Commentatoring
Ryan Thorson asked me to do an audio commentary track for the upcoming Time and Again DVD release -- he had done one with co-writer Jeremiah Lynch, but it turned out to be of the "laugh a lot and have a good time" variety, and he wondered if I would put together something a little more technical and provide some info on the production. Naturally, I immediately went into "if a job's worth doing..." mode.
I've been working on it for almost a week now. Boy, I have a new appreciation for people who do really good commentary tracks. Basically, even though I took copious notes and felt reasonably prepared, it amazed me how many times I was just struck with terror: holy crap what do I say here? Is it insane to talk about that picture frame in the background? Have I mentioned the TARDIS prop yet? Wait, did I say that already, like an hour ago? I tried to do it straight through, but only about 40% of that ended up being useable, so I've been in a process of recording different chunks and then stitching them all together, occasionally doing little patches when what I said on the initial recording was just unbearably lame. It doesn't help that I don't know all that much about audio editing, so I'm doing it kinda "ghetto," and the synch is occasionally a bit off (hopefully that's something Ryan can fix when laying it all into the finished program).
Anyway, I think what I'm ending up with will be fairly listenable, and -- bizarrely -- I'm not even all that bothered by the sound of my own voice, which I usually hate with a passion. Now, whether anybody will actually take the time to listen to a commentary track by a guy who didn't even work on the movie -- I have my doubts. But I've had some fun (and sweated some blood) putting it together.