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Deirdre
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 Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 10:34 am Post subject: If you want to do voices for games, PLAY THE GAMES. |
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Ed Lima from Respawn Entertainments talks about recording sounds for a game in a recent interview here:
http://www.respawn.com/behind-the-scenes/respawn-goes-to-the-range/
Here's what he says about directing voice talent {emphasis is mine]:
| Quote: | Abbie: What’s different about doing game v.o. than say doing v.o. for a film or animated feature?
Ed: You can definitely see the difference between actors who play games or understand games versus those who do not. And it’s generally not in the dramatic stuff, it’s in like, pain sounds. Non verbal v.o. When you explain to somebody “now you’re going to jump over this half height barricade and you’re going to do it 6 times” you can tell right away. The actors who get it go “oh okay, so I’m like, rolling up and pressing x.” I had someone tell me that once. And they get it right away. They know how to act with their body to get the right “huff”…I’m touching my torso right now because a big part of it is pushing your stomach in. Same is true for melee attacks or getting hit or whatever. Voice actors who understand those things, that they’re not really tied to a linear narrative, that it has to be a self-contained cool little sound always sound better. For the actors who don’t get that, you can still get great sounding performances out of them. You just have to do it with a little more direction. |
tl/dr: If you actually play games, a recording session is less work for the voice director and that makes them happy.
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imaginator
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...and if you can't actually play them (i never made it out of the training portion of X-Wing Fighter), sit and listen while your expert 12-year old takes you through the scenes!!!
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Deirdre
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'zackly.
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Philip Banks
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Abbie: So how do you go about casting?
Ed: I look at the headshots from the agencies and short list all the people who look as if they need to get out more. |
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Scott Pollak
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I guess the fact that I play backgammon online wouldn't work in my favor, huh?
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