A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
by Angie Quidim
This year Blizzcon featured a new feature for fans wanting to take part in the game.
If you recall the wonderous cinematics that Blizzard painstakingly put together, each scene is a work of art. Now, fans can be a part of the process by lending their voices. At this year’s Blizzcon, Blizzard had the voice over booth. A script was provided with 4 characters: Garrosh Hellscream,Thrall, Jana Proudmoore, and Varian. The precarious team of 4 had a chance to do a dry run. The group was then led into another room with 4 mics set up and a screen and you spoke your lines when prompted on the screen (ALA karaoke style). A few of our TME writers lent their voices…. even I gave it a shot.
This first take is TME writers Sean as Thrall and Garrosh and David as Varian
This second take is Sean as Varian and David as Jana Proudmoore
Talking futher with the Blizzard techs, next time attendees will be given more scene choices. The techs were amazed at some of the improv ability of some of the attendees. They even played demos of some of the day’s recordings on outside monitors. Kudos Blizzard for being innovative with your programming.
TME covers Blizzcon 2011 