Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
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Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
So, in less than a week and a half, I will be interviewing NicolArmarfi, one of the composers for Katawa Shoujo.
If any of you have any questions that you would like to pose to him, let me know and I’ll add them to my list.
I’ll also post the video here once done – and if any of the other developers/contributors are willing to spend 10 or so minutes on Skype, PM me.
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If any of you have any questions that you would like to pose to him, let me know and I’ll add them to my list.
I’ll also post the video here once done – and if any of the other developers/contributors are willing to spend 10 or so minutes on Skype, PM me.
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
"What made KS stand out and motivate you to the point where you wanted to stick with it and compose the majority of its soundtrack?"
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That's a really good one actually. Hadn't crossed my mine at all. Will askLoonie wrote:"What made KS stand out and motivate you to the point where you wanted to stick with it and compose the majority of its soundtrack?"
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"If you were not working full-time during the production phase, has involvement in the project affected (or influenced) your subsequent hunt for a full-time job?"
"If you were, would you get involved with another project of this scale again?"
"If you were, would you get involved with another project of this scale again?"
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
Awesome, definitely gonna look forward to watching this
I don't really have any questions atm, but if one does come up, I'll come back
I don't really have any questions atm, but if one does come up, I'll come back
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
Please do.FeroxAnima wrote:Awesome, definitely gonna look forward to watching this
I don't really have any questions atm, but if one does come up, I'll come back
I also intend to make it something to watch as well - while I won't spoil it - it won't just all be audio.
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I can't wait.Niall Hamilton wrote:Please do.
I also intend to make it something to watch as well - while I won't spoil it - it won't just all be audio.
Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
Seeing as you made the game for free (THANK YOU) what did you do for money ? Where you out sleeping on park benches or something ? Most likely you had a day job but meh it's still worth asking.
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
"Who is your favorite character in KS?"
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MegaMoto wrote:Seeing as you made the game for free (THANK YOU) what did you do for money ? Where you out sleeping on park benches or something ? Most likely you had a day job but meh it's still worth asking.
Probably he's a composer - although unlikely. Will do.
Also, I'll give a few examples that I have
-Inspirations
-How did you get involved with KS?
-How do you go about composing?
-Favorite track - Least favorite - anything you want to redo?
-Beta tracks - Parity/Painful History have at least two beta tracks before the final piece
-Would you work on a large game again
-Anyone you spoke to - how were you told to compose, a certain emotion - etc
-Favourite path/character
There are more indepth ones, but they are at home and I am at work. Deadline will be about Wednesday 14th, as I'll be putting them into a .pdf and forwarding them to him so he can read over them and have some responds or so when we talk
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
Here are two general questions that are of interest to me.
What are some of the influences behind your compositions (i.e. composers, particular musical traditions, movies or other media in which music interacts with text and images)?
I am also curious about how the music, text, and images work together. Did you compose any of the music with specific scenes in mind? Or were you composing for particular moods? Or both? Can you point to a specific scene in which you think all of the elements - the music, the text, and the images - are working particularly well together? Finally, how did you and the other developers match the music to the scenes? Was there a lot of debate over the choices?
What are some of the influences behind your compositions (i.e. composers, particular musical traditions, movies or other media in which music interacts with text and images)?
I am also curious about how the music, text, and images work together. Did you compose any of the music with specific scenes in mind? Or were you composing for particular moods? Or both? Can you point to a specific scene in which you think all of the elements - the music, the text, and the images - are working particularly well together? Finally, how did you and the other developers match the music to the scenes? Was there a lot of debate over the choices?
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
Nice, the debating one is one that I had thought of. So, basically, ask him how they match the music to the sceneWeird Heather wrote:Here are two general questions that are of interest to me.
What are some of the influences behind your compositions (i.e. composers, particular musical traditions, movies or other media in which music interacts with text and images)?
I am also curious about how the music, text, and images work together. Did you compose any of the music with specific scenes in mind? Or were you composing for particular moods? Or both? Can you point to a specific scene in which you think all of the elements - the music, the text, and the images - are working particularly well together? Finally, how did you and the other developers match the music to the scenes? Was there a lot of debate over the choices?
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
"Why doesn't the box of sound have the full version of Romance in Andante?"
(Which is here, by the way).
(Which is here, by the way).
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
Your amazing! Thanks, I didn't even know that this existed, but that would be really interesting to ask him.Merlyn_LeRoy wrote:"Why doesn't the box of sound have the full version of Romance in Andante?"
(Which is here, by the way).
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Re: Nicol - Interviewing - Any Questions
I have the audio and I've synced it, amplified and compressed it.
However, if we take as every one minute of a video takes 30 minutes to produce, the 24 minutes of audio will take 12 hours to make.
I'm going to upload the audio, with a download to Soundcloud. As a favor, if you guys hear anything wrong with the audio, let me know.
Also, there's a little extra I'll save for the video.
Will post the link to the audio when up
However, if we take as every one minute of a video takes 30 minutes to produce, the 24 minutes of audio will take 12 hours to make.
I'm going to upload the audio, with a download to Soundcloud. As a favor, if you guys hear anything wrong with the audio, let me know.
Also, there's a little extra I'll save for the video.
Will post the link to the audio when up
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