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Hi! Upload your recordings, and get feedback from your peers!
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Two more practice reads before Commercial Demo day. Thank you in advance for any feedback you may have.
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Hey Jeff… Overall, you definitely sound ready for your commercial demo; those were great! One thing I’d suggest on the Movie Gallery: when you list the different steps (“you just stick it in, sit back, hit play” etc), I’d vary the steps a bit in terms of tone so they sound JUST a little different from each other. I hope that makes sense. Loved the Popeyes one! Best of luck at your recording!
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I was really pleased with the way you did Movie-Gallery. The changes in inflection were spot on, and with just the right punch when you needed it. I chuckled a bit with the Popeyes because it was such a change but it worked well. I noticed something subtle that I do in character voices or normal reads; when I get to the end I sometimes drop my voice or accent, or pitch variance. Maybe just ever so slightly on the last word, like…wheeew, that’s over. Easily missed but I hear it ’cause I look for it when I listen to the last word of my auditions. Great overall!
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Hi everyone,
Here are a couple reads. I would love feedback on anything that your wonderful ears can point out.-
Great voice for these. Was trying to picture myself in each setting where I would be listening. With Purina I would focus in on how the “joke” was voiced regarding the canary. At first listen it sounds like it will be great for the canary because it might like cat food, but the inflection and vocal change should be such that it’s in luck today because the cat has all it needs with Purina-One and won’t be eating canary for dinner. Great work!
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Hey everyone – Two new reads. The GE Medical Systems script is very corporate, though I’m trying not to sound too “drone” like. The Cats read is my attempt at being a little more theatrical om a NatGeo-like tone. All feedback is, of course, most welcome!
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GE Medical: You did a real nice job with this read, the pace and your diction are spot on. I like that you hit keys words with good emphasis and transitioned smoothly.
Cats: You grabbed my attention with this read and kept me engaged. There are so many different ways to approach this read, you did it well making it your own. Whisper reads are difficult with projecting accurately, you did this with ease and with changing your inflections. Keep it up!
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Hello VO peers!
Here to upload my first two recordings. Currently working on narration. Any and ALL feedback is greatly appreciated!
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Hi fchappel! You have a wonderful sounding, deep voice! Here are a few things I noticed: As it is the same with me, I naturally say ‘tuh’ instead of ‘too’. Make sure you watch for that! I would love to hear a little more emotion in your reads. You do sound very gentle, but having some more excitement will help those longer reads move forward, and this way you can also find where the points of emphasis are in the scripts. I do hear a bit of staggered pacing at parts, so try to sound super conversational! My coach told me to imagine WHO I’m talking to, for WHY, and WHERE – and it helps a lot, for me at least! I encourage you to try it out as well! Good luck and I look forward to hearing your next reads! 🙂
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fchappel, congrats on the first uploads! I really liked the Zillow read. Pacing was good, could have a more diverse change in inflection as you list stuff at the end but it was good. Main thing that stuck out with Nationwide was I picked up a distinct “beat” or rhythm to the read that was distracting. The voice was great for it but watch out for going up, then down, up, then down repeatedly. Editing and initial gain settings seemed better with Zillow as well but again, things which can easily be worked though. Nice work!
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Hi all! While I will take any feedback you have, I am still working on a better setup and am aware my sound quality is not where it needs to be. With that said, would love feedback on the read or anything you have. Thanks.
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Your sound isn’t too bad, I think I may have heard some reverb but overall nothing to significant. Your tone starts out good for this read but maybe because there’s not much change in inflection the script sounds a bit read. I’m not getting a good sense of your connection to it. I hear some areas where you are over enunciating, its a little distracting to the script and takes my attention away from what you are saying. Just a few things to consider with this. Keep at it!
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Hi folks – I’ve posted a sample of audition I sent for social media explainer piece – I did not book it. The posting came with no direction. I made my choices and stuck to them. Asking for feedback on the tone and pace I set – did it sound real and conversational, or cheesy and “salesy”? Thanks, Lance
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Hi I actually like the reads. Given that the spot is about how to increase sales using technology – I though the tone struck the right chord of “what are you doing and why aren’t you doing this – get with it”. As a salesperson myself, whenever I hear spots like that – it causes me to consider what the product or service could do for my business. The only part of the script that turned me off was the last 3 to 4 words – the tone and pitch up was a little to harsh for me. I thought a in inflection would have helped.
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Hi Lance,
Sorry you didn’t get shortlisted. Your read does sound like you’re talking down to your audience versus having a conversation with them. The pace is a little too slow and there isn’t a lot of variation in this read which makes it a flat read. So maybe try a little more energy and inflection next time with a faster pace. Keep at it!
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Good evening everyone,
Below I have 3 reads. My mic was acting up so I had to use the good ol’ laptop mic. Any and all feedback would be greatly beneficial. Thank you in advance.
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Hey EC! nice work getting all the info across in the American Airlines piece. Your pacing is a bit robotic, work on varying it throughout to sound more conversational.
it’s probably not worth mentioning, but I thiiiink your laptop mic may be a bit too echo-y to be totally effective. if your usual mic is still out, try using a phone with a voice notes recording app if you have it, it may sound cleaner than your laptop. good luck!
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