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Thoughts on voice acting

Tue May 19, 2009, 6:30 PM
  • Mood: Uneasy
  • Playing: Perfect Dark
After I finished "Overreaction," I sent it into Cold Hard Flash and a couple days ago, I got a response from Aaron Simpson saying the following:

"i really dig your writing and your unique character style. i'll throw out some crit, if you're down for it. i think the voice acting takes this from a 9.5 to a 6. your jokes are tight, animation smooth, but i'd recommend reaching out to some folks who will do some voice action virtually.... like sending you MP3s over the web. anyway, i'll get off my high horse now. thanks for passing the link - i hope you'll continue to do so down the line...."

Now I'm not upset about that in any way, not at all. In fact, I really appreciate the critique because it's not something that I get that often in comments, and rarely does anyone say anything about the voice acting in Geoweasel at all. But as I always do, I started thinking about it. Probably too much.
When I first started making animations in 2004, my intent for Geoweasel was to be something short and easy to do that I could release each week, so I decided on doing all the voices myself because I wouldn't have to wait for other people to get back to me and I wouldn't have to bother trying to direct someone back and forth via email since I knew how I wanted everything to sound in my head. But even early on, voice acting was one of my least favorite parts of making the cartoons.
I would take Arron's advice in getting other voice actors on the web to do the voices on the show, but I just feel that now after it's been around for so long, it would be too weird and confusing to just up and change all the characters' voices. In future non-Geoweasel projects, I can safely say that I will not be doing many voices, if any, but I just think it's too late for Geoweasel itself.
So I'm just curious as to what everyone else thinks, since it's not something that I hear about too often. Do you think there are problems with the voice acting? And if so, what about it bothers you? Or do you think using different actors would be too weird? I'd really like to hear your thoughts on this.

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:iconcameron627:
I think the voice acting for Geoweasel's fine. You do an amazing job! xD

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:iconmushroom64:
Geoweasel is fine with your voice. =D
But any other projects of yours can use other peoples voices too. =)

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:iconmario9919:
I agree. Don't let this bug you so much.

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:icontylerburrito:
I never had a problem with the voice acting. It works just fine, but I'm sure the guy who messaged you is used to professional voices or something.
:icondragon20329:
I've never really had a problem with the voice acting, but now that I think about it and watch the episodes, I can see Aaron's point. It's not that the episodes are worse because of the voices, but that they could be better, y'know? However, I see your point in that Geoweasel has existed for a while, and a sudden change of voices might be too weird. It would work fantastically if you could find people that have voices that naturally sound like what you try to imitate for the different characters. Maybe put out a journal ad for it? Something along the lines of "If you think you sound like ______ send me a sample MP3 and YOU, yes YOU! Could be a real life Geoweasel voice actor!!!"

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Wha--but you do good, fitting voices for Nar, Weas, Mitri, Jimbob, Bill Cosby, Dr. Shnoz (namely in "Okay, Do Overs"), Robospaz, Sapphire (You did her voice, right?), Bobina, the judge, The Janitizer, the cops, the scientists, the news reporters, David Quentin, Andy, Satan, and...uh...am I missing anyone?

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:iconzlxq3000:
I've always liked your voices for GeoWeasel. But if you're looking for other talent, I've always said that I'd be willing to help ya...

As far as voice changes go, you could always just pull a The Day the World Did Stuff; THEY ALL HAD SOMETHING IN THEIR THROAT, OMG.
:icontvskyle:
It may be worth having more actors on GW just so it sounds less like one guy is doing it. You do fine, and I can't really imagine anyone else doing Weez, but maybe doing so many of them yourself is a stretch. I, as usual, humbly offer my services.

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:iconedorisuke:
Keep it the same D:

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