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Backstage Production
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Over 12 hours of voice tracks were recorded for what later became 3 hours of drama
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It took almost a month to mix all the elements of voice, music, sound effects and foley into what you hear as the finished program.
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The wing flaps for Fledge the flying horse were recorded at the Pueblo (Colorado) Raptor Center. The most likely candidates, owls and eagles, could not be used as owls' wings make no sound (they fly by stealth), and the eagles present were one-wing amputees.
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The sound of the rings was made from the vibration of ringing crystal goblets, pitch shifted to different octaves.
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The boy who played Digory came in several months after the initial recording session to do some pickup tracks. Unfortunately, his voice has changed in the process and the necessary wild tracks were only usable in background effects, since he had to go into a bit of a falsetto to mimic his earlier sound.
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In the scene toward the end where Digory buries the rings at Aslan's command, Dave's wedding and anniversary rings were used for the sound effect. After the foley recording for that bit was done, the rings could not be found. (Magic?) A panicked search for the rings ensued, and after 25 stress-filled minutes of sifting the dirt and fervently praying, the rings were finally discovered ... at the bottom of the dirt heap.
Backstage Production Crew:
- David Arnold has been involved in radio drama since 1987. His work includes sound design on over 175 half hour programs and four feature-length specials. Formerly a producer for Focus on the Family's highly popular Adventures In Odyssey radio series, he is now Senior Producer for Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, where he has dramatized Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, C. S. Lewis' The Magician's Nephew and stories on the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (which was awarded the prestigious George Foster Peabody award) and Squanto, the Native American responsible for helping the Pilgrims survive in America. Mr. Arnold lives in Colorado Springs, CO, with his wife of 18 years, Janna, his daughter Amber and son Landon.
- Mark Drury
- John Campbell
- Philip Glassborow
- Kurt Bruner is Vice President of the Focus on the Family Resource Group where he directs the creation of films, books, radio drama, magazines and other Focus on the Family products. Kurt and his wife, Olivia, have been married for 13 years and have three sons, Kyle, Shaun and Troy. A graduate of Talbot School of Theology, Kurt is the author of several books, including The Heritage and the Family Night Tool Chest series.
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