Scripting - Narration

In our opening sequence we are following conventions of a British Gangster which involves a monologue. The monologue contains some colloquial language which follows the conventions of a british gangsters lingo. This was quite difficult for us because we do not usually use these types of words in normal speech. We had to do some research in cockney slang to find out specific meanings for words. For e.g. Prison in slang is 'The big house'.

Being a gangster also has a specific accent and voice but no members of our group has this accent / voice. This voice is vital in a monologue as we do not see the person saying it so it has to be easy to identify. We have to enhance the image of a British Gangster.

Finding a correct place and equipment is important. We have already discovered that the camera's mic is not very good, so we went to the music department recording studio to record our monologue so we get a cleaner and smoother sound; but it was no difference. We found out that the problem was not within the camera but where we were recording. Where ever we recorded their was a slight echo which made a lot of background noise, as a result we had to speak into a hat which absorbed the sound and made the quality much better.

This is how we recorded our narration successfully.