I'm creating a train series for YouTube!

This is going to be a bit like Thomas the Tank Engine, but instead of models or animation, I will be using Brio trains. For those of you who don't know, Brio trains are little wooden trains that run on wooden tracks. I used to be a big fan when I was younger, so now we have an excessive collection of these things. Here is a picture of one of the trains:



As you can probably tell from the pictures, I have added a face to him. (That would be his “working hard” face.) He has lots of faces, and I will make just as many for the other engines too. Also, you may have noticed the background. I have both a blue sky and a grey, stormy background. Here is the set with the stormy background:



That is enough background information for now. Here's what I need help with:

Music I need some good theme music for this series. I would like one main theme, along with different themes for the engines and scenarios. These would include runaway trains, danger, and excitement. You can record live music (Recommendation: Piano), or you can create something in GarageBand or a similar program. Please tell me how you made it when you post it.

Sound Effects I would also need some train sound effects. I need at least three different types of whistles for the trains. I also need some general train sounds. These include steam releases, brakes, chuffs, clickity-clacks, and of course, door slams. If you know of a website where I can get some of these sounds for FREE and without getting nailed by copyright violations, please tell me.

Voices Perhaps the most important of all! I am awful at voice acting, and I need the main way to get the message across with a bunch of trains is through narration. So… I need a narrator! The narrator should be fluent and should be able to demonstrate different expressions (excitement, sadness, etc.). If anyone wants too, we can have each character voiced individually too. They have the same requirements as the narrator.

Writers Another important part. Every good show has a good story line. Watch some TV if you don't believe me. A good writer is nice to have for this. BUT, they don't have to write scripts. If you submit a good train story that's not in script form, I will convert it, but you will still receive the credit for writing it. Here are a few points for writers:
-As of now, I only have one set (It's the one above), but I can make more
-There are three engines right now: Tommy, Steve, and George. Here they are, in order:

-The stories should be around 4 to 6 minutes long

Hopefully there are some talented Scratchers out there who would like to help out! Now, for the “fine print!”

1. George and the Storm: Script Video
   

cocolover76 wrote:

hmm let me see, I should help someone for once…
Music: nope
Sound Effects: my mic is too horrible to record sound effects
Writers: no… NO
*drum roll*
Voices: Now this I can do (if you're fine with having to occasionally put it in Audacity or something and use noise removal)
Just give me some sort of sample of a voice and I can see if I can do it.
Don't worry, I've had experience.

Scene 1

George is seen doing various jobs. Happy

Narrator: George is a steam engine. He lives on Hara Island. George thinks that he is the most useful engine, so he often becomes boastful.

Scene 2

George is in the shed. Happy

Narrator: One day, George was resting happily in the sheds when Tommy bustled in.

Tommy hurries in and stops just before turntable. Sad

Tommy: Driver says that it will be stormy tonight. You had better be careful.

Close-up of George. Angry

George: Rubbish!

Narrator: Said George.

George: It won’t be stormy. Besides, storms don’t bother me.

George moves out of the shed and on to the turntable. Angry

Narrator: And he puffed off angrily to collect his train.

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

hmm let me see, I should help someone for once…
Music: nope
Sound Effects: my mic is too horrible to record sound effects
Writers: no… NO
*drum roll*
Voices: Now this I can do (if you're fine with having to occasionally put it in Audacity or something and use noise removal)
Just give me some sort of sample of a voice and I can see if I can do it.
Don't worry, I've had experience.

That should be fine, as long as the noise removal doesn't make your voice sound ridiculous. If you use it for one part, then you should probably use it for the rest so that all the clips sound the same. I have part of a test script written, so here are a couple lines from it:

Scene 1

George is seen doing various jobs. Happy

Narrator: George is a steam engine. He lives on Hara Island. George thinks that he is the most useful engine, so he often becomes boastful.

Scene 2

George is in the shed. Happy

Narrator: One day, George was resting happily in the sheds when Tommy bustled in.

Tommy hurries in and stops just before turntable. Sad

Tommy: Driver says that it will be stormy tonight. You had better be careful.

Close-up of George. Angry

George: Rubbish!

Narrator: Said George.

George: It won’t be stormy. Besides, storms don’t bother me.

George moves out of the shed and on to the turntable. Angry

Narrator: And he puffed off angrily to collect his train.

It's not necessary to record everything in one big clip. If you want to, that's fine, but I think it would be easier to break it up so you can keep the voices strait.

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

Oops. Sorry about that. I really don't have any particular choices of what they should sound like, just that it's not too plain. I guess you could watch some of the OLD Thomas and Friends shows to get an idea, since that's what I'm basing this off of. By old I mean ones narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, or even Alec Baldwin.

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

Oops. Sorry about that. I really don't have any particular choices of what they should sound like, just that it's not too plain. I guess you could watch some of the OLD Thomas and Friends shows to get an idea, since that's what I'm basing this off of. By old I mean ones narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, or even Alec Baldwin.

I can't get my voice that deep, but I think my natural voice actually sounds like them except for the pitch. (I searched up some samples on YouTube)
Back to recording…

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

Oops. Sorry about that. I really don't have any particular choices of what they should sound like, just that it's not too plain. I guess you could watch some of the OLD Thomas and Friends shows to get an idea, since that's what I'm basing this off of. By old I mean ones narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, or even Alec Baldwin.

I can't get my voice that deep, but I think my natural voice actually sounds like them except for the pitch. (I searched up some samples on YouTube)
Back to recording…

I didn't mean that. I just meant to use the same style of that they did, as in using different pitches and accents for the characters. Just make sure to keep them all strait!

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

Oops. Sorry about that. I really don't have any particular choices of what they should sound like, just that it's not too plain. I guess you could watch some of the OLD Thomas and Friends shows to get an idea, since that's what I'm basing this off of. By old I mean ones narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, or even Alec Baldwin.

I can't get my voice that deep, but I think my natural voice actually sounds like them except for the pitch. (I searched up some samples on YouTube)
Back to recording…

I didn't mean that. I just meant to use the same style of that they did, as in using different pitches and accents for the characters. Just make sure to keep them all strait!

When I said “sounds like them” that's what I meant.

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

Oops. Sorry about that. I really don't have any particular choices of what they should sound like, just that it's not too plain. I guess you could watch some of the OLD Thomas and Friends shows to get an idea, since that's what I'm basing this off of. By old I mean ones narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, or even Alec Baldwin.

I can't get my voice that deep, but I think my natural voice actually sounds like them except for the pitch. (I searched up some samples on YouTube)
Back to recording…

I didn't mean that. I just meant to use the same style of that they did, as in using different pitches and accents for the characters. Just make sure to keep them all strait!

When I said “sounds like them” that's what I meant.

It doesn't matter anyway. The more original the better, I guess!

MelonInc wrote:

That should be fine, as long as the noise removal doesn't make your voice sound ridiculous. If you use it for one part, then you should probably use it for the rest so that all the clips sound the same. I have part of a test script written, so here are a couple lines from it:

Scene 1

George is seen doing various jobs. Happy

Narrator: George is a steam engine. He lives on Hara Island. George thinks that he is the most useful engine, so he often becomes boastful.

Scene 2

George is in the shed. Happy

Narrator: One day, George was resting happily in the sheds when Tommy bustled in.

Tommy hurries in and stops just before turntable. Sad

Tommy: Driver says that it will be stormy tonight. You had better be careful.

Close-up of George. Angry

George: Rubbish!

Narrator: Said George.

George: It won’t be stormy. Besides, storms don’t bother me.

George moves out of the shed and on to the turntable. Angry

Narrator: And he puffed off angrily to collect his train.

MelonInc wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

By sample, I meant an actual audio clip so I know what to sound like, but I'm fine with this. I'll record it now.

Oops. Sorry about that. I really don't have any particular choices of what they should sound like, just that it's not too plain. I guess you could watch some of the OLD Thomas and Friends shows to get an idea, since that's what I'm basing this off of. By old I mean ones narrated by Ringo Starr, George Carlin, or even Alec Baldwin.

I can't get my voice that deep, but I think my natural voice actually sounds like them except for the pitch. (I searched up some samples on YouTube)
Back to recording…

I didn't mean that. I just meant to use the same style of that they did, as in using different pitches and accents for the characters. Just make sure to keep them all strait!

When I said “sounds like them” that's what I meant.

It doesn't matter anyway. The more original the better, I guess!

Oh, and you can change the wording of something if you think it sounds better.

Flamekebab wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

That should be fine, as long as the noise removal doesn't make your voice sound ridiculous. If you use it for one part, then you should probably use it for the rest so that all the clips sound the same. I have part of a test script written, so here are a couple lines from it:

Scene 1

George is seen doing various jobs. Happy

Narrator: George is a steam engine. He lives on Hara Island. George thinks that he is the most useful engine, so he often becomes boastful.

Scene 2

George is in the shed. Happy

Narrator: One day, George was resting happily in the sheds when Tommy bustled in.

Tommy hurries in and stops just before turntable. Sad

Tommy: Driver says that it will be stormy tonight. You had better be careful.

Close-up of George. Angry

George: Rubbish!

Narrator: Said George.

George: It won’t be stormy. Besides, storms don’t bother me.

George moves out of the shed and on to the turntable. Angry

Narrator: And he puffed off angrily to collect his train.

I'm not sure if this is of any use but here's the narration.

cocolover76 wrote:

:O that is deep.

Flamekebab wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

:O that is deep.

Is that a good thing..?

cocolover76 wrote:

Flamekebab wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

:O that is deep.

Is that a good thing..?

Deep as in low pitch.

Flamekebab wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

Flamekebab wrote:

cocolover76 wrote:

:O that is deep.

Is that a good thing..?

Deep as in low pitch.

I was asking whether you (or anyone else reading) felt that the pitch of it was appropriate for the project.

Flamekebab wrote:

MelonInc wrote:

That should be fine, as long as the noise removal doesn't make your voice sound ridiculous. If you use it for one part, then you should probably use it for the rest so that all the clips sound the same. I have part of a test script written, so here are a couple lines from it:

Scene 1

George is seen doing various jobs. Happy

Narrator: George is a steam engine. He lives on Hara Island. George thinks that he is the most useful engine, so he often becomes boastful.

Scene 2

George is in the shed. Happy

Narrator: One day, George was resting happily in the sheds when Tommy bustled in.

Tommy hurries in and stops just before turntable. Sad

Tommy: Driver says that it will be stormy tonight. You had better be careful.

Close-up of George. Angry

George: Rubbish!

Narrator: Said George.

George: It won’t be stormy. Besides, storms don’t bother me.

George moves out of the shed and on to the turntable. Angry

Narrator: And he puffed off angrily to collect his train.

I'm not sure if this is of any use but here's the narration.

MelonInc wrote:

I imagine that's really your accent, right? Seeing as though your are from the UK…