Chapter 218 - Voiceover Demo (2/2)

As a student in animation, Meng Fan, of course, knew the influence preschool animations had on the market. In terms of economic benefits for animation, they were much more profitable than teen animations and even adult animations. The peripherals alone weren’t even comparable to other age groups.

Of course, this didn’t really affect Meng Fan. To him, as long as it was a role, he was willing to dub it.

One, he really loved the process. Two, he wanted to complete his task.

“Okay, then I’ll explain this film and help you dissect the roles you’re going to play.”

“This “Forest exploration” is an animation that personifies animals and plants. It mainly tells the story of a group of small animals exploring the forest. The core of the film is about family and friendship and encouraging children to experience life. The other core we can take from the film is teaching children about the forest, including educating them on some common knowledge regarding several animals and plants.”

“The main roles for this animation include…”

“There are a few roles you have to demo for. Although none of them are lead characters, they are still very important. There are five: Grandpa Pine, Professor Duck, Uncle Elephant, Uncle Crocodile, and Principal Tortoise. There are still some more suitable characters in the follow up that don’t currently require a demo sample. You only need to record demos for these five important supporting roles.”

“Grandpa Pine’s specialities are…”

After analyzing all five roles, he instructed Meng Fan to look over the script. The story was simple. Every episode was a short story, and each episode was very short; about 5-6 minutes.

Five or six minutes was just right for a preschooler’s attention span, as many preschool animations were this length.

“Then let’s go ahead?”

“No problem.”

Meng Fan once again entered the recording room in a happy mood.

The first demo was of Grandpa Pine. Meng Fan looked for his tone. Grandpa Pine had an elderly temper, and loved to shake his body to rustle leaves and prank others—Meng Fan couldn’t understand as for how he could sustain losing so many leaves—and although he was an old jester, he was very wise. Many characters will go to him for advice when they were upset.

He passed in two tries.

The second role was Professor Duck. This was the most important role out of all five characters, and a character that appeared every second episode. Since it was a duck, Meng fan tried to flatten his voice. But Charlie didn’t agree, telling him he didn’t have to force an adult’s impression of a duck. This dub was meant for children, so a teacher’s voice had to be warm, and must have had a touch of certainty to convince the children.

This was the original role Charlie had prepared for Meng fan.

This time, it took four tries before they could continue.

Since this was an important role, its voice demo was a key player in securing this commission.

The three remaining demos all passed with flying colors in two or three tries.

Looking at the time, only 40 minutes had gone by! Most of the time had been spent understanding this animation and the characters. How efficient!

Charlie thought for a moment, then spoke, “Why don’t you try narrating?”

Originally, the narrations were supposed to be completed by Charlie himself, and he’d already prepared a demo as well. But thinking about it, Meng Fan felt more suitable, and they had the extra time, too.