As Vietti explains it, a great deal of time is put into the crafting of the show's scripts by both executive producer Greg Weisman and himself, but it's when the actors hit the recording studios that those scripts truly come to life.
"Or at least we HEAR the stories come to life. We SEE a story come to life 5 or 6 weeks AFTER the recording in the form of a complete storyboard which gives us the truest sense of how the story will play out after animation," he says. "Nevertheless it's quite a kick to hear a story come alive after spending so much time imagining it in our heads. It's often surprising to hear how an actor interprets dialog that you might have imagined being said in a very specific way. Sometimes these interpretations are for the better and sometimes not. Either way, the spontaneity of working with actors makes the recording sessions an exciting place to be. As does the fact that we have to record a show in under 5 hours. Believe me, 5 hours blazes by FAST so everyone has to be focused and on their game."
He credits voice director Jamie Thomason for helping to guie the actors throught the material in terms of emotions. "He has to be super familiar with each character and every story as well as the acting process so that he can properly provide direction to the actors to help them achieve their best possible performance in the shortest number of takes (remember, we record on a deadline)," Vietti explains. "Speedy delivery of clear and concise performance notes is also important to help keep an actor enthused and 'in the moment'. Think about it- if you spend too long repeating any task or if you have to listen to someone drone on for too long about how to do your job better, your enthusiasm for that job is probably going to decline quickly. Jamie has to keep this kind of thing from happening."
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