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Hi Amanda,
You sound so good and much more conversational in this one!
I think your pitch and attitude/tone is a great fit up to the part where you say “ways we can help protect the earth is by recycling,” because from that point on, I noticed the pitch remained pretty much unchanged, though your tone changed slightly throughout. Your personality in this read is great, so feel free, to change the pitch and/tone more as you shift focus throughout the read.Hi Amanda,
I think the Narration script is a good one for a Demo. You don’t sound choppy to me. You also have a great voice that I can easily imagine in commercials and documentaries.
I think the pace should be a little faster, just to come off as conversational. It kind of comes off like you’re reading or like you’re projecting what you think the narration should sound like. That can remove the personality from the read and I’ve been told, you’re personality is really what sets you apart from other voice actors with similar skill and voice. I think visualizing a scene (specifying who you’re talking to, where you are, how you feel, etc.) could make the read more conversational and lively.For the documentary, funny enough I think you should be slower just because there are a lot of visuals in documentaries and you want to give the audience room to process what you say. You may want to exercise visualizing the images that will accompany your voiceover, so it’ll be like you’re responding to the visuals in front of you rather than speaking in a way that you think you should at any given time.
I love your energy towards the end of the read. Though sometimes you portrayed the same emotion for words that have very different connotations. You want the listener to hear the difference between these very emotive words; “Introspective, aloof, unpredictable, affectionate, comical and mischievous.” The difference between these words should be reflected in how you say each word so it sounds more genuine, and less like reading.
I’d also recommend listening to commercials and documentaries, just to understand their pacing and how the final product may look like.
I hope that helps!
Thank you for your feedback Amanda! I’ll definitely return the favour. My apologies for taking a while to get back to you. It’s been a hectic week on my end.
Hi Everyone! I would like voice technique feedback on this. Does it sound conversational to you? Any feedback on the pronunciations?
Thank you!
Hi Everyone! I would like voice technique feedback on this. Does it sound conversational to you? Any feedback on the pronunciations?
p.s. I accidentally uploaded the recording twice. You only need to listen to one of them
Thank you!* Sorry I just realized I posted under your post!
Your audio quality seems really good, and you have great confidence in the read. I advice smiling more from the line “great style,…” It’ll be good to see more enthusiasm from that line onward as wrap up the read. Perhaps think about a situation or thing that makes you very happy. I also like that you don’t push. The read is very casual and down-to-earth which is nice.
wow, you have a really nice resonant voice. It seems to me like you have experience doing announcer types of reads. The announcer voice is great when it’s called for. Regarding the “I am anxiety,” i advice not doing the announcer voice, and allowing your voice to show the range of emotions depicted in the script. You should also try to make the two characters sound different, when they sound the same I think it takes the audience out of the “suspension of disbelief” making them very aware that this is a commercial. Doing something, like changing your pitch, tone or pace allows the listener to be immersed in the very interesting story you’re telling. I belief the narrator who says the website and phone number at the end should also have a distinct difference in their voice to distinguish them from the characters. It may be helpful to also think about “why” you’re saying each line, so you can better connect with it’s significance and identify an appropriate emotion to show.
For the cancer society read, though you have a great sounding voice and the pacing seems good to me, it would be nice to have more emotion in your read so you sound more like a real person who actually cares about what you’re saying rather than a more or less indifferent narrator. I advice visualizing a person or situation that will elicit empathy for the very deep, personal problems you speak about in your two reads. For example, visualizing someone you care deeply about suffering from anxiety or some ailment, or a situation in which you’re informing someone of an issue you care about regardless of what that is.
You have a good voice and its probably great for promo too. For the first read, try having somebody you’re speaking to and have a reason why you’re speaking to them to help make your words flow better, so it’s not as choppy, especially in the middle and end of the read. Also, don’t be afraid to pause, just as long as the pauses are purposeful and add to the tone and vibe of the message. Pausing in the appropriate places would make the read more exciting and suspenseful. I think especially in promo, the narrator is like a voice of g*d, all knowing and in control of the message. So be purposeful with the pacing, so it doesn’t sound like you’re rushing.
For the second one, I recommend hitting the action words(like garnish, stir), instead of the nouns like “sprig.” But no need to overemphasize just have a purpose for why you’re saying what you’re saying, who specifically you’re talking to, and with the knowledge of what words to hit. it’ll come naturally. This read could also use more “flow” between the words, just like the first read, so i recommend the same thing for that. Good job!
