All you need to know to make your films hit the right note! Visuals are so important in animation, but if things don’t sound right it can ruin a film. In this panel we will explore dubbing, mixing, directing and everything needed to make your work sing. Our panel of experts are on hand to listen to your questions and offer their animated answers.

Guests

Dave Peacock has been voice directing and casting professionally for almost 20 years. Working across all sectors but specialising in animation, he has become one of the most in demand voice directors in the UK having directed over 70 TV series and a dozen features.

Hannah Fairclough has over 20 years of audio experience for TV and film, across mixing, sound design, voice recording, ADR, foley, dialogue editing and voice directing. She has worked on an array of successful animation series, such as Dog Loves Book, Tinpo, Dinopaws, Simon, Cloudbabies and Tree Fu Tom. She has also worked on multiple documentaries and acclaimed drama series, including Dispatches, Panorama, Fool Me Once, Brassic and Passenger.

After graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University, Tim Harper’s career in animation started as a director of photography for Cosgrove Hall. He has worked on series for Disney, BBC, Channel 5, as well as directing the highly acclaimed Peter Kay’s Animated All Star Band for the BBC Children in Need appeal. Most recently Tim has just completed the feature film Ozi: Voice of the Forest, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Medavoy (Shutter Island, Black Swan) and Keith Chapman (creator of Paw Patrol, creator of Bob the Builder), scheduled for international theatrical release in Summer 2024.

Tuesday 12 Nov 2024 – 10:20  |  International Anthony Burgess Foundation  |  Runtime: 90 mins (approx.)