for next season, is conducting edit sessions with creator Emily Spivey via Skype and using Zoom for recording voiceover sessions. While that audio will not be usable for air, the voice actors are recording their own temp audio for placement in episodes later in the production process. All of 20th TV's animated fare are finding their own ways to record voice actors remotely and testing different microphones to ensure a high level of quality.
"It's a new and odd experience," Appel says of remaining in production during near total shutdown for live-action scripted and unscripted series. "The key motivator is if a show shuts down, hundreds of people are likely not to be paid and you do feel a responsibility to artists, directors and writers, among others. Animation as a genre is well-suited to work from home.
This is what the live action shows that have been forced to shut down production should be looking into in order to complete their finales—I’d rather have an animated/animatic finale than no finale at all.
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