The language construction was banging along so well – I have an alphabet, woohoo! – that it felt like it could be time to test out some actual sound design. Here’s an MP3 of a couple of sample conlang sentences using some exploratory voice processing and even trying on a voice for the main character.
MO: ktiirzah. yoDoDorzah derkhe. (They are quiet. Because they are ignorant.)
KTISH: ktiirsiirzah. ktiirs’. yoDoDoklérzah. (Quiet One. Ktish*. They look ignorant.)
MO: Settler. I have a transmission from your home planet. I think you’ll want to see it.
That’s the very first line of dialogue in the screenplay, but by the time it makes it to the final movie it won’t be in English.
I now have a rough recording of the screenplay and certain vocal elements are probably good enough for the final mix. If the soundtrack’s any indication, it’ll be just under three and a half minutes long.
That’s about five thousand frames or so. If each frame takes a minute to render, it’ll still be three and a half days straight worth of rendering time pushing out pictures.
I can probably get that down. Probably. 🙂
* Ktish is short for ktiirsiirzah
