You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 119.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

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In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games and beyond.

And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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Welcome to the third and final part of my interview with the multi-talented America Young.

In parts one and two of this interview, America shared with us her experiences working in almost every aspect of performing.

She's worked on camera, as a voice actor, as a stunt performer, and most importantly for our conversation, as a motion

capture actress in video games. We're very fortunate to have America talk with us about what it

takes to succeed in the developing world of motion capture. In the last episode, America helped

to find for us what motion capture is,

and how it differs from the more recently coined term, performance capture.

She also explained how her experience as an on-camera actor and stunt performer

informs her motion capture work.

In addition, we discussed some of the most common practices in the world of motion capture.

As we wrap up our time together, America explains how she creates a character physically

when she has very little information to work with.

This is a common occurrence in video games, where actors are rarely given an entire script

from beginning to end to study

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