February 13, 2008
I am trying to write this post using my iPhone after a couple of crazy days on the road
I got in to Vancouver on Sunday night (10 February) and went down to Studio B first thing Monday morning. It was great to go meet the people who have been doing such a great job working with the crew in Saskatoon to visualize the show. In this modern world you can do a lot with email, FTP, and an iPhone but nothing beats a handshake and a look in the eye.
After Studio B, I went over to Voicebox to meet Lana and Terry to go over voice casting for Side Show Christmas. Wow there is a ton of talent out in Vancouver. It was truly great to start hearing the voices come together. A lot of the voices were very much what I was hoping for but also, some really wonderful surprises.
The big thing we were shooting for was to find actors with range and depth to their voices who can give the animators some real meat to build the performances on. At the same time we need depth and texture to the voices as a cast so that each character can stand out in their own way from the other characters in the cast.
Next step is to see how Teletoon feels about the casting choices we present to them.
We record on the 14th of March. I can’t wait.