#015 Voice Acting - David Bateson and Mark Estdale

In todays episode of "devcom podcast" our hosts Lars and Nico speaks to David Bateson and Mark Estdale. Mark is a british sound engineer and voice director and David

is the legendary voice of Agent47 from the Hitman Series. Both give us a deep overview in the voice and sound production for a videogame. With a longtime experience in the business they share some imporant informations for young developers. So listen carefully.

• 00:00:00 Welcome
• 00:00:52 Introduction David Bates
• 00:03:12 Introduction Mark Estdale
• 00:08:35 The perfect way to record lines
• 00:20:55 They Journey as Agent47
• 00:26:39 The impressive amount of dialog in a videogame
• 00:29:05 Did the process of recording changed?
• 00:39:15 A missing dog!
• 00:39:42 Moving wit the process of recording
• 00:44:59 Finding new sounds
• 00:50:04 Difference between voice acting for games or films
• 01:01:13 The appriaction of a game
• 01:04:00 Tips for recording and voice acting
• 01:08:57 Quote Trivia (Put that cookie down!)
• 01:33:58 Goodbye