Dubbing into Arabic Archives

Modern Standard Arabic is Key to Maximize Reach

Arabic dubbing in the Middle East started with the late Nicolas Abou Samah, a celebrated Lebanese film director, in the late 70’s when he established his company FILMALI in Lebanon. His initiative sparked the industry in the Middle East given the importance of Arabic localization, as the significance of Arabic (Modern Standard Arabic specifically) cannot be underestimated in the modern world. It is the official language of over 20 countries and there are about 300 million speakers of Arabic across the world. As so, this is a huge potential in the global market growth. The Arab world exhibits an immense [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-01T10:58:25+00:00Tags: Arabic dubbing, Arabic voice over, Dubbing, modern standard Arabic, video games in Arabic|

Arabic Localization, how it all Started!

Through history, both human communication and the evolution of expression and dialogue were regarded as the main trigger for the elevation of human civilization. The use of writing through newspapers followed by photography, enabled communication to shift beyond, reaching the 20th century which was the dawn of media after the invasion of radio and film (TV) where people had the chance to see what others across the world looked like. Both, considered the most powerful aids of communication, source of information and entertainment, made their way into homes becoming immensely a major component in everyone’s daily life routine. of late, [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-01T10:58:54+00:00Tags: Arabic dubbing, dubbing studios in Lebanon, video games in Arabic|

Which Arabic Voice Over Talent is Right for You?

You have a movie, cartoon, advert, radio spot or any project that needs Arabic voice over and you are not quite sure how to go about it? You ask around and the feedback around you just makes things more complicated because you realize that there are too many factors that come into play when choosing the proper Arabic voice over talent that would ensure a great final product? Well, we have compiled a couple of best practices that might help you take the proper decision. 1- Understanding the project type and the requirements: That is a no brainer really, but [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-06T07:09:16+00:00Tags: Arabic dubbing, Arabic voice over, Dubbing, movie dubbing, Voice Over, voice over Dubai, voice over Lebanon|

Arabic Video Game Localization Made Easy!

We have been working very hard to put together an optimized system to simplify video game localization into spoken Arabic. We also have been very lucky to work with European clients who helped us learn from their own processes. Let's face it, European standards are very high and we are very fortunate to be able to cater to their request. A few things we learned along the way: 1- Project Management: It is undeniably the most important building bloc of the job. When working on video game game localization projects, the studio is usually working with multiple stakeholders such as translators, [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-06T07:11:23+00:00Tags: Arabic, Arabic dubbing, Arabic video game, Arabic voice over, Dubai localization, Lebanon localization, video game localization|

5.1 Mix for Arabic Dubbing Movies

It's always exciting to work on cool projects. That's exactly what we have been doing recently at the studio and it's just great! The whole team is buzzing with energy, putting long hour and having a blast especially with a couple of 5.1 projects that we've been working on. Mixing a 5.1 movie is very different than mixing a 2.0 movie there's no doubt about that. It gets even more complicated when you add to the equation Arabic dubbing. First of all, our casting director needs to find the perfect Arab voice over talents that can match the original English [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-06T07:12:09+00:00Tags: 5.1 mix, Arabic dubbing, Arabic Subtitling, arabic talent, Arabic voice over|

Modern Arabic Voice Over for Cartoons!

Arabic voice over for animated movies

Deafcat Studios2019-03-06T07:12:16+00:00Tags: Arabic voice over, arabic voice over video games, Dubbing into Arabic, recording studio Dubai, recording studio Lebanon|

Arabic Voice Over, Finding the Talent!

Finding Arabic talent in the Middle East is becoming more and more difficult. We live in an age where the broadcasting and the whole media industry in general reached its lowest in terms of its quality of content production and more specifically Arabic content production! There's no doubt that some clients choose to produce cheap content just for the sake of maximizing their profits. Yet it is without a doubt that those who care enough to produce higher quality content reap the benefits. Consequently finding talent that can deliver high quality content for Arabic voice over projects is becoming a [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-06T07:13:10+00:00Tags: Arabic voice over, recording studio Dubai, studios in Dubai, studios in Lebanon|

Arabic Dubbing, Quality vs. Price!

For the past couple of weeks, my team an I have been negotiating an Arabic dubbing project with an Indian film TV station based in Dubai, which got us to do a calculation exercise that i thought i'd share with you. It all started when we got approached by an Indian TV station who was looking to partner up with different recording studios in Lebanon and hence get the best out of their investment. They were looking for studios that can provide them with recording services in Arabic, and more specifically Syrian dubbing for their Indian movies at the lowest [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-03-06T07:13:20+00:00Tags: Arabic dubbing, Arabic voice over, dubbing middle east, recording Middle East, recording services in Arabic|

Syrian Dubbing Projects, Pros and Cons

Like everything else in the entertainment industry, there are hypes that come and go and it is the same for dubbing projects. Syrian dubbing projects have been increasing very quickly for the past couple of years, specially that MBC (which is the biggest TV network in the Middle East, gulf and the Arab region) decided to adopt Syrian as the official dubbing dialect for most of their soap operas and foreign TV shows. All of that started with the success of the massive Turkish TV series “Hareem al Sultan” who took the region by storm and it was dubbed in [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-02-07T09:58:36+00:00Tags: Arabic voice over, Dubbing into Arabic, Lebanon, Syria, Syrian Actors, Syrian talent, Syrian voice over|

Recording Studio for Arabic Projects

For the last couple of weeks, we've been receiving quite a few emails from foreign clients asking us about how to choose which dialect they need to adopt for the dubbing projects in Arabic. It also seems that all the soaps that are being dubbed into Arabic c are being done in the Syrian dialect. Well, ten years ago, the most popular soaps were dubbed in classical Arabic and they had as much impact if not more than the Syrian ones. In my opinion, Syrian dialect has picked up in the dubbing of soaps in Arabic, just because the production [...]

Deafcat Studios2019-02-07T09:58:56+00:00Tags: Dubbing, harim al sultan, recording studio Arabic, Turkish soap|