imagine. The part of it was clear. They were running, with Ghai being the pursued. However, some of the actions were unclear, and would continue to be so, unless you had pointed out with verbal options. 'Example... when they were looking for Ghai, there was only the sound of more running. No opening/slamming of doors, no boxes or things being smashed out of the way as to possible places that a person might hide under or summat. Kinda like a half-assed search (though, if the impression you want to give is of goons who are in the group mostly for the money or summat.. yeah).

With Gideon, much like many other VA's I've heard, it sounds a bit forced, especially with the accent. However, it was distinct enough, and I was liked how you portrayed him effectively as the 'enforcer' type of person (not a 259 term, just a generic enforcer).

I'm curious, if Tamtu's using a better VA system, or if he was just not as into it, because his voice did sound slightly different. However, this works out because he's in college, anyways, and therefore, he's much older.

..Not bad. In fact, very freaking good, I gotta say man... You've got quite the knack for the scripting and whatnot. Only major (LOL, if you can call this major) gripe I'd have was the fact that the end song had actual words in it, as opposed to XIN series, where all the music was purely thematic without words. Again, however, it was fitting, in how it was cool how both Ghai and Rem decidedly teamed up with one another.

Many of my criticisms are very minor details, as already stated the overall thing was a massive success. In terms of faced against other performances, and matched up against the XIN series itself.. this is around a 7-9... Undoubtedly, if this was made into a flash, the grading would be bumped up by 1, since this appears to be what your script calls for, and it has all the necessary tools and sound-effects to make it thus.

Voice Acting: Good, Clear (Any Details Detracting Are Personal, And Therefore Not An Issue, Since Everyone Is Trying To Improve... A.K.A. An Issue That Should Clear Up On Its Own Over Time).
Sound Effects: Excellant, Perhaps Needs More (I Can't Pretend That I Know Exactly What You Were Planning Out, And I'll Have To Assume That Everything Was Planned Out To A Nail Considering This Is Your Script And Therefore Your Vision).
Music: Alright---No, It Was Good (Asking To Make Your Own Music For Your Own Radioplays Would Be Too Much... And What You Picked Out Was Appropriate In Most/All Regards).

Considering what 259's community has accomplished, however... this is easily a rank of 10/10.

[Rem]

Nice man x3 thanks for the comments/criticism. I will say that Gideon's voice wasn't at all forced, neither the accent...cuz, well that's just my regular voice, and regular accent x3 I'm from the Caribbean, born and bred, been in the US for just about 3 out of my 22 years. It's actually the Rem voice I needed to force, considering I don't naturally go into that high of a pitch too often x3.

As for the mic qualities, yeah, Tam Tu has more professional recording instruments, so his'd sound a bit more clearer than the rest, different even. I'm planning on investing a bit in the same mic he has, costs just about $100.

And yeah, it was kinda difficult trying to keep Ghai in character, when factoring in a certain maturity level, being in college and all. I went with the 'Legend' approach, considering that Legend was pretty much just about as bad as Ghai back in the day, so I assumed their evolution would be pretty similar, meaning Ghai'd have calmed down quite a bit. His quick wit and almost playful, yet sharp nature is what I tried my best to keep. Also, he still has a bit of a short fuse, as will be seen in further episodes.

["Unfettered"]

Alright... listening to this over again, after factoring in all this new information (taking into regards that Gideon is your actual, natural voice). Actually, now that you say it, it really does have more of a fluidity towards the differing of tones (though perhaps lacking in condescendingness... or maybe I don't understand what your character choice choice/motivation is, hence these incorrect assumptions). Always a better review when you learn more of the author/creator's motives, ja (And I emphasize this quite a bit).

Aye, the strain is subtle, but I was totally fooled that Rem's voice was your actual voice.

Btw, didn't say this before, but kudos on Sophie's electric jitter.

Well, the new info put aside... 8-10/10 ranking in regards, overall... and a maintained 10/10 for 259 as a whole.

'Can't pretend to know the character motives/choices, and again, assuming that much of this is already planned out for a reason, so, I'll be cutting this second review short, and keep watching for now.