hi new followers 💕 just checking how many of you think i’m the voice of Shadowheart? cause i have bad news for you if u do…
im the girlfriend of Jennifer English who voices shadowbae & I performance directed on BG3 for years. if u wanna follow Jen she’s on IG JenniferJEnglish
1/🧵 BG3 thread alert
i’d like to clarify a few things about the dialogue recording process that went into making Baldur’s Gate 3, while i have peoples attention.
Firstly: for almost ALL the dialogue we recorded we ALSO captured the actors mocap data
my girlfriend’s character got voted top 10 most iconic video game characters EVER!!! jennifer english as Shadowheart is more iconic than pikachu 😭😭😭 suck it little yellow rat ⚡️🖤
And the Most Iconic Video Games Character of all time is... Lara Croft! 👑
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View the full Top 20 list 👇
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this was the video from one of my favourite sessions
the voice director
@WinterNatters
and I kept doing *flawless* lae’zel impressions at Jen who got the giggles and couldn’t say ‘discussion’ correctly
“shadowheart this is serious” lmaoo
4/ which means the iconic head wiggles Jen did as Shadowheart WERE Jen’s actual head wiggles. the militaristic & alien like movements of Lae were
@Devora_Wilde
physical choices for the character.
@NeilNewbon
’s theatrical flare as Astarion are all part of the actors choices
id like the record to state that this post was my idea and that i am out here doing gods work
i’m willing to make sacrifices for the schnitzel cause
#shadowzel
#laeheart
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
5/ there’s countless others i could mention but we’d be here all day
here’s a video of Jen that might help illustrate the process. the movements should seem familiar & be recognisable as Shadowheart
& this brings me to the role of a…
✨ performance director ✨(me!)
2/ that means all 248 actors, ALL the NPCs and not just the companions put on a mocap suit and their movements, gestures and physical choices were recorded & sent along with the audio files for the animators to use in game. which is why the performances feels so *alive*
finally watching dungeons & dragons: honour among thieves and it’s really good! idk why but we feel like the baldur’s gate community would really like this movie!!! y’all should try this little known movie 🤪
um hi
@Wizards_DnD
Jennifer English isnt on here but she wants to thank you for the amazing Shadowheart gift box you sent to our home ♥️
we saw the others got cat & heart sweets but we received skull sweets…is this… a threat? we’re very sorry for whatever we did if so 👀💀 /j
we’ve decided to do it!!
Jennifer English aka Shadowheart and me her unserious performance director girlfriend are going to TRY stream tomorrow
we mainly want to say hi to everyone, have a chat & answer some questions
Monday 4th Sept at 18:00 bst 🖤
3/ the exceptions to the rule were when actors voiced animals, additional dialogue (when you see a birds eye view of a character running while speaking),cinematic cut scenes & occasionally if an actor was injured or unavailable to record mocap & did voice only -more on this later
reminder:
Shadowheart and I will be streaming our first attempt at playing BG3 tomorrow Sunday 10th September at 5pmBST
…wait, did I just call my girlfriend Shadowheart? I meant Shart
no my bad I mean Jen JEN 👀🖤
both BG3 and the D&D movie are brilliant (probably the excellent directing teams 😉) and definitely compliment each other 🤝
so…baldur’s gate III companion cast in the Honor Among Thieves sequel when?
An example of the subtle racism at play in the U.K.
@PoliceHour
comments on protestors supporting BLM suggesting they’ll cause a 2nd spike, but makes no such suggestions about the masses at Durdle Door the same weekend. Why is that?
#BlackLivesMattterUK
Jen was completely being herself in this interview and seeing some of the incredibly kind & heart warming comments is filling us both with so much JOY
Dan, you’re a great interviewer & warm listener 🖤 thank you
In 30 minutes, my nearly 2 hour conversation with the incredible Jennifer English aka Shadowheart from Baldur's Gate 3 drops on my YT Channel!
🎙️Check it out!
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
6/a voice directors role is pretty self explanatory
but as a performance director, our job is to work with the voice director, and our focus is the actors body. their movements, how they physicalise & embody their character and making sure that the body is connected to the voice
.
@GameOnExpo
is hosting the first ever US Baldur's Gate 3 reunion! Featuring Aliona Baranova (Corinna, and Performance Director), Devora Wilde (Lae'zel), Jennifer English (Shadowheart), Maggie Robertson (Orin the Red), and Neil Newbon (Astarion).
we found this EXCELLENT example of jen’s adhd conversation flow lmao 🧠
REMINDER TODAY IS HIGH ROLLERS PT2!! we’ll be doing a mini q&a stream + raid before it in an hour! 4pm bst
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
9/ i really could get carried away talking on this subject
but imo the beauty of the performances in this game are in part because the actors weren’t simply speaking the lines, they were feeling the emotions & meaning of what they were communicating with their entire bodies
thank you everyone who joined our first stream 💜
you are all so lovely and wholesome
we had so much fun!! can’t wait to do it again 😊
for anyone who couldn’t make it
there should be a replay video here…
now to feed my not-at-all dramatic girlfriend🖤
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
7/ essentially, our role was to ensure that choices actors were making vocally, matched what they were doing physically and that this was clear when looking at the mocap
by working with the voice director, as a team, we aimed to get the best possible performances from the actors
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
8/ at the very least we wanted all the physical performances to look alive & be interesting to watch
but when the magic really happened was when we helped the actor connect to the text on a deeper more physical level. when u could *see* what they were saying affect their bodies
@thegameawards
look, i don’t wanna be biased but… it should be a joint award for Jennifer English as Shadowheart and Devora Wilde as Lae’zel in Baldur’s Gate 3.
no further questions your honour ✋🏼
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
@PitStopTweets
@larianstudios
@JoshWichard
15/ hopefully that helps clarify what a performance director does & the fact that virtually all performances were also mocapped
thank you for coming to my ted talk
i will not be taking questions at this time because this thread took too much of my brain power 🧠 (pun intended)
the BTS of when we recorded Shadowheart talking about Corinna!!!
@mrjohncorcoran
thank you for the top tier personal fan service - as you can see we were all very excited 🥰🥰
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
@PitStopTweets
12/ when you watch the in game dialogue you’re not only hearing the actors voices but you’re also seeing their physical performances
as well as the beautiful work of the animators
@larianstudios
of course, who used the files we sent to create the finished product
PS5 players, welcome to the party. 🐙
Baldur's Gate 3 is available now for Collector's Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition players on PS5, and out for everyone September 6.
Get Baldur's Gate 3 here:
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
10/ it also takes a village. at
@PitStopTweets
where most dialogue recording took place, there was an entire team dedicated to this process
aside from voice & performance directors, we also had sound engineers & mocap technicians who were vital to getting everything recorded
a month delayed but…Jen & I wanted to say thank you all for the amazing gifts people gave us both at mcm ❤️meeting the community has been the most exciting part of the game release!
side note: thank u to the mcm organisers for helping me recreate my iconic twihard teen moment
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
@PitStopTweets
11/ on top of that there were also countless staff
@PitStopTweets
dedicated to keeping the studio running. as i said, it takes a (blighted) village 🥁
ok i’m starting to get bored now so i’m gonna wrap this up
in conclusion: lots of people were involved with dialogue recording
@Devora_Wilde
@NeilNewbon
@PitStopTweets
@larianstudios
13/ there’s so many more departments involved that i’m sure someone more qualified than me can talk about. we had editors working on the files at Pitstop & then of course Larian has offices worldwide working on this incredible game
(i’m sorry if i missed any details or jobs out)
@Devora_Wilde
hurt people hurt people so Shart nation are gonna be the bigger person and end this feud now
…on one condition. recreate this meme and give Shadowheart a hug
it’s official i am THE Shadowheart ambassador 🖤
as the responsible stan that i am i’m gonna respect Jen’s wishes to have her girlfriend’s attention back & take a break from twitter for a couple of days
thanks to this msg for reminding us to take care of ourselves, we will☺️🫶🏼
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@alionabaranova1
recently co ran our latest 3-Part Auditioning and Acting for Video Games!
Check out these photos here of Aliona on the set of the movie ‘Barbie’ doing some wonderful Motion Capture! 💙
@KirbyWithAKnif3
guys help!!!
jen just informed me that she got BANNED from playing playstation when she was younger bc she would get “really violent after and fight my sibling” and she tells me this NOW?!?
😭 rip me. what have u all done
the people that play bg3 are honestly the nicest most supportive & talented people istg
you guys made art of Shadowheart and Corinna?!! it’s beautiful and funny and Corinna is basically Shadowhearts BOO?? my heart 💗💞
@jorgesilvacl
@cristinagper
can’t wait to frame these
@itwasntherfault
listen i may not have voiced or done 99.99% of the mocap for either of those two
BUT I DID DO THIS ONE SCENE and let me tell u it is INFUSED with gayness
thanks to your tweets & requests we collaborated with the talented
@banana_qote
to make a Shadowheart & Corinna print!!✨🐿
i’m still happy to stamp other prints, but we’ll both sign/write messages on this amazing print together 💜
thank you Sei!
I had the amazing opportunity to collaborate with
@alionabaranova1
and Jennifer English (Shadowheart) to come up with this artwork as a signed print on their Baldur's Gate 3 Q&A signing stream session via
@StreamilyLive
on Oct 7th! 🖤🐿
For more details:
@bg3_95
my little squirrel WON? 😭
what an honour... i’d like to thank my girlfriend, my team, myself and the internet for making this small grove rodent into the beloved legend she is today 🏆🙏🏼
suck it cazador.
@lesbianraidens
it really was so one sided 😭 it made it so much worse, like hating on a puppy dog!! she was SO nice to everyone in the studio, what an absolute bitch
did you all coordinate & decide the official party line for shart nation is “jokes on you i simp for you both”??
how did so many of you respond the same way!! i’m dying very funny of u sharties
Blasted door! I - what? Stop! Not another step or I'll... Wait. It's you... you're the one who tried to free me, on the ship. At least you made the effort.
@geoffkeene
well, she once had a twitter account but then abandoned ship very quickly because she wanted to choose mental well-being and sanity over this cursed app
which is probs why im the funnier one in this partnership.
PC Gamer magazine collector's cover 3/4.
🖤 Shadowheart 🖤
A high half-elf cleric and also one of the deity Shar’s dark disciples, she possesses an item of great power and a long-buried secret.
reminder that Jennifer English is on instagram and does try to respond to as many folks from the community as she can on there. dm her!
plus you get to see us actually interacting and not just me speaking for the both of us as the Shadowheart spokesperson
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