EastEnders Dubbing Janet

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acid rain

24-12-2015

Originally Posted by Seanieb1983:
“It's a difficult situation. What can they do? Recast her?

This is her first attempt at a significant speaking part. They'd get lynched for dropping her in favour of a more confident speaker.”

Not really

Actors get replaced all the time.

acid rain

24-12-2015

Originally Posted by Mormon Girl:
“if they recast with someone who has better communication because the actress has speech problems so they would recast with someone with speech problems still.”

No they wouldn't.

What you've written makes no sense.

Devil_Prays

24-12-2015

There is zero problem with the actress. SO they dub over some of her scenes WITH HER OWN VOICE. It happens in dramas and films all the time. Its no big deal.

Heatherbell

24-12-2015

She's a little girl with Downs syndrome and will 'act' like a little girl with Downs . Just like april and arthur etc she will possibly not get things right sometimes and might need a little bit of help IF dubbing was used . I don't think it was .
She was adorable tonight and just as good as the other child actors in the scenes with her . I think she's fab .

Jimmy Connors

24-12-2015

Originally Posted by Heatherbell:
“She's a little girl with Downs syndrome and will 'act' like a little girl with Downs . Just like april and arthur etc she will possibly not get things right sometimes and might need a little bit of help IF dubbing was used . I don't think it was .
She was adorable tonight and just as good as the other child actors in the scenes with her . I think she's fab .”

I agree - she does a great job dubbing or not. Janet was as good as the other children in tonight's show.

I think she's wonderful.

MinaH

25-12-2015

Yes it is her own voice.

benbenalen

25-12-2015

Shes just too cute to notice.

performingmonk

25-12-2015

Originally Posted by PR.:
“I've not noticed any dubbing for Janet but your right there's been an increased amount of dubbing in EE and more often than not its badly done with disembodied voices suddenly cutting in. I expect for Janet it's just convenient for filming especially in larger scenes.”

BiB sometimes they do this as a way of adding 'pickup' lines to a scene, i.e. some information they realise they never got across, or they cut it from another scene and placed it elsewhere. They do it in films and TV shows. It seems 'disembodied' because they obviously can't show the actor's face at the time because they never originally said it in the scene!

Btw I don't think dubbing Janet is 'insulting' in any way. What would be insulting is if they recast her as not Down's or someone with very mild Down's, cause that wouldn't be staying true to what they'd already established.

MinaH

25-12-2015

Originally Posted by performingmonk:
“BiB sometimes they do this as a way of adding 'pickup' lines to a scene, i.e. some information they realise they never got across, or they cut it from another scene and placed it elsewhere. They do it in films and TV shows. It seems 'disembodied' because they obviously can't show the actor's face at the time because they never originally said it in the scene!

Btw I don't think dubbing Janet is 'insulting' in any way. What would be insulting is if they recast her as not Down's or someone with very mild Down's, cause that wouldn't be staying true to what they'd already established.”

It would have been insulting if it was dubbed in using another actress' voice. But I am satisfied that it is the actress' own voice - recorded in a studio then dubbed over. It is not always done like this, just from time to time.

acid rain

27-12-2015

Originally Posted by benbenalen:
“Shes just too cute to notice.”

But someone did notice, didn't they?

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