Movie productions that need playback services have always been popular in Bollywood since most of their movies feature several song numbers. The demand for playback services in the UK is currently also picking up not because more musicals are coming out, but because more and more animated movies are being made. Before the days of computer graphics, a playback production automatically meant having singers, called playback singers, either record songs for movie soundtracks and or pre-record them for actors and actresses who lip-sync in movies. Nowadays though, movie productions also need playback services to make sure that the voiceovers and the lips of computer generated characters are in sync. The demand for playback services is such that more and more recording studios now offer them. However, if you are making a playback production, you have to realise that not all studios offering this service is really qualified to do so. Choose a recording studio based on the experience or skill level of their playback artist(s) and not the equipment they carry. Of course the equipment matters, but the equipment is only as good as the playback artist in charge of dubbing and mixing your soundtrack and voiceovers. So unless you want your movie to look like the characters were originally speaking a foreign language, you'd better find a good playback artist. Don't skimp on this even if you have a very tight budget. Instead of skimping on a recording studio with excellent playback services, cut costs in other areas. For example, you can just scout the area for local
downtown artists that
play Soho regularly to do voiceovers for you. You do not need big name actors for your CG film to turn out well, after all they won't really be doing any real acting. As long as you get decent voice talents, the playback artist should be able to incorporate the sound into the movie seamlessly.
