Recording studio scheduling

welsh_gambit

welsh_gambit

hi guys, I was just wondering if anyone had any experience about how long the voice acting aspect of a feature animation would take in a recording studio? the feature will run for 90 minutes and all the actors are amateurs with no experience of voice acting in a professional studio.

we've got 10 actors and I was thinking 6-7 days would be enough to get everything we need?
 
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This is another "How long is a piece of string?" question.

You have to think in terms of the number of lines of dialog for each actor, not how long the final product will be. You also have to consider the experience of your actors.

Have you sat in front of an audio recorder and performed the dialog yourself? It doesn't have to be perfect, just somewhere in the the general neighborhood. As the director you must have some idea of what you want to hear, and at least some idea of how many minutes of actual dialog there will be.

Are there only one or two main characters, or is it an ensemble piece? If you have just one or two or three main characters you will have to schedule breaks.

Also, do you want the actors to interact - actually perform the scenes together - or do you want to record them separately? Either way has its benefits and its drawbacks.

And don't forget that you should be recording "throwaways." These are one and two word pieces of dialog - Yes, no, okay, why not, uh-huh, etc. You can (and should) record numerous variations. You should also be recording breathing, grunts, groans and other sorts of non-verbal vocalizations.

So figure on 10 to 25 minutes for the engineer to select the mic/preamp for that actor and get the settings right. Figure on anywhere from two to 15 minutes per line of dialog. The actor will need 10 minute break every 30 to 40 minutes. If multiple actors are working on the same day (but not together) figure 20 to 30 minutes for the change-over plus mic set-up. If actors are working together about 5 to 10 minutes per working hour of working out timings, trying new approaches, goofing off, laughing, etc., etc., etc. Oh, be sure that the engineer records ALL of that stuff.

And you must always remember that when you are about 3/4 of the way through the project you will have to call some or all of the actors back to redo anywhere from a few to many lines of dialog, and this is more of a true ADR session.


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