Tara Platt

"You could say that doing a certain voice requires different mic technique, but really at the end of the day it is all still acting. Whether I’m doing a VG or an animated series/movie I still have to do my work as an actor in the same way: looking at the script, asking questions, making choices. When I record a VG though often I might be running down hundreds of lines/loops in an hour, so I’m simply reading each line a few different ways and moving on at a pretty fast pace, and usually by myself in the booth. With animation, it might be original, where it will be animated afterwards, then I will get to read off the other actors in the room, which is always a treat. With dubbed animation (most of the anime) I will once again be alone, but having to work technically matching mouth flap for timing so my performance matches the movement of the already animated mouth of the character."

"It’s exciting that (voice acting is) becoming a career unto itself, people are “voice actors.” I don’t call myself just a voice actor because I’m so passionate about the on camera stuff, our web series, film and television. I’m not what would be just considered a voice actor."