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Hi! Upload your recordings, and get feedback from your peers!
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Greetings from Southeastern US! I did this audition yesterday and it includes 2 different takes. I rarely get work these days, so I’d love advice on how to improve! Thank you in advance!
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I enjoyed listening to your different takes on the same script. I think the second take was my favorite of the two. I agree with the previous poster that your read sounded a bit robotic. I think it might be based on your pitch. If you have less pitch variation, it sounds a bit more artificial. The other thing that might help your read would be to work on the flow of the sentences. If it feels like each sentence has a beginning, middle, and end, it might be more interesting for the listener. Good luck!
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Greetings Adrianne! I took the opportunity to listen to your VO audio file. You have a very nice voice. The way you pronounce words are clear and precise. However, it sounds like you’re reading off a script. It doesn’t sound naturally conversational. Your pace seems somewhat slow and robotic. Also it seems you are speaking in just one tone. This is just from my perspective. I would suggest to set your pace a bit faster. Also consider the flow of words you read from as if you’re speaking naturally to someone. Imagine talking with someone who is interested in learning more about the topic. Make it sound like you’re explaining it to said person as if you’re having a natural conversation. I wish you the best in your improvement and furthering your VO career.
-Marcus
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Hi there! Would love to get creative feedback – recorded on my phone. I realize I fumbled “other than that”. I’m very new at this and would love to hear about the pace, tone – anything! Thank you!!
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First, I agree with Marcus that it sounds great. You are speaking clearly while keeping conversational. If you hadn’t mentioned the “fumble”, I probably wouldn’t have heard it. For being very new, you’re getting this quicker and better than I am. I could be wrong but there is a slight difference in delivery once you get to the list of differences, to my ear. Not a bad thing, just something that stuck out to me. Keep up the good work!
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Hello Karyn! I just listened to your VO audio file. I must say the way you read your script sounds very conversational and believable. It really sounds like I’m listen to a commercial on the radio. You also sound clear and precise when you speak as well. I listened closely to the file several times and I couldn’t find anything mistakes or any fumbling. I’m a fellow VO peer who is new to VO as well, so I’m learning and improving too. Overall great job.
-Marcus
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I’m back with a new recording. I was trying to focus on making it sound more natural and conversational, would love to get some feedback from you guys. (still haven’t gotten a great recording space set up, so just creative feedback please)
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Good job! You have variety throughout the read and nailed emphasis on those ‘money’ words, drawing my attention to them. The delivery sounded conversational, perhaps more like speaking to colleagues on the topic than one-on-one conversation but I think that works for this script. It sounds like you have natural pauses breaking up the word flow making it sound more conversational, but there are times when it sounds almost a little rushed to my ear. That could be reverb from your recording space causing the pause to sound shorter than it actually is, so maybe nothing. Again, good job!
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I think it’s the same issue I have. The pacing and delivery sound a little like you are just reading a page causing it to seem ‘flat’. I believe that’s what you’re feeling is off about this read. I can only give advice that I hear and usually works for me. Find the words that deserve emphasis and give some variety in your delivery of those words to draw attention to them. Then, once you got that figured out go back and read it as if you are speaking to someone about the product. Hope that helps and hopefully some of our more experienced colleagues will give their thoughts.
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You’ve got a great variation in pitch in your voice while still sounding natural. It’s really nice to listen to and I love it for commercial-style reads, especially the Curiosity Stream recording. I agree with the previous poster that the Ancestry spot doesn’t quite hit the same, I think because it’s a more personal/intimate subject. That particular copy has a much more solemn vibe and I think that’s the difficulty. Good stuff so far though!
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Hi there, I enjoy your voice. The thing I’m not hearing is the thing I’m working on myself — connection. I like your pacing and appreciate how you’re landing on some words or injecting some attitude into others. But it doesn’t still doesn’t feel like you’re talking to me in person. The ancestry clip, for example, I don’t feel like you’re actually asking me the questions so much as reading them. How would you ask me these questions if I were standing right in front of you — and you really wanted to know if it was my mom in those pictures? How can you translate that kind of engaged energy to the copy?
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I think I nailed this one on the first try! What do you all think? Some night time baby music and bam!
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Hey! I can’t pick a best take for this American Express spot that I’ve been practicing. Very minimally edited as I wanted to nail the whole thing in one take. Which one do you all like best and why? Thank you so much!
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First, great job on all three. In my opinion, take 3 was your best. It had more emphasis on keywords and sounded more conversational than take 1 or 2, to my ear. It also sounded like you had more ‘energy’ at the end of the third take than the other two. All were good, I just liked 3 the best for those reasons. Again, great job!
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Here’s the script!
American Express – Private Payments
Do you know me? Probably not. In my business, recognition is always important, but when I’m buying goods online, I prefer a little privacy. With Private Payments from American Express, I get the security of a unique number created for each business transaction I make. Because my private information is my business.
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Hey all! So I’m just getting into the world of voice acting and decided to take a stab at a script on here. Let me know how I did and what I should improve!
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Great energy! Good feeling, but sometimes I can’t make out what you’re saying because the momentum obscures the words. This seems very much an acting exercise, so assuming you’re aiming for drama shows or video games. I agree with the previous poster, being more in the character will help the character’s story land better — right now it’s all the same level of intensity, but if you vary the range, more meaning and empathy will flow.
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Hey there! Great energy in the read, but a bit over the top at times. Try to really find your character’s intention and that may help ground it more.
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