VLOG #4: Voice Acting
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
, Posted by Rubber Onion at 9:00 PM
I love doing voices... always have; the difference is now I get to do them for work! When doing voices you really just want to make sure that the characters that have lines back to back sound different enough from one another... the character designs will carry the illusion the rest of the way.
I hope you enjoy watching me make all the faces and noises because cutting up the footage for this VLOG was definitely the weirdest time yet.
I mention "motivation" in the intro; at the time of this taping I was coming off of 3 hours of sleep and hardly ready to record voices. The point is that when the work needs to get done you just need to get started, and usually you'll fall back into a groove part way into the process.
Also important, when trying to overcome a motivational hump when faced with a more creative part of the process (like Voice Acting) you don't necessarily need to make it a full day's work. This was a half day, but I got the Voice Acting and Soundtrack Mix done and was able to keep the energy level up for the recordings... the rest of the day was to recoup for the next day. Even on your worst days, if you can knock SOMETHING off your to-do list you can consider it a success.
Working from home often lives or dies on small successes.
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When I lived in my apartment I'm pretty sure my downstairs neighbors thought I was crazy when I did my voice recordings. It's nice having a house to record in now, but I still prefer to record when I'm alone. Helps reduce background laughter from my girlfriend.
"When doing voices you really just want to make sure that the characters that have lines back to back sound different enough from one another..."
cool tip!
I really enjoyed watching this. Keep up the good work, Steve
Some one need to get you a cup for that jug of water.
I really enjoyed this one. Great voices you can make. Learning a lot with your video.
Stephen,
F'n awesome! As per usual...
I am really loving your videos man. I found your blog and your website from CartoonSmart.com and you have a lot of motivational ideas to go around. I have to admit as an aspiring animator, I have always been intimidated by the voice recording but your videos give me inspiration to at least give it a shot. I can't wait to see the next video where presumably you will start drawing the actual animation. Can't wait :) Keep up the great work!
@GP - haha I know exactly what you're talking about!
@Anonymous - I like my jug o' water (=
@goomba - great to have you! if you want to keep up to date with the videos as I post them you should subscribe (top right... just put in your email). I'm actually cutting up the next video right now. It's on the "Animatic"
Awesome post man. Doing voices is not for the shy retiring type that for sure! LOL!! You REEEALLY got to BE that character just to get that life into them and make the audience believe that character is real. If YOU don't believe it, they won't either. Like also what you said about motivation at the outset.