How to Develop Your Voice to Fit a Character - Travis Willingham & Laura Bailey Q&A Panel #SacAnime
6Travis Willingham & Laura Bailey Sac-Anime Summer 2016 QnA Panel
At Sac-Anime Summer 2016, Travis Willingham and Laura Bailey answer a fan question on how do you develop your voice to fit with a character's voice. It requires for you to know about which character you are auditioning for and lot of practice.
Travis Willingham (Twitter @WillingBlam) has amassed over 200 roles in video games and original animation projects. Since 2012, Travis has provided the voice of THOR in Marvel's hit original series' Ultimate Spider-Man, Avenger's Assemble, HULK, and the Agents of SMASH, and the new animated series guardians of the galaxy on Disney XD. Other Marvel roles include the Hulk and human torch in the superhero squad show. You can also hear his singing voice as King Rolan II in Disney Jr's series Sofia the First. Travis is also the voice of a knuckles the echidna in Sega's Sonic boom on cartoon network. Other shows include regular show, Fishhooks, the legend of Korra, and Phineas and Ferb.
From superpowered vigilante too bubbly teen pop star to ice wielding wizard, Laura Bailey has brought to life a plethora of fan favorite characters. Laura got her start at a young age on the smash hit, DragonBall Z as Trunks, the little boy with a big attitude. She has since gone on to become one of the most prolific voice actresses in the industry today having worked on over 400 titles in video games, cartoons and anime.
Her notable roles include Maka Albarn in Soul Eater, Kid Trunks in Dragon Ball Z, Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist, and Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara in Crayon Shin-Chan, the last of which she also served as the line producer. In video games, she is notable for the voices of Rayne in the BloodRayne series, Chun-Li in the newer titles of the Street Fighter series, Rise Kujikawa in the Persona 4 series, Blaze the Cat in Sonic the Hedgehog series, Lucina in Fire Emblem Awakening, Serah Farron in the Final Fantasy XIII series, Serana in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dawnguard, Olympia Vale in Halo 5: Guardians, Jaina Proudmoore in World of Warcraft, Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and Fiona in Tales from the Borderlands.
Sac-Anime located at the Sacramento Convention Center in California typically features an animated music video contest, art contests, artists alley, card-game tournaments, console gaming, cosplay chess, costume contests, dealers room, fashion show, karaoke, maid cafe, masquerade, music performances, panels, Q&A sessions, rave, swap meet, video games, and workshops.
The 2016 special guests include Laura Bailey, Dante Basco, Steven Blum, Nakia Burrise, John DiMaggio, Courtnee Draper, Blake Anthony Foster, Linda Larkin, Wendee Lee, Toshio Maeda, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Liam O'Brien, Brina Palencia, Sam Riegel, Hilary Shepard, Roger Craig Smith, Catherine Sutherland, J. Michael Tatum, Roger Velasco, Selwyn Jaydon Ward, and Travis Willingham.