Biggest Challenges Faced By a Voice Over Director at Talkback Casting and Directing
Amanda's biggest challenge as a Voice Over Director is time management due to the increased complexity of modern video game dialogue; the shift from "line books of battle chatter" to "stories like you wouldn't believe" requires significantly more time to create a "cohesive package."
Time Management, Project Management, Communication, Overcoming Challenges, Industry Realities
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Amanda Wyatt
Voice Over Director
Talkback Casting & Directing
Orange Coast College AA degree
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Video Highlights
1. Time management is a significant challenge due to the increasing amount of dialogue in modern games compared to simpler dialogue in older games.
2. Modern games demand more time and effort to ensure a cohesive final product, similar to filmmaking.
3. The sheer volume of dialogue and the need for a cohesive narrative create time constraints and present a significant challenge for Voice Over Directors.
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What is your biggest challenge in your current role?
Time management. There is not enough time in the day to juggle everything. I would say it's time management.
We've got a lot of pressures on us to record an insane amount of dialogue, depending on the game. It's hard to get it all done.
Back in the day, games used to be what we call line books of battle chatter. Things like, "Grenade down. He's at my 12 o'clock. He's on my sixth." Very simple dialogue.
Now, they're stories like you wouldn't believe. It takes a lot more time and effort to put them together, understand them, and make them one cohesive package, like a film. So that takes time.
I just don't think there's enough time in the day to create it. That is the most challenging part.
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