Welcome to the our final team interview! In the past 2 weeks, we talked to the animation/VFX and sound teams. Today will feature, last but not least, our voice acting cast! For this we will be talking to our voice actresses Marie and Pip, as well as our voice actor Alex.
Interview #1: Pip
Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
I’m a Dutch VA for Affect3D and I go by Pip. The rest is best left a little bit mysterious.
Is Bloodlust Cerene your first big project, or do you have prior voice acting experience?
I started out by making NSFW audios on Reddit. It was there I got scouted by Miro and I’ve worked on several projects since, such as voicing Sayako in G4E DLC.
With all the events going on this month (teaser, concept art etc) all our readers probably already know about the characters and perhaps even who is voicing them. But could you perhaps still give a short introduction about the character you are voicing?
I’m voicing the Duchess who is Tristan’s lover. She’s in quite the precarious position in the story, obviously very worried about the prince and would prefer to keep him safe with her, far away from any danger. Luckily for us, things can get quite heated when you’re not sure if it’s the last time you’ll see your lover.
How was it to voice this specific character? Was it difficult to get into the role?
Well, our personalities aren’t very alike. But caring deeply for someone and not wanting anything to happen to them is a universal thing. Just like attraction. So I hope I did OK. It’s hard to not to slip bits of your own personality in, sometimes. You’ll say something just a bit more coyly or jokingly when the character might be very serious. Generally I’ve voiced playful women, which fits me well. With the Duchess the fun was in balancing the playfulness with an air of sophistication.
Generally speaking, could you tell us a little bit about the process that goes into voice acting? Any special preparations you need to make, how does the recording go etc?
Nothing special happens in my process. I just sit down, review the material, get in the headspace and press record. Makes it sound rather dull, really. A fun detail might be my practice method, which consists of me saying all sorts of dirty things in different voices and intonations, while I’m biking. It’s pretty entertaining if a bit risky.
How was your experience working on the Bloodlust Cerene project?
Exciting! Seeing how much the team has improved, watching updates of the characters as they evolve and how much love goes into every detail has made me confident I can be proud to be a part of it.
Interview #2: Marie
If you’d like, please tell us a little bit about yourself.
My name is Marie Fasolt. I’m a freelance writer and amateur voice actress, and I also recently joined the Affect3D staff to help out with social media, analytics, and site content creation. Outside of my creative work, there’s not much to say about me, as I live a pretty mundane life. My writing is probably the best way to acquaint yourself with me (if you’re inclined) so you can find that here at Affect3D.com, or at my personal blog, GeekySexBlog.com.
Is Bloodlust Cerene your first big project, or did you do a lot of voice acting before? (Can be other collaborations with Affect3D, but can also be with other companies/projects)
Bloodlust Cerene is the largest voice acting project I’ve worked on, but not my first. I’ve been working with Miro and Affect3D as a voice actress since Ayako: Sex Addiction. Miro essentially “discovered me,” offering me the gig after he heard me speak in a YouTube video I produced with Destiny, a famous StarCraft streamer. Since then I’ve voiced Tara (as well as some of the moaning and SFX sounds for Sayako), Neva from Virtual Lust’s Neva mobile game, and Velna in Amusteven’s Velna 3.
With all the events going on this month (teaser, concept art etc) all our readers probably already know about the characters and perhaps even who is voicing them. But could you perhaps still give a short introduction about the character you are voicing?
I play both the narrator and the story’s main antagonist, Cerene. There’s not much to be said about the narrator, but Cerene… Well, technically, we don’t know a lot about her either. Her actions are largely what set the story in motion, but her motivations are a complete mystery. We know that she’s old and powerful, but we don’t know to what extent. I can tell you, however, that she’s definitely sexy, but you’ll see for yourself when you watch Bloodlust Cerene.
How was it to voice this specific character? Was it difficult to get into the role?
Cerene was a unique and challenging role for me. Because she’s a villain, the role required a wider range of expression than I’m accustomed to in adult voice work. Typically I only need to be sexy, charming, sweet, sometimes funny, and that’s about it. Cerene is charming and sexy, but she’s a dominant character who can be very aggressive and condescending at times. That’s a huge departure from the roles I’ve played before, as well as my own personality. I think of myself as being more submissive so Cerene was not a character I initially thought I’d be able to do. Miro asked me to read for her, however, and I surprised myself quite a bit.
Generally speaking, could you tell us a little bit about the process that goes into voice acting? Any special preparations you need to make, how does the recording go etc?
Before any given recording session, I’ll sit down and review the script and scenes to be performed. With spoken lines, I’ll just make notes on the script and review any audio references given by the director or screenwriter. For sex scenes, I’ll watch the scenes several times over, make notes, listen to references, and then review my previous work. The reason for reviewing my old work is because I’m always aiming to build off what was successful before, and having a benchmark fresh in my mind is very helpful.
Developing my skill as an adult voice actress has been a gradual process since I didn’t have any acting experience prior to meeting Miro. When I recorded the very first takes for Ayako: Sex Addiction my approach was to just record myself masturbating, but that didn’t end up working too well. Miro and I agreed the realistic approach didn’t match with the rich, visual fantasy of 3DX, so we just kept pushing the levels and the intensity until we arrived at where we are now. The sounds you hear me make are still based in my reality, they’re just a lot more forthcoming and frequent than what you’d hear from me in a typical sexual encounter. What you hear ends up being a bit like a Marie highlight reel, capturing the best and most interesting sounds I make during sex.
And while I don’t typically masturbate during recording sessions anymore (though I did for Neva’s orgasm in Neva) I usually do need to take a break after about an hour of recording… Just because it’s hard to be in that mindset for so long without getting overwhelmingly aroused and distracted.
How was your experience working on the Bloodlust project?
Great! I’m looking forward to doing more with Cerene in future installments. I really wanted to see what her and the Duchess get up to, both together and with Tristan.
Interview #3: Alex
If you’d like, please tell us a little bit about yourself.
I’m a 25-year-old guy in the US, no vampires in real life, though I have dated a few. I spend most of my time in video production, doing voice over or filming and editing. I played football until college, I still go to the gym everyday. People ask me for fitness tips, they want to know how I find the inspiration. I don’t really, I hate it, I only do it to negate my desperate addiction to cheesecake and milkshakes. I’m also the editor for bloodlust as well, yes that is a weird skillset I know but what can you do.
Is Bloodlust Cerene your first big project, or do you have previous voice acting experience?
No other roles. Prince Tristan is the role I was born for. After hundreds of thousands of dollars in Shakespearean theater and voice training, I have finally reached my ultimate form. Actually, most of the voice work I do is for things like training videos, disclaimers, kickstarters and cheese commercials. Bloodlust is miles above the other work I do as far as raw sexuality and stimulation, second only to the cheese commercials.
With all the events going on this month (teaser, concept art etc) all our readers probably already know about the characters and perhaps even who is voicing them. But could you perhaps still give a short introduction about the character you are voicing?
Prince Tristan is really just your normal guy. He puts his pants on in the morning, eats breakfast, then goes between fucking a Duchess at 10am and a Vampire Queen until sunrise. I’m more concerned about Tristan’s ability to correctly gauge the danger of a situation, as he has decided to head out after the Vampire alone in the middle of the night by walking through her front door. This and his sex addiction aside, he seems like he’s trying to do good 🙂
How was it to voice this specific character? Was it difficult to get into the role?
Ugh. SUCH a burden being forced to imagine being a sex-slave to a vampire queen, I don’t know how I found the inspiration /s. Since I had the source material to look at, it was very easy to get into Tristan’s exploits.
Actually, Tristan does a lot of accusatory yelling, which is tough to get right in a mic. If you just talk loudly you’ll sound like a weak, whining man so you have to actually yell. My neighbors are well aware of my repetitive feats to recapture my kingdom from the vampire that plagues my lands.
Generally speaking, could you tell us a little bit about the process that goes into voice acting? Any special preparations you need to make, how does the recording go etc?
The next time you speak to someone, think about how often you stumble over words. In a casual conversation it doesn’t matter, but when you have to get the words perfect you wind up getting desensitized. After saying “You foul creature!” enough times, Creature starts to sound like a made up word. You wonder if it was ever even a word or if you just imagined it right now. Is it Cree-Chure? Cree-toor? Who can really say these days. You have to look up YouTube videos “How to pronounce creature,” of which there are not many resources. You realize you’re an idiot for forgetting in the first place. Got it, onto the next line.
How was your experience working on the Bloodlust Cerene project?
I had a very fun good time working on Bloodlust because it’s blatant high-fantasy, which is always super fun to get into. I love that shit, elves, orcs, glowing swords, feudal stuff. In addition, I love the staff at Affect3D, production all know each other pretty well despite being from all over the place we get along, so its always fun to work on 3D tits with your friends.
The production itself is actually…well, I don’t know what to say. I was looking at the source material the whole time for voice over, I did voice over when it was still bald naked people, and I knew what was coming. I thought it was finished when it was about 1/3 of the way rendered, until I saw the finals I could not believe that it came out this good. It doesn’t even feel like I’m seeing a video of my voice, it looks so unbelievable it’s like I’m watching the story for the first time. But also, after this experience, I have to live with knowing that Cerene and I will never actually be ☹️ But at least I have gotten closer to her than most men ever will, and we will always share that ❤️