Chapter 217 - Shaping Characters Vocally

Chapter 217: Shaping Characters Vocally
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Ding! You’ve triggered an achievement task [Studio Bug].


The task requires you to dub 100 roles, and spend 10,000 minutes inside a recording studio.


Upon completion, you will receive achievement title [Studio Bug] (dubbing skill +5, voice appeal +3)

The task was divided into three phases.
Task phase 1: Requires dubbing of 10 roles; reward: dubbing skill +1.
Task phase 2: Requires dubbing of 50 roles; reward: dubbing skill +1.
Task phase 3: Requires dubbing of 100 roles; reward: dubbing skill +1.
A dubbing mission!
Meng Fan had been waiting for this task. However, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t trigger it. He was even beginning to question the muddled chicken soup in his mind telling him to try, persist, and achieve a beautiful life
.
He already tried so hard, how else could he achieve it?!
He didn’t get what he wanted, but of course, he had immediately triggered what he didn’t want.
Now he understood. It didn’t matter how much he dubbed in his spare time, it had to be official to count.
Thinking about the time of the task, he must have triggered it after his dubbing clip was approved by director Charlie. In other words, the system judged that his voice dub could become the official dubbing of the character or even the original dubbing?
Official dub, Original dub?
Regardless, Meng Fan felt these were the only two options.
Meng Fan already knew the title [Studio Bug] was a nickname for a voice actor related achievement. This was because they often spent long durations in the studio, hence where the name came from.
The rewards were not bad though. There were +8 voice acting skills and +3 vocal appeal.
Although the three task phases did not include much-added attributes, it was still acceptable.
Meng Fan felt that as long as he remains open-minded, doesn’t request any lead characters, and takes any role available, the 100 roles required for the task shouldn’t be too difficult.
10,000 minutes?
This request scared Meng Fan a little.
The three task phases didn’t have a time requirement, so it meant that he had to meet this separately outside of the three tasks in order to gain the title.
Why was he scared? Because Meng Fan sucked at math!
He was immediately put off upon seeing the number 10,000. He immediately used the live stream assistant to calculate it. The result was okay. 10,000 minutes equaled to less than 167 hours. As long as he sucked it up and closed himself in the studio for 10 hours a day, he could finish the task in half a month.
This task wasn’t too hard.
Of course, this all depended on if he could actually acquire any roles or not.

This is done, let’s do the next line.

Seeing Meng Fan’s stunned expression, Charlie pushed the button and spoke to Meng Fan from outside the studio.
Since the requirement for sound quality was high, no outside sound was allowed inside the room. Hence, the studio was very secure and soundproof, and even though modern recording studios have high-tech temperature control functions, it was still very hot and stuffy inside.
Shortly after entering, Meng Fan was covered in sweat.
Hence, 10,000 minutes was not a low number either.
But Meng Fan had a way to deal with it!
He raised his hands to gesture, then went to the bathroom. When he returned, he was already wearing his tracksuit. The studio’s temperature adjustment system was average at best to accommodate the soundproofing and was no match for the temperate control functions of his tracksuit.
He felt so much cooler!
This video game character had a dozen or so more lines, which all went along the procedure of Meng Fan dubbing it once, Charlie correcting him once and then officially recording it once. When it got to the last few sentences, he was approved without even being tested.
Their efficiency was outstanding, and so was the result.
Charlie was very pleased that he had found a diamond in the rough, for Meng Fan was much better than what he had expected.
The staff with the beard in charge of assisting was dumbfounded. He’s so good at recording too!
There was another video game character as well. Meng Fan analyzed the character’s background, then listened to Charlie’s introduction, and very quickly figured out the character’s uniqueness.

I think the tone should have more warmth, it will sound better that way.


Alright, you try it.

To be honest, dubbing directors usually didn’t like it when the voice actors included too much of their own thoughts. Unless you were strong enough to make the director think you were a person worthy of input.
Was Meng Fan such a person?
Evidently not.
But Charlie still listened to Meng Fan’s suggestion happily too.
Did he think Meng Fan really had the ability? Of course not. The most important thing here was Meng fan’s voice appeal. It made it easier for Meng Fan to persuade others, and his skills were also convincing.

Are you looking for me?


Feng Shan? That’s where my dreams shattered.


Hunter, you should stop here.


Don’t be like this.


Blood makes one crazy.

This role similarly only had ten or so lines, and it took Meng Fan less than 20 minutes to finish dubbing it. His efficiency was at an all-time high.
The voices of these roles are very similar, but Meng Fan’s interpretation of their voices outlined the distinct characteristics of both of these roles, highlighting their specialties.
Voice shaping ability!
This was the most important trait of a voice actor.
Although Meng Fan has only dubbed two roles, he has already proven to Charlie his potential.
And what shocked charlie the most was the fact that Meng Fan had no experience! But he had demonstrated his consistency in the recordings just now. The word ‘genius’ wasn’t enough to describe this!

Meng Fan, take a break.

Charlie waved his hand and told him to leave the studio.
‘What could be so important that he couldn’t say it through the glass? I’m still trying to meet my hours.’ Meng Fan thought.
After leaving, Charlie didn’t bring out the suitable roles for Meng Fan but went off to prepare another thorough analysis of Meng Fan. Evidently, from Charlie’s perspective, he didn’t know enough about Meng Fan through his voice clips, streams, and singing.
He was curious about what kind of tolerance Meng Fan had.
It was simple. He dug out some scripts for familiar roles and classic lines and told Meng Fan to try them out. This was to test Meng Fan’s voice shaping abilities and uncover Meng Fan’s range of characters.
After this test, Charlie was thoroughly confused.
It seems, he was suitable for all male roles!
He could tell Meng Fan’s dubbing skills were average, but he was excellent at controlling his voice.
The classic fragments of these roles couldn’t just be imitated, but it’s a skill if he can imitate all of them!
Charlie knew this as well. Meng Fan wasn’t intentionally imitating the original sound, but more so imitating the emotional expression. This was a powerful trait!
If everything was reliant on imitation, you could only host an imitation show; you can’t become a voice actor.
What was a voice actor? Using your voice to shape the character, and express emotions through your voice!
Meng Fan knew what Charlie was doing and immediately struck the iron.
Director, I’m very passionate about dubbing. If you think any roles are suitable for me, please let me know. Regardless if it’s a big role or not, even if it’s just two lines. I really enjoy the process of shaping a role through my voice.

As he spoke, someone knocked on the door. An employee had brought some people in search of Charlie.