Animation Dialogue Editing: Building the Voice of the Show (ft. Aaron Diecker)

Welcome to this insightful episode of Let's Talk Media with Vedant Akhauri, featuring special guest Aaron Diecker, a dialogue editor with over 20 years of experience in animation.Aaron has worked for Fox Television Animation, Paramount+, and Nickelodeon. His career journey began in sound for television and included work on Dora the Explorer. He explains the critical role of an animation dialogue editor, which involves building the final audio conversation by selecting and curating separate acting performances to establish the pacing and rhythm of the show, working from record drafts and actor "sides". We take a deep dive into Aaron’s experiences working on iconic shows such as Family Guy, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, and the Hulu revival of King of the Hill. Aaron also details his new book, Animation Dialogue: Building the Voice of the Show, a blueprint intended to fill the training gap in dialogue editing. The book covers the three phases of the job: Building dialogue assets, the maintenance phase for script updates, and discussing the lived experience of working in this deadline-driven industry.His book is available on Payhip. To learn more from Aaron Diecker, you can also attend his Zoom sessions about the field of animation dialogue editing and reach out to him on LinkedIn.If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave a rating to be notified of future episodes. You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow us on Instagram @letstalkmediava.