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Completely Unrelated / Re: FFVIII Fandub

« on: 2017-02-04 07:51:01 »

There are eleven FFVIII "fandubs" that I'm aware of on Youtube that have made serious efforts toward fandubbing the entire game this past decade.  Only two have actually succeeded in getting to Disc 2 (One by a channel called VideogameNostalgia, the other being the aforementioned "FF8Voices") and no one has made it to Disc 3...yet.  But there is one active attempt of the full series running currently.  We've been going since November '16 and we expect to reach FH by year's end if all continues to go swimmingly. Episode VII (Laguna Dream #1) is currently in post and should be out in a couple days.

On a more exciting note, many here might be happy to know that FF8Voices has officially rebooted their series as of 4 days ago with the opening sequence.  I get the impression Rupert Scarr (Squall VA) is spearheading this round as opposed to Amber.

Aside from that there are two other really good fandubs out there that I'd recommend checking out.  One is by the husband-wife couple of Aussieroth and BlackTaintedHeart who met through fandubbing (I lovingly call theirs the "Aussie dub".  Their "Julia" scene was really well done and does a superb job of getting outside the game script).  This one has also been around for awhile (2010ish?) and is technically dead, but there were some honest efforts to try and revive it last year.

The other is a newer, lesser known fandub (but also dead) by a "Hinomiyaguratatomato".  I like to refer to this one as the "Tomato dub".

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2017-01-17 06:51:37 »

Another question that just occurred to me; Will the audio files from the project be swappable via an audio folder?   Like, if someone wanted to painstakingly record and replace the Zell files with their own voice (not sure why they'd want to though; Senorcape is legit), would they be able to do so?

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General Discussion / Re: New FF8 Fandub

« on: 2017-01-07 04:29:45 »

Monthly Bump

Episodes IV & V posted.  VI (Waltz for the Moon+Secret Area) is currently in post-production.

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2016-12-15 19:27:11 »

I'm glad the Dollet transport scenes are ahead in the polls. I hope that wins. We just passed that point in our fandub and I've found it's one of the best scenes on disc 1 to really get a sense of the strength of your voice cast since it features the 4 main cast members with the widest personality ranges (Squall, Zell, Seifer, Quistis) and let's us see the interplay between them with some highly emotive lines.  Squall brooding over Ellone, Zell and Seifer both swinging for the fences with their over the top personalities and Quistis shooting for each pole, both showing her sweet side for Squall and yelling at the other two for being so obnoxious.

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General Discussion / Re: New FF8 Fandub

« on: 2016-12-04 05:27:02 »

Episode III is out.  This one took longer than we expected due to T-Giving and some various issues.  We're pretty proud of this one; it features the first part of the Dollet mission.

Lines for Episode IV are all recorded and is currently in post.  Hopefully it'll be up later this week...for real this time.

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General Discussion / Re: New FF8 Fandub

« on: 2016-11-09 19:10:37 »

I'm admittedly not the director, I voice Seifer and Kiros and do a bit of audio work/QC/promoting.  Our co-directors were having similar difficulty in the beginning finding people who wanted to do it. They had been advertising mainly on Youtube, DeviantArt and their own warm networks and weren't getting much response. I suggested using a fandub casting call website like behindthevoiceactors.com or castingcall.club .  They did, and got a lot more hits.

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General Discussion / Re: New FF8 Fandub

« on: 2016-11-08 07:39:59 »

Episode II posted.  Link in op.

III is underway...hopefully we'll have it uploaded later this week.

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General Discussion / New FF8 Fandub

« on: 2016-11-01 01:14:15 »

Hello all,

I hope you don't mind if I take this opportunity to promote an FF8 fandub project that's finally come to fruition.  We had over 150 auditions submitted and a full cast of roughly 25 strong, 2 directors and 2-3 writers. We're determined to be the first fandub to make it all the way to the end while maintaining a full cast and high quality standards. We invite you to check it out!

DISC 1

Episode I (Intro): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECPL_oRLYmA
Episode II (Fire Cavern): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1BNE91nwbQ
Episode III (Dollet Mission Part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifryzdY5uhA
Episode IV (Dollet Mission Part 2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXYc5qQdDw
Episode V (Battle w/ X-ATM092): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFWVs8RZUes
Episode VI (Waltz for the Moon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThbqjT33Q7Q
Episode VII (Laguna and Julia): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKarmiuHpZA
Episode VIII (Timber Train Mission): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws4jyFd8pFo
Episode IX (Timber TV Station): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFFMXfBA32Y
Episode X (Leaving Timber): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53wMa-GWP2Y
Episode XI (Laguna's Escape): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2q0LDd1lUg
Episode XII (Meeting Irvine): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0iYFKKfjhw
Episode XIII (Tomb of the Unknown King): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5YjoD0m3jw
Episode XIV (Assassinate the Sorceress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e1Y_66pz3w

DISC 2

Episode XV (Winhill): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Dj-onSMXo
Episode XVI (D-District Prison/Squall's Interrogation):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkhMiya8axI
Episode XVII (D-District Prison/Escape): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7_45nC9Kms
Episode XVIII (Galbadian Missile Base): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHTeTBGC2GI
Episode XIX (Chaos at Garden): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdUe58CdRgQ
Episode XX (Battle with NORG): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuYHZzie6ws
Episode XXI (FH): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzH7enwoG5o
Episode XXII (The Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxKgeomKquY
Episode XXIII (Find the Captain): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoX9qN_i7bo
Episode XXIV (Trabia & The Orphanage): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8wZpQqMiDE
Episode XXV (Galbadia Garden & Sorceress Edea): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsQznYLRSY

DISC 3&4

Episode XXVI (The SeeD Ship & Laguna's Movie Career): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4_tQSX4j6o
Episode XXVII (The Road to Esthar): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNMfyHaB08Y
Episode XXVIII (Final Laguna Dream): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz3AJ3SBPnY
Episode XXIX (Esthar & Lunatic Pandora): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYz1Z-yQI-w
Episode XXX (Lunar Base): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DeISR0DbJ4
Episode XXXI (Rescue Rinoa): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU0UOqxCe60
Episode XXXII (At the Flower Field): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpSOgfE8Upc
Episode XXXIII (Meeting President Laguna & Assault on Lunatic Pandora): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2A7gGWX3Oc
Episode XXXIV (Ultimecia's Castle): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MX9GzKPhPI

EDIT: We are now officially partnered with TsunamiX's FF7 Voice mod.  Several VAs will have roles in both projects

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2016-09-12 07:30:24 »

I noticed you updated the main post for the newly casted major roles.  Have you also already cast all minor roles as well (Zone, Watts, Julia, Ellone, Biggs Wedge, etc.)?

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2016-07-26 05:22:35 »

Also, love the sound effects at the end of your latest update, gives more depth to the voice acting and better connects it back to the game we all know and love.

Totally agree...That last demo was amazing with its use of soundstage, acoustic adjustments, sound effects and whatnot.  I've sent in some auditions for this over the past couple months, and I must say that whether I'm selected or not, this is going to be an exciting project to continue to watch unfold, and ultimately play.

TL;DR - After watching some notable fandubs, I'm looking forward to what this project can do from an acting perspective that the original script failed to portray.

But to elaborate on your point, what I've only recently started looking forward to more than anything else is seeing the more natural and modern take on what was originally kind of a flimsy script by the makers.  And even more, getting to see what this batch of quality actors will be able to coax from it.  I've been watching FF8 Voices by Shudo Ranmaru, and there's a scene during the Sorceress Assassination Arc at the end of Disc 1 where Rinoa takes it upon herself to neutralize the sorceress with the Odine Bangle.  This scene up until where Edea kills Deling and Squall saves Rinoa from Edea wasn't a particularly notable scene from what I remember in the game.  But it's supposed to be.  This scene was meant to give us more insight into Rinoa's character...she was supposed to be portrayed as naive and even a bit oversensitive (as are Watts and Zone) and we are supposed to see her attempting to prove and change herself, only to realize that she needs other people.   She can't do it alone.  "I was really, REALLY scared Squall....I couldn't fight alone". Which is then supposed to tie back to Squall and him being "alone" without "Ellone" and other nodes in this overarching theme.

Unfortunately the storyboard focuses too much on Squall in this section, and the translation (and script itself) is weak, and it becomes more about us saving her from her stupidity than it is about learning more about her character.  I remember her coming off as little more than annoying in the scene after she wakes up from Edea's spell....when in reality we're supposed to leave that scene with a better appreciation for her.  This is something I learned from the extraordinary acting that came from Amber's (Shudo's) team.  You hear her determination as she's hoisting herself up the boxes into the presidential palace, you hear the slowly welling fear as she's introducing herself to the sorceress, and you hear the sudden shock of terror when her arm starts moving by itself as she's lifted off the ground.  It's a great series, I recommend checking it out as we wait the long wait for this massive undertaking to slowly materialize. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBF9FFD88DF31A580

And that's what I'm looking forward to....the cast bringing a new level of life out of this game that was stifled by the limits of the poor writing and localization.  And based on the demos/trailers we've seen so far, I think we can expect something magical from this.

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2016-04-20 02:34:15 »

Deadline?

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2015-07-17 05:43:17 »

Watched all 5-6ish hours of your Disc 1 testing on Twitch.  Adrian (your Quistis VA) is freaking amazing!  I've listened to tons of her audition samples while lurking on BTVA, though this is the first project I've seen her talent in performance.

 

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WIP / Re: [In Development] FF8 Voiceover Project

« on: 2014-08-21 00:31:33 »

Started lurking about a month ago when I realized I missed the deadline for the central cast auditions by about 3 weeks.....though after hearing audition samples from the incredible people who were ultimately picked, I realize my chances were a bit slim to begin with .  Now I've finally created an account and would like to use my first post to say that I'm really excited for this project, and hope that I can become involved at some level or another!

Which brings me to my point.  Are you planning on doing another BTVA Casting Call for many of the "minor story roles"?:

IE. Ward, Kiros, Zone, Watts, Xu, Nida, Biggs, Wedge, Garden Faculty, General Caraway, President Deling, Headmaster Martine, Ma Dincht, Raine, Julia, Forest Fox Leader, Mayor Dobe, White SeeD Leader, Piet (Lunar Station), Young Squall (and everyone else from the orphanage).....

......Wow!  It's only after mulling over the script do I realize how many minor roles there actually are just in the main story dialogue...there are more than a dozen other roles that I didn't even name that have at least 5 lines of dialogue.  A lot of people are going to have something to do, I'm optimistic!

But yeah.....any idea on when that might be? Weeks, months?  Should I maybe send in a demo reel now?