Your animation project is plagued by scheduling conflicts. How do you manage busy voice actors?
Voice actors often have packed schedules, making it tricky to coordinate recording sessions. To manage this, focus on organization and flexibility:
- Plan ahead: Schedule recording sessions well in advance to secure your actors' availability.
- Use remote recording: Allow voice actors to record from their own studios to reduce travel time and increase flexibility.
- Batch sessions: Record multiple lines or scenes in one session to make the most of the time you have with each actor.
What strategies have worked for you in managing busy voice actors?
Your animation project is plagued by scheduling conflicts. How do you manage busy voice actors?
Voice actors often have packed schedules, making it tricky to coordinate recording sessions. To manage this, focus on organization and flexibility:
- Plan ahead: Schedule recording sessions well in advance to secure your actors' availability.
- Use remote recording: Allow voice actors to record from their own studios to reduce travel time and increase flexibility.
- Batch sessions: Record multiple lines or scenes in one session to make the most of the time you have with each actor.
What strategies have worked for you in managing busy voice actors?
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If anyone on our project gets the plague, we shut it down. I'm terrified of the plague. Let's face it - it's scary. I'm not really concerned about managing voice actors when someone on the team has the plague. That feels like waste of my resources. We need to get the affected person to the hospital - it won't be me though - I'm not going near anyone with the plague. I'm a team-player etc but that only goes so far. You get the plague - you're on your own buddy!
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Usually, I record all my dialogues and songs while having a bath, imitating different voices (duck, steamboat Willy, Nemo, scuba diving). It always works like a charm, why hire pro actors? :-)
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I would request preview voice samples - would choose a specific line where I could feel and judge their skills and then make appropriate selection, eliminating and selecting the most qualify voice actors for the gig....
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Traditionally we would not rush schedule the talent. Multiple recording sessions, when booked in an outside facility, incurs additional costs (booth time, engineer, catering etc). If it's possible, have the actors record separately in their home studios, as most professional voice actors have them now post-COVID. Those who don't, bring them into as few in-person sessions as possible to minimize budget line items for VO. The advantage is direct supervision of the performers in person. I always preferred being there, though we can't always afford to be.
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Everything works if you plan things in advance. Even the most busy voice actors will make time for good projects (especially the high-paying ones :D). And in this digital era, recording can be done and managed within a short time with the help of remote recording facilities. As a voice actor myself, I had delivered new projects as fast as within a few hours. Voice actors do understand such situations if communicated appropriately.
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