Animated Bloopers

I've decided to dedicate my first post to something I love but don't entirely understand. In my internet travels, I've come across bloopers for things I watched as a kid; things like The Lion King, Toy Story, and Monster's Inc along with many others have bloopers on YouTube. I understand that some of the bloopers come from the voice actors messing up their lines while rolling, or accidentally making other strange noises during a take. But, there are some things that I have to question, like are some of these thing just funny things the animators just envisioned? I love that it is something that we have, even though it is kind of confusing, because bloopers are just fun. Anyway, here are a few that I love to watch anyway.

Voice Acting With Spongebob

One of the things we never really talked about in this class is what goes behind the scenes in animation (acting wise). It's understandable, since this isn't an audio class or acting class. However, it is interesting to see how the actors become immersed into their roles when they are never even seen on screen. Many voice actors really get into the role during the recording, such as making extreme facial and physical gestures in order to really get the feel of the characters.

Here is a short clip of how some of the actors for Spongebob preparing to get into their roles. Pretty cool!