Faye Mata interview at Anime USA 2019 – Video Game and Anime Voice Artist

Faye Mata voice actor

Faye Mata interview at Anime USA 2019 –

Video Game and Anime Voice Artist

Interview Timeline

Faye Mata is a voice actress with over 60 credited roles in anime and video games. We discussed her approach to voice acting and some of the roles she’s done. Get a League of Legends Gift card here

0:41 – Faye talks about how she got into voice acting for video games.

3:47 – Faye talks about the strengths she has in voice acting.

9:00 – Faye talks about playing roles where the characters really flip their emotions.

9:39 – Faye talks about voicing Myne in Shield Hero.

11:16 – Faye talks about some of her voice actor mentors.

14:18 – Faye talks about how she does her performances.

16:36 – Faye talks about what she does to keep her voice in shape.

18:28 – Faye talks about certain sounds and accents she has challenges with.

22:05 – Faye talks about roles she’d like to do.

26:45 – Faye is on twitter @fayemata and on instagram @fayematata.

Links of interest

https://amzn.to/2GMmqjW   Get a League of Legends Gift card here

https://twitter.com/fayemata?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/fayematata/?hl=en

Contact Information

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Guests: Faye Mata

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: audio interviews, podcast, actors, animation, film history, tv shows, video games, anime convention, 

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Overwatch Voice Artist – Keith Silverstein interview

Keith Silverstein has been a voice artist for over 30 years with almost 400 credited roles to his name. He’s worked on anime, videogames, animation, radio and more. The role he says he is most known for at the moment is Torbjörn from the game Overwatch. We spoke about his work and method.

0:35 – Keith talks about how he got into voice acting.

2:06 – Keith talks about how he was first doing voices.

3:30 – Keith talks about how he takes care of his voice.

4:26 – Keith talks about the kinds of roles he has done.

6:30 – Keith talks about how he rehearses and performs in studio.

7:46 – Keith talks about the toughest characters he’s done.

9:33 – Keith talks about what has inspired his voices.

11:46 – Keith talks about picking his favorite roles.

14:14 – Keith talks about performances that didn’t come out the way he expected.

16:53 – Keith talks about roles he’d like to do.

19:10 – Keith talks about dubbing work.

20:32 – Keith is on twitter @silvertalkie and keithsilverstein on instagram, and Keith Silverstein Voice Artist on facebook.

20:57 – Keith talks about new projects he’s working on.

Links of interest

https://twitter.com/SilverTalkie

https://www.instagram.com/keithsilverstein/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/KeithSilversteinVoiceArtist/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1142722/

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Guests: Keith Silverstein

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: voice acting, art, poetry, theater, gilbert gottfried, typecasting, Monster, anime, video games, naruto, glitter force, hunter hunter, overwatch, monter high, movies, marvel, dc comics, daredevil, star wars, spongebob, dubbing, Overwatch 2

Supernatural fiction studies book – “A Feeling of Wrongness” (Penn State University Press, 2018) – Joe Packer interview

Joe Packer is a communications academic and became interested in how pessimism is expressed in popular culture. He co-wrote a book on the subject and we discussed it.

0:56 – Joe talks about how he got into writing about pessimism in popular culture. He references Lovecraft.

2:14 – Joe talks about the book and philosophical pessimism. The book focuses on the idea that things would be better if humans didn’t even exist.

6:31 – Joe talks about why they incorporated True Detective, Rick and Morty, and Final Fantasy VII into the book’s ideas.

12:37 – Joe talked about other works they considered including such as drone metal.

16:08 – Joe talks about their backgrounds in communications studies.

17:09 – Joe talks about the short story “I have No Mouth and I Must Scream” and how it affected him.

22:53 – Joe talks about post-apocalyptic films.

27:38 – Joe talks about the philosophies of BioShock.

28:52 – Joe is on academia.edu and Google Scholar.

Links of interest

A Feeling of Wrongness https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-08235-6.html

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Guests: Joe Packer

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, fantasy, art, artist, Rick and Morty, True Detective, Lovecraft, Final Fantasy VII, Inside Out, drone metal, Get Out, BioShock, video games