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.
I like your comparison of animated voice-over to that of live action ADR. I imagine the creative freedom is a relief for actors who hate watching themselves! A friend of mine that did some animated work told me he had a blast doing it, though it is a rather competitive acting market to break in to.
ReplyDeleteThank you, from what I have experienced it is pretty fun, is that something your friend does as a job, or just happen to get the chance to try it??
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