Voice Over Studios

Voice-over studios,

Voice Over Studios are the place where the work to be vocalized under the control of a sound director is produced. The appropriate voices for the dubbing process are selected by the sound director and a rehearsal process is organized in the studio according to the time interval that the work needs to catch up. In this process, the sound director will direct the voice actors according to how he wants the dubbing to be done. Because this director has full responsibility for the work to be dubbed and he will determine the artistic framework.

Another important aspect of the dubbing process in original movies is related to the so-called “enter tape”. There are many voices in a movie or TV series, not just dialogues. Enter tape is the name of the channel where sound and effects other than dialogs are recorded. Dubbing studios make these channels ready for the assembly of the movie after the dubbing process is completed. Especially works that are dubbed in different languages are in international traffic and pass through many hands.

The fact that the voices are recorded on separate channels makes the dubbing process much easier. After the dubbing is performed only on the channels containing the dialogues, together with the other audio channels, the audio part of the dubbed work is completed. During the dubbing, the dubbing artist usually follows the work he is dubbing on a screen and also listens to that work on the headphones. The voice actor, who has the translated text in his/her hand, has to act according to sound and image synchronization. Although these two can be harmonized with subsequent interventions, a good synchronization captured at the moment of vocalization will make things much easier.

The director directs the voice actor during these recordings. An important part of this process is the quality of the technical equipment used for recording. For example, microphone quality is very important for a clean recording of sound. In terms of voice-over and dubbing in Turkey, TRT Ankara Studios is a milestone in the voice-over and dubbing business as it has trained the most important artists and provided the first examples of this field. However, the voice-over, which has become industrialized today, has led to the establishment of many private voice-over studios and has led to very successful works. Many people knock on the door of these agencies to operate in this field.