Day in the Life of a Voice-Actor: Amica Session Part 2

[@Hey-Its-Dingo]

For someone such as myself who has interest in being a voice director, getting to hear some of the pointers Paul gave you really helped me get a good idea of the kind of things a good director can do to help an actor find the voice that is needed. Very good video, and you are very amazing at your job. :)

[@Nivmax]

Interesting video. It's fascinating to see how the process actually goes.

[@Vintomania]

These are so fascinating. If people say voice acting is easy....this shows how much variance you need to have. Great video sir!

[@user-lz7hg1rq1p]

Through your videos, I've learnt that there is so much more to voice acting than just doing the voice-overs. You need to be a good business person, sell your voice and communicate in a certain way when a session comes up. That's why I love your "Day in the Life of a Voice-Actor" videos, you give us the real deal!

[@SirLazyMan]

Thanks for the upload while I'm stuck inside due to hurricane Hermine! Hope you're having a great day!

[@BarrysBit]

Awesome work as always JAT! Always humble and encouraging too. Love it!

[@murraynewbett8135]

I love your little insights into these things James! Forever helping me on my way to become a voice actor

[@guitargamer823]

Fantastic and very informative. Thank you JAT!

[@samuelenomanna8403]

Wow. This is incredible. So many takes!!!

[@TheNinjaInConverse]

I have always loved Obi-Wan Kenobi, but recently I discovered this channel. Voice acting seems so very cool; I may not ever want to be a voice actor, but I enjoy watching you work and seeing all the behind the scenes effort that you have to put in. Thanks for these updates:)

[@eddlp2293]

I loved the edits you used at 0:55-1:00. Not sure if that was intentional, but it gave me a good chuckle.

[@JATactor]

Good eye!! ; )

[@jkv591]

Love your Vlog James!! Been checking out the episodes. Thanks!

[@KnownotProductions]

I am glad you included how many takes it took. I can imagine for people just starting out that they might feel discouraged or feel that they aren't quite performing as they should be after 20+ takes. It is good to see it in a real situation.

[@swittle22]

Wow! Thank you very much for that. I really enjoyed feeling as if I was the fly on the wall. lol

[@TrueChaoSclx]

This was incredibly informative, thanks JAT

[@MatthiasSomers]

Love your vlogs! Keep it up! Hope the crowd will grow.

[@HeathMartinVO]

i absolutely love these videos James! what insight and brilliance. I appreciate you. Id love to learn with you one on one. You are an incredible teacher and I imagine that getting your direct feedback on copy would be priceless. Thank you for your gift.

[@matthewluffman7473]

Thanks James, you are a true inspiration!

[@cloudkitt]

Fascinating as ever. Thank you

[@musicosm]

Hello, good sir! Thank you for this channel. I watched parts 1 and 2. Fascinating stuff! I'm 43 and am starting this new career with gusto; even more than being a musician! I already have a few voice over reads done (for free, of course...have to build the resume) and have a couple of mentors, too. Watching your videos has given me a boost. Great content! Keep it up!

[@JATactor]

Thanks! Hope you've subscribed to the channel and taken a look at some of the other videos in the archives lots of material to take in. And lots more to come! Good luck to you in your endeavors!

[@MICHAELGFARB1987]

You are truly an amazing person and thanks for the vlogs and posting what happens in your career. I have watched all your videos and I'm showing how amazing your talent is to my friends and people who have talent with creating and making close impressions of characters. Keep this up. I can only do gollum/smeagol from lord of the rings very well.

[@9letterstudios]

This is great. Thanks James!

[@Sokka2Me]

God if I ever wanted to pursue acting, i would NEED to practice my patience. It felt like you got it by the third take

[@staticmunk7777]

oh my gosh that was you in all of the amica commercials all along too cool

[@Mitsuna]

I really enjoyed this, it was very interesting! Thank you James! ^o^

[@MCLegoboy]

No Clone Wars comments? But Master Kenobi, that's no fun.

[@Pienimusta]

Amica is Finnish lunch restaurant. Felt a bit weird listen about their insurance plans ;D And how cool is it that Obi-Wan Kenobi sells youu insurances !?

[@rickybaronti7015]

Love your uploads!

[@enricovaioli]

great!!!!!!! thanx J!

[@peggyferder8834]

Thay was great!!

[@SupWolff]

How does the delayed playback not screw you up though? I'm not sure if you've answered that question somewhere before, but that baffles me. I thought it would screw up speech.

[@SupWolff]

Also wanted to say, I love what you're doing, and thank you so much for giving up some of your time as a resource for rookie VA's like myself. It is much appreciated, and it's of great use to me. :)

[@watto7291]

hey James I was wondering if you could make a video on how to keep your recording quality as good as it can be, as I'm sure many of us would really appreciate the advice

[@JATactor]

Keep it simple and find as quiet a place as you can to record that does sound "Echoey" use as high a quality equipment as you can too. ; )

[@mr.irrelevant8826]

393 likes and 0 dislikes „I love democracy”

[@Bruuze]

How can you possibly intake all the directions they are giving you? There's so many thing to have to remember, as well as having to read it flawlessly.

[@JATactor]

Practice man, practice. : )

[@ZAD720]

dude im coming to comic con today to meet you!

[@erichorowitz2863]

Hello James, after a session like this how long of a rest will you give yourself before jumping into another session?

[@allyorr7209]

Was that 38 takes? Is that a normal amount?

[@JATactor]

Remember there were 3 different commercials recorded so it was 38 takes total for 3 spots, that is indeed pretty normal they like to cover their bases and get various options.

[@pwcatanese]

This is Paul, the guy on the other end in the video. If some perspective helps on the number of takes: We were editing James' VO with some other performances that were recorded separately. Without being 100% sure of how much time we would need for the other parts, we asked for some faster takes "just in case" and might have even given him some words to cut from the script for timing reasons. Apart from that, we try to push the performance in a few directions to see what feels best: More casual and friendly? More wise and authoritative? How much urgency can we add without getting too pushy? James is so good at those nuances that it's tempting to see what else he can do with the material. So a lot of takes can mean that we're getting more great options to choose from. The tendency is to do a lot of takes on the first script to nail down the tone, and then fewer on the following scripts.

[@allyorr7209]

Ah that makes sense. As someone considering getting into VO, this is all very interesting! Thank you!

[@JATactor]

Thanks Paul!

[@coleschubert9868]

No clone wars comments. How about you starting clone wars converstaions just to screw with us.

[@watto7291]

hey James I was wondering if you could make a video on how to keep your recording quality as good as it can be, as I'm sure many of us would really appreciate the advice