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Voice Over Artist Of The Week

Hey everyone, One of the things I would like to share with you guys are some Actors and actresses who are known for doing voice over work, so this week I decided to talk about the creator of one of my favorite television series, Seth Macfarlane.

Seth Macfarlane is an actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer/song writer from Kent Connecticut. After graduating from college with a Bachelors of Fine Art he was invited to Hollywood and became an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera Productions for shows such as Johnny Bravo, Dexter’s Laboratory, and I Am Weasel.

Macfarlane is known for his show Family guy, the show were that dad (Peter) does stupid things while the baby (Stewie) is a Maniacal baby genius who constantly tries to kill his mother and take over the world. Originally created in 1999 family guy was then canceled a few years later in 2002 due to low ratings. But in 2005 after the shows reruns became the most watched program Fox brought back the show. What I always find interesting about this show is that even though the show has so many characters in every episode they are all played by 5 or 6 people and Seth speaks for a majority of the main characters, the baby Stewie, the father Peter, the Dog Brian, and Peter’s friends Joe and Quagmire are just some of the many voices Seth plays during this show.

Seth has worked on several other shows as well as worked on his first feature film Ted back in 2012. 

Some of his awards include 2 Emmy Awards along with 17 nominations for Family Guy, 3 Grammy nominations, Annie Award and MTV Award nominations as well.

Seth Macfarlane is a very talented successful person, and that’s why I would consider him to be one of my personal favorite voice over artist.

What...You Mean Like Cartoons?

One of the most common things that come to mind when people mention voice overs would be cartoons. With cartoons actors record the lines while watching the characters mouth, physical movements, expressions, and watching what the character happens to be doing while on the screen in order to be able to have their voices match the intensity of the character they are portraying.  They have to pay close attention to these things because the characters are just animations and do not make any noises. This is what I find so interesting about working on cartoons, the creative freedom. With Cartoon characters the actors can freely come up with how they feel the character should sound and how they tend to articulate their words in order to make them funny. If re-recording the voices for non-animated films actors can’t go through that creative process, but however they would have to try to match their emotion the same way they would for cartoons.

This video shows a little bit of the daily routine as voice actors working in the studio while recording their parts. The artist in the video happens to be Hank Azaria. Hank Azaria is an actor, producer, and comedian who plays many voices in several cartoons such as Chief Wiggum in The Simpsons, Gargamel in The Smurfs, and my personal favorite show Family Guy where he plays different characters in each episode. During the video you will be able to see Hank in the studio recording as well as his characters in the scene.

A Little Introduction

Hey everyone welcome to Creating the Voice. I’m Chris Foster and this is my blog. Since I was a child I have always appreciated music and what is has to offer, dancing and singing around the house to a favorite song or going out partying with friends on the weekend music was something I've grown to be passionate about, It wasn't until I started going to college when I realized that music is my only option as a career in the Audio industry… I get to learn about music and recording bands but I also get to learn about sound for films. Combining music with movies and being able to create sound effect gives me the best of both worlds. One of the most important parts of working on a films sound are the voices, a lot of the time ADR or Automated Dialogue replacement is required in order to get the best sound quality for dialogue. Without voice overs so many things would not be as good or interesting, cartoons would still be silent films and even technology would be different. For example Siri without voice over technology there would be no automated voice on out phones responding to our questions. This site will be all about voice overs and how they are created. I will explain some techniques and give information about recording your talent. I also will show video clips and talk about what I feel is good or bad about them. I hope you enjoy what I have to share!