How Many Voices Do You Need as “Baon”?
Luis: “Ay, ayun. Dito kay Joko: How many voices do you need as ‘baon’? So kanina, pagkain yung ‘baon’. Ngayon, ilang boses ang ‘baon’?”
Ryan: “For me, ang safe is apat. Apat, parang skyflakes na dapat, kailangan na apat dapat.”
The Benefits of Having Multiple Voices
Ryan: “Kasi ganun yun, eh. Kasi, pag – alam mo – mas makaka-book ka ng maraming projects kapag alam nila yung arsenal mo. Marami kang ‘baon’, alam mo yun? Kunyari ako, direktor. Kukunin ko yan, for example, si Joko. ‘Ah, ito flexible to. Meron tong yung main nya plus pag may mga labas lumabas na supporting characters.'”
Delivering Different Characters with Four Voices
Ryan: “Pwede ko ba tong bigyan ng matanda, ng bata, tsaka ng isa pang character? So at least safe na yung apat. Pero yung direktor mo, hindi ka naman sasagarin talaga, minsan ng apat. So mas maganda lang na marami kang kayang gawin. Tsaka para ikaw rin as a voice actor, Ano man na yan, eh. ‘Uy, I can do it. Kasama yan sa mga ano ko, kaya kong gawin, diba?’ So makakakuha ka ng iba’t ibang projects. So safe na yung four yan.”
Bringing Characters to Life with Specificity
Erwin: “Tapos di ba, coach Rey? Di ba kaya mo rin yung like for example, matanda. Tapos meron pang iba’t ibang klaseng matanda?”
Ryan: “Exactly. Yun pa yan. Actually, sa mga susunod natin pag-uusapan natin yan, yung iba’t ibang klase ng character din. Ah, same voice no pag matanda, matanda. Tapos ibat ibang character, matandang mayaman, matandang mahirap, matandang uugod-uugod, matandang medyo soldier ang datingan, di ba?”
Considering the Character’s Background
Ryan: “Kasi minsan, pag sinabi ng director, ‘bigyan mo ako matanda’, pwede mo ng tanong ‘Direk, ano po ba ang background nitong matandang to? Mayaman po ba siya? Mahirap po ba siya?’ Di ba? Para ikaw precise ka doon sa dina-dub mo, di ba? Kasi for example, yung matanda mo, eh nasa mansyon, tapos ginamit po eh parang may punto pa yung matanda mo, eh di ba? So parang hindi bagay, di ba?”
The Importance of Character Analysis
Ryan: “Ginamitan mo ng parang pang probinsya, ang nilagay mo pa ng punto. O, anong nangyari dun sa role nung din-dub mo sa character analysis? So importante, ia-analyze mo yung character. Alam niyo yun, yung sinasabi ko na hindi ka lang nagbo-boses. Ang dami mong kailangang i-consider, dami mong dapat aralin, dami mong…
Pero yun na yung actually, yung mga sinasabi ko sa inyo, yun yung pinaka-basic na nung nag-start ako, ginagawa ko na siyang practice talaga.”
Final Advice for Aspiring Voice Actors
Ryan: “So kayo ngayon, yung mga advice ko sa inyo, you really have to look at the background nung dina-dub mo, yan lang.”
Luis: “Very important yon.”
Erwin: “Oo, very important. Dapat ano, prepared tayo Luis. No, as in nag-re-research pa nga tayo kung sino yung character para lang…”
Luis: “Di pwedeng basta lang diretso, kailangan so…”
How Many Voices Do You Need as “Baon”?
Luis: “Oh, there it is. Here’s a question from Joko: How many voices do you need as ‘provisions’? So earlier, ‘provisions’ referred to food. Now, how many voices are ‘provisions’?”
Ryan: “For me, four is safe. Four, like skyflakes, you really need four.”
The Benefits of Having Multiple Voices
Ryan: “Because that’s how it is. Because, you know, you’re more likely to book many projects when they know your arsenal. You have many ‘provisions’, do you understand? For example, I’m a director. I would pick that up, for example, Joko. ‘Ah, this one’s flexible. It has its main voice and when there are side characters that pop up.'”
Delivering Different Characters with Four Voices
Ryan: “Could I assign this to an old person, a child, and another character? So at least four are safe. But your director, they won’t really push you to the limit, sometimes just four. So it’s just better that you can do a lot. And also for you as a voice actor, whatever it is, eh. ‘Hey, I can do it. It’s part of what I can do, right?’ So you can get different projects. So four is safe.”
Bringing Characters to Life with Specificity
Erwin: “Then coach Rey, right? Can’t you also do, for example, an old person? Then there are other types of old people?”
Ryan: “Exactly. That’s also there. Actually, we’ll discuss that in our next meetings, the different types of characters. Ah, same voice for an old person, old person. Then different characters, rich old person, poor old person, frail old person, somewhat soldier-like old person, right?”
Considering the Character’s Background
Ryan: “Because sometimes, when the director says, ‘give me an old person’, you could ask ‘Director, what’s the background of this old person? Is he rich? Is he poor?’ Right? So that you can be precise in your dubbing, right? Because for example, your old person is in a mansion, then it was used like your old person still has a point, right? So it seems out of place, right?”
The Importance of Character Analysis
Ryan: “You used a rural accent, then you even put a point. Oh, what happened to the role when you did character analysis? So it’s important, analyze the character. Do you know that, what I’m saying that you’re not just doing voices. You have a lot to consider, a lot to study, a lot…
But that’s actually it, what I’m telling you, that’s the very basic when I started, I really practiced it.”
Final Advice for Aspiring Voice Actors
Ryan: “So for you now, my advice to you, you really have to look at the background of what you’re dubbing, just that.”
Luis: “That’s very important.”
Erwin: “Yes, very important. We should be prepared Luis. No, we’re even researching who the character is just…”
Luis: “You can’t just go straight, you need to so…”