Matching Faces and Voices

Ever think how directors choose people for animated films? How Eddie  Murphy was the perfect donkey in Shrek, or John Travolta as Bolt in the movie. Lots of thinking goes into the planning of actors/actresses into characters. We think about how their character relates to the character, the kind of voice, and people who have the capability to become the character. Actors/actresses are then brought in to record, and in recordings, they record alone to avoid imitation. An interesting concept taken from this is people think people like John Travolta look like Bolt from the movie, but the appearance and wardrobe were designed and decided before the voice. The animators do not see a correlation between Travolta’s looks and Bolt’s, but the audience who saw the voice and appearance together saw the relationship.