Voice acting in Condemned 2

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8124234.post-46587368952510641472008-03-04T21:44:00.002-05:002008-03-04T22:46:48.109-05:00Voice acting in Condemned 2Video games and cartoons got me into voice acting. Condemned was one of the best (and under-rated) launch games for the Xbox 360 (playing in the dark with surround sound almost made me soil myself). Now, Condemned 2: Bloodshot is on its way, and SEGA's released a very cool VO session video. Check it out to see VO Director Art Currim (<a class="l" onmousedown="return clk(this.href,'','','res','1','&sig2=YfQf8wpu33aFvHTdE6Y7CA')" href="http://www.blackpowdermedia.com/">Black Powder Media</a>) work his magic with some talented folks. Enjoy performances from <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0812220/">André Sogliuzzo</a> (protagonist Ethan Thomas), <a href="http://www.davemitchellonline.com/">Dave Mitchell</a> (Agent Dorland), <a href="http://www.phillamarr.com/">Phil LaMarr</a> (Lerue/Bum), <a href="http://www.henrydittman.com/">Henry Dittman</a> (SKX/Pilot), <a href="http://www.darktale.tv/">Keith Szarabajka</a> (Inferi), <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm1720134/">Angel Parker</a> (Agent Rosa), and <a href="http://imdb.com/name/nm0068407/">Michael Bell</a> (Magic Man/President). Oh, and there are some interesting bits from Associate Producer Marty Caplan, Lead Designer Frank Rooke, Cinematics Director Rocky Newton, and heaven forbid we forget the ADR Group Don't necessarily take technique tips from all of the performances. While they're all talented actors, voice over is a unique skill set, and some of these folks aren't necessarily experienced in voice acting -- but kudos to them for getting the chance to leverage their acting chops in new ways, and watch Art give concrete microphone technique and acting direction. <object id="gamevideos6" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=" height="405" width="420" align="middle" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="_cx" value="11113"><param name="_cy" value="10716"><param name="FlashVars" value=""><param name="Movie" value="http://www.gamevideos.com//swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://www.gamevideos.com/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D17865%26ordinal%3D%26adPlay%3Dfalse"><param name="Src" value="http://www.gamevideos.com//swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://www.gamevideos.com/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D17865%26ordinal%3D%26adPlay%3Dfalse"><param name="WMode" value="Window"><param name="Play" value="-1"><param name="Loop" value="-1"><param name="Quality" value="High"><param name="SAlign" value=""><param name="Menu" value="-1"><param name="Base" value=""><param name="AllowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="Scale" value="NoScale"><param name="DeviceFont" value="0"><param name="EmbedMovie" value="0"><param name="BGColor" value="000000"><param name="SWRemote" value=""><param name="MovieData" value=""><param name="SeamlessTabbing" value="1"><param name="Profile" value="0"><param name="ProfileAddress" value=""><param name="ProfilePort" value="0"><param name="AllowNetworking" value="all"><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.gamevideos.com//swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://www.gamevideos.com/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D17865%26ordinal%3D%26adPlay%3Dfalse" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="window" devicefont="false" id="gamevideos6" bgcolor="#000000" name="gamevideos6" menu="true" allowscriptaccess="sameDomain" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="405" width="420"></embed></object>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00818870159415064833noreply@blogger.com