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How does Capcom find and hire voice actors(other than by their previous works) and what qualifications do they look for. I was wondering because of inspiration from Rueben Langdon and Liam O'brien in DMC 4 to do voice acting, and how professional companies hire them.

1) Capcom doesn't do their own voice work, they use another company to do it. 2) Most voice actors are part of a union (similar to SAG - Screen Actors Guild) and live near a studio that does voice over work.

Quote: You'll find that most voice actors actually do all that (anime, cartoons, movies, adverts, tv, etc.). Because the profession doesn't pay that well that they stick to just any of them specifically. Yeah I know but there are different unions to the point where actors have to use different names, like for a good while Steve Blum used various ...

voice actors are a large part, the unsung heroes of the video game industry except maybe david hayter and kris zimmerman..... gotta respect the work they do though

Quote: voice actors are a large part, the unsung heroes of the video game industry except maybe david hayter and kris zimmerman..... gotta respect the work they do though There's alot of crossover in Video Games and Anime when it comes to voice actors, thus you have people that are famous for both like Steve Blum and Cam Clarke, but there are ...

I'd love to know what degree of control Capcom is able to exert over the process. Like, someone bringing in a recording of Mega Man 8, and them saying "ok, that's funny, now where's the real recording?" Or if they can even have them do it again. I've heard of plenty of clients being able to ask for things to be different or having input in the process, and I'm just wondering if that's a ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Dain6foot8 How does Capcom find and hire voice actors(other than by their previous works) and what qualifications do they look for. I was wondering because of inspiration from Rueben Langdon and Liam O'brien in DMC 4 to do voice acting, and how professional companies hire them. While ...

Quote: having been slightly involved in some recent voice acting sessions for one of our games, Street Fighter IV?

Quote: I'd love to know what degree of control Capcom is able to exert over the process. Like, someone bringing in a recording of Mega Man 8, and them saying "ok, that's funny, now where's the real recording?" Or if they can even have them do it again. I've heard of plenty of clients being able to ask for things to be different or having input in the process, and I'm...

Hmm.... I have been interested in voice acting, too. I've been able to do impression since I was a little kid. So I've got a really nice range of stuff I can do. I've wondered how I could get into that... but since I'm trying to get into the movie making business with writing, directing etc, I figured I could do voice work on the side.