BrianWigginsVO
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Hi all…I’m starting my coaching work for my animation demo in two weeks, and part of my prep work is to come up with 10 original characters. I recorded a scratch track as a means of testing some of them out…would I be able to get feedback on the variety? Do any of them sound too alike? Are there some that you think I should lean into more? (Don’t worry about the writing or the acting, I’ll dial that in once I have the character voices more solidified.) Thanks!
Very bright, totally believable that this is a college-aged kid. Same note as Toque, a few times the “to” came out as “tuh”, so if you tweak that one thing and keep the rest exactly the same, I’d say you nailed it.
Great tone. You definitely have the pipes for it. Only 2 suggestions/notes:
1) slow down the delivery some. Don’t rush. Your natural tone just oozes gravitas, so no need to go fast to convey importance.
2) more of a production thing (I come from the production side of things and just always have an ear out): I heard a couple of little mouth clicks in there over the music, but they were isolated, so I would just take them out and it would be smooth as h**l from that side.Did you write this? I can see this being a very cool project with clips from a bunch of different VOs edited together.
I like your tone…this could be a really good read for you.
Things got very rushed right after the laugh (which was a nice touch)…slow it down, let it breathe! And be more specific with why you are saying these words. With a little tweaking, this could be something on a demo for you.
Hi Mary…there’s a lot of words that are being lost here as you speed by them or blur them into the next word. You need to make sure that all of the words are clear without over-enunciating them. Also, think about what words are important in each phrase: for instance, in “this is your beer”, you hit really h*****n “this” but blur the rest of the phrase together.
For the last two lines, you reverse it and really enunciate, and it feels very read, not conversational.
It will really help your reads if you understand who you are speaking to (as in, is this one of your friends? Where are having this conversation? Why are you having this conversation?). It will help you connect with the script and make the words flow more naturally, while still emphasizing the important parts.
Audition Feedback:
Client Brief: read in an American accent. In a tone that is down-to-earth, approachable, fun, professional and exciting
Two takes…not sure about which one, or maybe submitting both.
More fun with auditions: the client brief on this merely said “confident”. The sample video they shared was a flashy/classy/futuristic sizzle reel of a new electric car with a lot of tightly-framed shots, so I went with confident and intimate, rather than confident and loud/boisterous.
Some audition practice today…
This one is for a short narration, and the client direction was “Mike Rowe style of delivery”, so I offered two different takes: one closer to Deadliest Catch (more announcer/presenter), and the other more like D***y Jobs (more conversational). Tone/pacing/delivery feedback?
