Best wishes for animation production

After Gu Xue said hello and sat down, people greeted her one after another.

After answering the greetings absentmindedly, Gu Xue turned her attention to the recording studio.

The soul of the character is the voice actor.

In a sense, this statement is correct.

Especially for Japanese animation, the emotional voices of seiyuu can well fill in some natural defects of hand-drawn animation.

For example, the final episode of "Uncle" and the eleventh episode of "Invasion" would definitely be incomplete if there were only explosive paintings and no hard-working performances by the voice actors.

But when it comes to choosing character souls, Gu Xue has not participated much so far.

For films such as "Invasion" and "The Big Brother", Gu Xue was just the original animator and was not qualified to participate. As for the animated future version of "Little Witch Academia", the nominal director at the time was Hiroshi Misawa. Although Gu Xue had some suggestions, but it was Misawa Hiro who was mainly involved in this link.

It’s time for the theatrical version of “Little Witch Academia.”

The voice actors directly used the candidates for the future version of the animation. Gu Xue only participated in the selection of voice actors for the new characters and did not fully participate in this link.

This time "Embracing a Better Tomorrow" is Gu Xue's first full participation in this segment in the true sense.

However, experience is gained through accumulation over and over again. Although Gu Xue has not participated in a complete voice actor audition before, she has already experienced the general process, so she does not have to adapt to everything.

In the following time, Gu Xue, series composition member Ye Huo and sound supervisor exchanged their impressions of the main characters.

until.

The first voice actor walked into the recording studio.

Because there are a lot of voice actor candidates for each role, during voice actor auditions, all candidates for a certain role are basically auditioned together.

These voice actors came to audition.

There is no picture in the recording studio, and there are no other people, and there are only a few lines.

If they want to better capture the feeling of the character, they can only buy the original work at their own expense and figure it out on their own. If it is an original animation, they can only rely on the setting information of the relevant character personality given by the producer and the possible attachments. The setting pictures are used to figure out the feeling of the characters, which is a great test of their abilities and acting maturity.

And even if their acting skills are OK, sometimes they may not be selected because in addition to acting skills, the animation head producers also have to consider the overall balance. When there are many voice actors in a TV animation, even if each voice actor's voice is impeccable, it won't work if it's hard to tell whose voice is whose when they are listened to together.

All I can say is that it’s not easy for everyone to come out and hang out.

The profession of voice actor is, to some extent, more difficult than animation production.

This is an industry that is, to put it exaggeratedly, a bit deformed.

But these have little to do with Gu Xue. The only promise she can make is not to do stupid things like the animation production team of Earth's "Love Random Link" did. After all, she doesn't want to be remembered by a certain voice actor for a lifetime... …

That's too far.

Soundcheck begins.

After the sound supervisor confirmed that the voice actors in the studio were ready, he pressed the record button.

The first voice actor stood in front of the microphone and introduced himself.

"I am Ichinose from Chongxi Production, and I am paired with Alice."

She bowed to Gu Xue and his group behind the glass.

Then he paused for a while and began to read the lines prepared by Gu Xue.

[Nirvana, are we really going to the border of the Dark Elf Kingdom? Is there really no problem? 】

As soon as the lines are read, the voice of the seiyuu changes.

With a weak and uneasy feeling, she has a very girl-next-door feel.

Then in the next section, the emotion contained in the voice produced by the voice actor changed again.

[Hey, I didn’t. Weren’t you two the only ones who sneaked out last time? I just went to find you. 】

This time, I had a bit of a weird feeling inside, taking pleasure in my misfortune.

[The nest of light descends upon the body. 】

The third line of dialogue has a crying tone, but the voice of the voice actor also gives people a holy feeling in it, which is very strange.

Then the voice actor read two more lines, and the emotion contained in his voice kept changing.

...The saying that voice actors are monsters is really not nonsense.

Although the current paragraphs sound a bit abrupt from paragraph to paragraph, if you really dub animations, the sound will match the picture and the unfolding plot. Generally, you will not feel this way. After all, it is normal for the characters to have emotional changes as the plot develops. .

Moreover, the animation will be adjusted in real time when adding lines. After adding music and sound effects, the sound supervisor will also coordinate the overall balance of all sounds. This is their job.

Gu Xue did not doubt the statement "Voice actors are monsters", but she was no longer so surprised. After all, she had not experienced it before and was used to it.

The first voice actor to audition for the hidden heroine Alice in "Embrace a Better Tomorrow", Gu Xue is also quite satisfied. The first three paragraphs, the first two paragraphs are all fine, and they are in line with Gu Xue's imagined voice, which is the first three paragraphs. The other party seems to have missed the point in the three paragraphs. In Gu Xue's imagination, Alice is a bit weak and desperate.

But it wasn't a big problem, Gu Xue remembered this voice actor's performance.

Soundcheck is over.

The sound supervisor said thank you to the voice actors in the recording studio.

The voice actor in the recording studio bowed slightly toward the mixing room, thanked him, and then left.

After a while, the second voice actor walked into the recording studio.

Because of the performance of the first voice actor, Gu Xue has some expectations for the others. Although she is quite satisfied with the first one, the first one always gives people a sense of freshness and illusion. Gu Xue will not arbitrarily insist on it. The first voice actor is not allowed. Going through all the voice actors who come to audition is a sign of respect for them and responsibility for their own works.

pity.

The second voice actor disappointed Gu Xue.

The other person seemed to be obsessed with "an impressive voice" and used too much force, completely lacking the feeling of Alice.

Gu Xue listened expressionlessly.

Then the next one.

It's the same situation, it seems that no consideration was given to the voice and the character's name.

The next one, and the next one, it’s the same situation.

Gu Xue was a little speechless, remembering what she had said when she was chatting with Kyoko Matsudaira, who voiced Akko in "Little Witch Academia".

She said: In recent auditions, voice actors basically tend to choose "voices that leave a deep impression on people." Nowadays, voice acting schools tend to teach exaggerated acting skills that are easier for students to leave an impression. It doesn't matter even if they are not suitable for the role. They feel that as long as the acting skills are impactful, they will definitely have an impact on the audience.

At first, Gu Xue only heard these words as an anecdote, but did not expect this situation to be so serious.

I also encountered it myself.