- You've got a great script to record
with awesome character interaction.
So when should you record multiple actors at the same time
instead of just one at a time?
For general dialogue scenes,
it can be a lot faster and easier
to record one voice at a time.
Singular voices are very easy to edit.
No one's stepping on each other.
If your actors are playing multiple characters
who need to interact,
that's also a really good reason to record one at a time.
But if your scene needs real emotion, humor,
or playful banter, those are perfect times
to record the actors together.
See, humor is all about timing.
And great comic actors can feed off of one another
and give your script the perfect timing.
Emotions can also be hard to realistically portray
in a sterile environment one-on-one,
so allowing actors to play off of each other
and build their emotions can also be a great idea.
But multiple actors recording at once
will often give you overlapping dialogue.
Now, while that sounds great and natural,
you really can't edit it too much.
But luckily with great actors, you won't want to.