And the Word
There is no way I can finish up my postings of sound for animation without dealing with voice acting sound effects.
Dialog:
You are going to have to record your own dialog. There is no way you are going to find your script on someone else`s CD.
Sound Forge, Sound Blaster`s Wave Studio, ACID Loops Pro and many other sound editing software packages have the ability to record and manipulate sound.
Get a good microphone and enlist your friends. Recording sessions are fun and can be made into a party as long as you get the tracks laid down before too much alcohol dulls the wits of your actors and engineers. The party also becomes the consideration for the work for hire contract you will need to get signed by your actors.
Make sure that the actors sign a work for hire release form or if you make it big with a project you might find your friends wanting a big piece of the pie.
Voice Actors:
Voice acting is a small world. Everybody uses the same short list of very talented pros.
Therefore breaking-in as a voice actor is not easy. That means there are a lot of people who have not made it yet that want to work on projects so that they will have real samples of work.
Network with friend in the industry. That means ASIFA-Hollywood Volunteer meetings. The last Wednesday of most months. I have been holding them recently on Woodbury University Campus at 7 PM in Room D104 (Design Center) but it changes with the projects and availability of a room. Sometimes we only have meetings when there is a project looming.
Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91510
Keep an eye on the ASIFA web site http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/
or
Check my Blog for meeting info:
www.agni-animation.com/blog/index.html
or
Send me an email with a subject line of ASIFA VOLUNTEER to get your name added to the email list. larry@agni-animation.com
Other networking groups:
Women in Animation. http://www.womeninanimation.org/
Animation Guild classes http://www.mpsc839.org/ . You meet lots of very talents people at Guild classes and the price is low.
There are voice-acting seminars at comic con. Bob (Porky Pig) Bergen gives classes in voice acting all the time http://www.bobbergen.com/ They are not cheap but it will put in with a group of want to be voice actors who should have more talent than the guys you play basketball with.
Check out this site: http://voice123.com/ . It is a clearing house for voice jobs. Most of them, very much, want to be paid. I have not had much luck getting anybody at this site involved with non-paying jobs. But it can`t hurt to try. And if all else fails you can always pay a little something.
You can try talking to drama students on college campuses. In practice it should be a win / win. You can get free voice actors and they can get free samples of work. But again I have not had much luck here either. Money, it seems, talks.
The best bet is to work with talented friends. And be sure to get those release forms signed.
Dialog Editing:
Plan your sound before you record. If you are going to speed up or slow down the sound, practice! Record something and then speed it up or slow it down. Learn how to talk for the speeded or slowed sound you are going to output. You are going to slow the voice you need to talk quickly with a deep voice and is you are going to speed the sound you are going to have to talk slowly with a high voice.
Testing the process on your own voice will give you a handle on the process before you go into the studio. Even if it is your home studio. That way you can direct your actors and sound like you know what you are doing. You don’t want to waste the actor’s time. This makes you look unprofessional.
If you look professional and you act professional then people will think you are professional and then, guess what, you will be.
Home Folly Studio:
Go through you junk drawer, get out the pots and pans. Celery wrapped in a wet shammy and then hit with a stick gives a great karate strike sound. Go to the toy store and look at the music based toys. Then start making noise.
Get out the coconut shells and make the hoof beats of a knight’s horse. Can’t find it on a disk in the store or on the Internet, make your own.
Speeding up or slowing down sound changes it markedly, as does echo and other filters. You have time to learn it on your own. That is the trade off. Small budget lots of your sweat and time.
(C) & (TM) Larry Loc 2001 -2007 Animation on a ShoeString
Dialog:
You are going to have to record your own dialog. There is no way you are going to find your script on someone else`s CD.
Sound Forge, Sound Blaster`s Wave Studio, ACID Loops Pro and many other sound editing software packages have the ability to record and manipulate sound.
Get a good microphone and enlist your friends. Recording sessions are fun and can be made into a party as long as you get the tracks laid down before too much alcohol dulls the wits of your actors and engineers. The party also becomes the consideration for the work for hire contract you will need to get signed by your actors.
Make sure that the actors sign a work for hire release form or if you make it big with a project you might find your friends wanting a big piece of the pie.
Voice Actors:
Voice acting is a small world. Everybody uses the same short list of very talented pros.
Therefore breaking-in as a voice actor is not easy. That means there are a lot of people who have not made it yet that want to work on projects so that they will have real samples of work.
Network with friend in the industry. That means ASIFA-Hollywood Volunteer meetings. The last Wednesday of most months. I have been holding them recently on Woodbury University Campus at 7 PM in Room D104 (Design Center) but it changes with the projects and availability of a room. Sometimes we only have meetings when there is a project looming.
Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91510
Keep an eye on the ASIFA web site http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/
or
Check my Blog for meeting info:
www.agni-animation.com/blog/index.html
or
Send me an email with a subject line of ASIFA VOLUNTEER to get your name added to the email list. larry@agni-animation.com
Other networking groups:
Women in Animation. http://www.womeninanimation.org/
Animation Guild classes http://www.mpsc839.org/ . You meet lots of very talents people at Guild classes and the price is low.
There are voice-acting seminars at comic con. Bob (Porky Pig) Bergen gives classes in voice acting all the time http://www.bobbergen.com/ They are not cheap but it will put in with a group of want to be voice actors who should have more talent than the guys you play basketball with.
Check out this site: http://voice123.com/ . It is a clearing house for voice jobs. Most of them, very much, want to be paid. I have not had much luck getting anybody at this site involved with non-paying jobs. But it can`t hurt to try. And if all else fails you can always pay a little something.
You can try talking to drama students on college campuses. In practice it should be a win / win. You can get free voice actors and they can get free samples of work. But again I have not had much luck here either. Money, it seems, talks.
The best bet is to work with talented friends. And be sure to get those release forms signed.
Dialog Editing:
Plan your sound before you record. If you are going to speed up or slow down the sound, practice! Record something and then speed it up or slow it down. Learn how to talk for the speeded or slowed sound you are going to output. You are going to slow the voice you need to talk quickly with a deep voice and is you are going to speed the sound you are going to have to talk slowly with a high voice.
Testing the process on your own voice will give you a handle on the process before you go into the studio. Even if it is your home studio. That way you can direct your actors and sound like you know what you are doing. You don’t want to waste the actor’s time. This makes you look unprofessional.
If you look professional and you act professional then people will think you are professional and then, guess what, you will be.
Home Folly Studio:
Go through you junk drawer, get out the pots and pans. Celery wrapped in a wet shammy and then hit with a stick gives a great karate strike sound. Go to the toy store and look at the music based toys. Then start making noise.
Get out the coconut shells and make the hoof beats of a knight’s horse. Can’t find it on a disk in the store or on the Internet, make your own.
Speeding up or slowing down sound changes it markedly, as does echo and other filters. You have time to learn it on your own. That is the trade off. Small budget lots of your sweat and time.
(C) & (TM) Larry Loc 2001 -2007 Animation on a ShoeString
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