Forum: Challenge Arena


Subject: Voice Actors... Anyone here good at acting?

lynnJonathan opened this issue on Sep 23, 2003 ยท 7 posts


Ratteler posted Tue, 23 September 2003 at 6:02 PM

Attached Link: http://joetomcollins.com/Music/WGGOH.mp3

Well, like with any kind of production, I need some kind of script to work with. Any actor is going to want to "know" his character somewhat. I can say "We gotta get outta here!" Probably close to 100 different ways depending on the situation, and the character. The Tough guy, is going to be saying it with a subtext that says without words... "I'm going to fight every inch of the way until we ARE out of here." The weasly corprate guy will say it meaning "*I* have to get out of here, and if I have to feed you all to the bad thing to save my ass... I'm ok with what." Just look at the difference it can make if it's a question or statement. Accent one word more than the others and the meaning changes again. "WE gotta get outta here!" (All of us.) "We GOTTA get outta here!" (Or no one will be able to warn the good guys) "We gotta GET outta here!" (Which means we have to figure out how to do it first!) "We gotta get OUTTA here!" (Trying to stay locked in here is a bad idea!) "We gotta get outta HERE!" (We can all go to the next room.) This is what directing is all about in a dramatical sence. Guiding your performer to get the performance you want. Then there are the technical issues. If you're mixing dialouge from to people recorded at different loacation, there are bound to be issues. There's always "room tone" the subtle back ground noise that you don't "hear" until you record something and try to edit it. No one has the same silence. 2 Different microphones can sound different even if they are from the same manufacturer and the same model number. Sound cards will intoduce their own audio irregularites. How many Kilohertz do you want the sample recorded at. Do you want MP3's or WAV files. What's the max file size they should be? I can record a bunch of stuff on the condesor mike on my PDA. It will sound like it's from a telephone, but hey... you'll have it. I can use my headset mike plugged into my computer. That will be better quality. What program will we use to record? Just for laughs and demonstrations purposes, I did a quick recording of several versions of "We gotta get outta here!"