Summary: <br> <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/vamfieldreport/29_VAMFR_029___Interview_with_Erica_Mendez_Part_3.mp3">VAMFR 029 | Interview with Erica Mendez, Part 3</a><br> Welcome to episode 29 of the Voice Acting Mastery: Field Report podcast!<br> You can listen to the podcast using the player above, or download the mp3 using the link at the bottom of this blog post. The podcast is also available via the iTunes Store online. Just follow this link to view the podcast in iTunes:<br> <a href="http://www.vamfieldreport.com/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.vamfieldreport.com/podcast</a><br> This episode is the third and final part of <a href="https://www.tombauervoice.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Bauer’s</a> interview with his friend and voice over actor, <a href="http://ericamendezvoice.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Erica Mendez</a>.<br> You might recognize Erica from her voice acting work in anime, where she’s played the voice of Gon Freecs in the 2011 anime series adaptation of Hunter X Hunter, Sailor Uranus in the Viz Media English dub of Sailor Moon and Ryuko Matoi in the popular Kill la Kill anime television series. In addition to her many voice acting accomplishments, Erica has also worked as an ADR script writer for the Netflix original anime series, Fate/Apocrypha.<br> In the <a href="http://www.voiceactingmastery.com/vamfr-028-interview-with-erica-mendez-part-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previous episode</a>, Tom and Erica talked about some of the challenges Erica faced while pursuing her career as a voice actor, including her struggles with being overly self-critical and how she’s learned to overcome this common stumbling block. She also shared her insights into what it takes to stay competitive in voice over, as well as some of the acting techniques she’s acquired while taking classes and how she implements what she’s learned in the booth.<br> In this episode, Tom and Erica wrap things up by discussing Pre-lay recording. Voice over for anime is most often recorded one actor at a time, alone in a booth long after the original animation has been completed. However, in American animation, the actors are recorded first and the animators animate the characters to fit those vocal performances. This is called pre-lay since the audio recording is made before the animation is produced. When recording for pre-lay animation, you are often reading with other actors together in the same room. This can be very different from recording all by yourself in an anime dubbing session, so Tom is eager to share Erica’s insights about the process.<br> The VAM Field Report will be released on the 1st Wednesday of every month so stay on the look out for it!<br> <a class="map_excuded" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/vamfieldreport/29_VAMFR_029___Interview_with_Erica_Mendez_Part_3.mp3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Download VAM Field Report Episode #29 Here</a> (MP3)<br> <br>
