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| Mike Sommer |
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| CB |
| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:27 pm |
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| Too bad that was released before Cad Bane was introduced. There was some good coverage of Seth and I performing Cad and Todo - who couldn't be revealed for another year before they finally debuted on TV. Aside from not being in our regular room down the hall (much better light in that Studio A room), it is a fairly honest view of how we work with Dave on the series; only slightly "staged" for the camera, but the performances were not "faked", as they normally would be for this kind of press shoot. Matt Wood, however, rarely makes it down from Lucasfilm home base up north (tending to his audio production "day job" responsibilities), so he wouldn't normally be present with the rest of us. I love the show and the people of Clone Wars; and it will be sad when our story comes to its' inevitable conclusion. Hopefully that's still at least a couple of years away - but all good things… (you know the rest) |
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| Lucien |
| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:07 pm |
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| I'm assuming this was also before Tom Kane relocated to his cozy home in Kansas where he does all his work from his home studio? |
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| Mike Sommer |
| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:56 pm |
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It's really great to see you work, along with everyone else too.
What studio do they use?
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| CB |
| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:15 am |
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Lucien wrote: ...assuming this was also before Tom Kane relocated...
I prefer staying in the shadows, myself, especially when performing a character that incorporates vocal shaping techniques to enhance the illusion of a very different physical presence than my own. As I tried to explain to the misguided motion-capture advocates on a recent video game project: I don't necessarily look or move anything like my characters should in a convincing physical range of postures and expressions. My aim is always to present a whole complex being to inhabit the imagined scene within the production medium that reaches the audience - with no regard whatsoever to how I look while generating the sound of the characterization. But in this particular instance, I'm just proud to be part of the cast; and couldn't care less about how it plays for "the camera".
Mike Sommer wrote: It's really great to see you work, along with everyone else too.
What studio do they use? |
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| Benedikt |
| Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:02 am |
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That was awesome, thanks a lot for sharing! Now as a major Corey fanboy, I would've loved to see more of him perform in this clip, like the aforementioned Cad Bane but my curiosity is hard to satiate. 
IMHO however, this "filming of grimacing VAS" doesn't take away from the illusion - quite the contrary, I find the process of distorting your face and voice to match the character very intriguing as this part of voice acting is rarely shown (possibly due to people grimacing ) and displays all the techniques you gents have learned so much better than if a character is very similar to your "real" voice and you "only" have to act the part as in those roles you truly transform yourselves.
It was good to see James Anrold Taylor there as well, I think he's a great voice actor (who also doesn't shy away from grimacing on-camera) and lets us "appreciators" of the world of spoken word into said world whenever I see a behind-the-scenes video. |
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| Lucien |
| Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:53 am |
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JAT gives you a nice little shout out in this behind the scenes footage which is immediately followed by samples of your various characters, in addition to also featuring several other Clone Wars regulars.
http://starwars.com/watch/deception_commentary.html |
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| CB |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:35 pm |
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That's a rare example of us voice actors feeling truly "At Home" in our native studio habitat. As usual, James is far too generous in his praise for my well-worn performance schtick. We're all just completely "broken-in" journeymen in this business of animation voicecraft.
Though not in our regular room at the studio complex, and arranged for better lighting and camera coverage than a typical session affords, this is indeed "Us At Work" - though in the heightened atmosphere of an exceptionally satisfying series, and in the company of the particularly outstanding creative staff associated with the Clone Wars production. Here's hoping for many more delightful seasons together... |
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