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I'm not trying to hard on the accent at all for me that voice is one the easiest voices for me to do and I have been doing for around two years so it's not like a new and difficult voice to do. There are times when he mumbles and the same with Keith I want that else it's feels to read. If someone is on the phone they don't always know what there going to say next as the person on the other end might say something to change what you were going to say. I think it sound quite natural. The producers I have spoke to about the character like his voice but again different producer may not and I take your point. I really don't know how you can think there is more than one person in the first scene.

Quote: Leevil @ March 11 2011, 1:26 PM GMT

In the respect that I mentioned. Because it is YOU talking/acting and YOU know the script, YOU may not be able to pick up any mistakes in audio as much as someone else would. Your brain will be making shorter connections because it already knows what it is listening too.

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That's why I play it to people before hand. I never record something and hope for the best. I know what you mean about getting people in and I have done that as I always do on all my productions for the last two years or so.

Quote: zooo @ March 11 2011, 1:27 PM GMT

Are they your mates, or uninvolved parties like us?

I'd say drop the accent, personally.
But of course if the majority genuinely had no problem understanding the voice then it's up to you.

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I would never play it to mates as all you get is "yeah it's good" so I always send it round to uninvolved people.

Exactly my point no one but a few on here have a properly with the voice. I really think it is not a problem. No one had a problem with it before so I don't know what the problem is now. I'm really perplexed by this I thought there might be comments made on other areas but not Mark's voice.

Quote: James Cotter @ March 11 2011, 1:31 PM GMT

I'm not trying to hard on the accent at all for me that voice is one the easiest voices for me to do and I have been doing for around two years so it's not like a new and difficult voice to do.

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Like I said James, it's good to develop a critical self awareness of your material and talents. If people are saying something is wrong, it may not be that you agree with them in the particular instance but the fact that they are saying anything at all means it's likely the piece isn't working in some general rather than specific way or combination thereof. I haven't listened to it all but the first thing that holds an audience is credibility and believability.

I couldn't get past the the accent to pay attention to the writing quite frankly, and there wasn't any chemistry between Rodgers and the Gervais character. A three minute sketch would suit the genre and medium more than 10. Clever gags, less set up.

Quote: Marc P @ March 11 2011, 1:37 PM GMT

I haven't listened to it all but the first thing that holds an audience is credibility and believability.

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What wasn't credible and believable?

Come on people, it's for charridy!

James, have you written yourself any sort of contingency in case the video goes viral and ends up costing you thousands of pounds? Just thinking maybe you should set yourself a maximum.

Let's make it go viral!

Quote: David Bussell @ March 11 2011, 1:52 PM GMT

Come on people, it's for charridy!

James, have you written yourself any sort of contingency in case the video goes viral and ends up costing you thousands of pounds? Just thinking maybe you should set yourself a maximum.

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Thank you David.

If it does that would be great, I will pay.

Quote: Leevil @ March 11 2011, 1:53 PM GMT

Let's make it go viral!

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Go on then!

Quote: James Cotter @ March 11 2011, 1:57 PM GMT

Go on then!

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Um...

Quote: Leevil @ March 11 2011, 1:59 PM GMT

Um...

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If you don't want to do that you can also donate yourself via our official Red Nose day fundraising page http://my.rednoseday.com/backtoclass

Quote: James Cotter @ March 11 2011, 1:57 PM GMT

Thank you David.

If it does that would be great, I will pay.

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I'd be careful there, James. A million hits would set you and your colleagues back a whopping £100,000, which I fear might seriously to tax your student overdrafts.

Quote: David Bussell @ March 11 2011, 2:04 PM GMT

I'd be careful there, James. A million hits would set you and your colleagues back a whopping £100,000, which I fear might seriously to tax your student overdrafts.

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I would love a million help make it happen.

Quote: James Cotter @ March 11 2011, 1:51 PM GMT

What wasn't credible and believable?

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Isn't he supposed to be a lecturer?

Well it wasn't believable that that was someone's real accent.
It was very obviously someone putting it on. And to me, that's distracting.

Quote: James Cotter @ March 11 2011, 2:05 PM GMT

I would love a million help make it happen.

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I'll do my best, but promise not to make me look like a fool. If you renege on your word we both take a big hit on this.

Quote: Marc P @ March 11 2011, 2:12 PM GMT

Isn't he supposed to be a lecturer?

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Associate lecture. As we're explain a lot more in episode two, as I mentioned early we have dealt with too young to play them problem. He's 24 coming up to 25 soon actually. His birthday is 7/6/86. I have written a CV for him actually and Keith. He started out as a runner on Heartbeat when he was 18 back in 2004. But in 2003 at the tender age of 17 he was the stunt double for Brian Capron (Richard Hillman) in the dramatic canal multiple suicide attempt because his dad was the 1st AD. It gave Mark a taste for stunts which he later utilised in the hit ITV drama Wild At Heart. In 2005 he went on to work as grip on Where The Heat Is and by the end of 2005 he began working on stunts. He joined the crew of Wild At Heart as assistant stunt supervisor where he remained intill 2008 when he was sacked. Because he refused to do his job properly intill Amanda Holden's character was bought back from a bush fire, she wasn't. Mark then spent the remainder of 2008 drinking and watching re-runs of Ray Mears on Dave. He then was offered a live line when Exeter College hired him as a associated lecturer in the media department because of his TV experience.