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Tom Test
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 Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:48 am Post subject: Most ridiculous voice direction I've heard in a long time... |
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"Looking for a dramatic, cinematic voice announcer. John Krasinski with thoughtful pauses in between lines to emphasize the words."
John Krasinski - that cute guy from NBC's "The Office," is totally laid back - the complete ANTITHESIS of a "dramatic, cinematic announcer." Crazy.
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Philip Banks
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:52 am Post subject: |
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| You need to be an actor to understand that concept. |
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Mike Sommer
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:33 am Post subject: |
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That means you just need to interpret the copy as you normally would.
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Melanie Haynes
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Oh, and do it in 8 seconds......
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whalewtchr
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Don't you love it when what they really want is a celebrity impersonation? I can't afford James Earl Jones, however, if you can sound like James Earl Jones I'll settle for you at this lower rate.
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Mike Harrison
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We're looking for someone with a sound like Andy Griffith... or Gilbert Gottfried.
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DougVox
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| Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Mike Sommer wrote: | | interpret the copy as you normally would. |
Which is pretty much how I approach every script.
When you are your authentic self, you have no competition.
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Bruce
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| DougVox wrote: |
When you are your authentic self, you have no competition. |
Bingo.
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Zak Miller
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| Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 7:00 am Post subject: |
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Doug, you nailed it!
My wife gave me that direction after hearing my failed attempt to sound like a celeb on an audition.
"Just do it in your own voice, with a feel for their cadence. Otherwise you sound like a douche!" (I really do love her motivating support! haha)
The best thing is that after hearing the 50 or so talent ripping off the celeb voice, your voice will be a welcomed change of pace. |
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BenWils
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I was asked for a special request audition from a client to sound like a male version of Kerri (spelling?)from Sex and the City.
Translation....sound like a 30 something dude telling a story people want to hear. I got the gig. Now the client calls me Berri.
And Zak, your wife's comment made me double over laughing.
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Charles Nove
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| Melanie Haynes wrote: | | Oh, and do it in 8 seconds...... |
Mmm! I had a nice script this week with the direction notes "Gentle, whimsical storyteller". First read took it to 39 seconds. Sadly, it proved to be a 30 second spot. Bang goes the whimsical! Bring on storyteller-on-acid.
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Bruce
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| Charles Nove wrote: | | ... First read took it to 39 seconds. Sadly, it proved to be a 30 second spot. Bang goes the whimsical! Bring on storyteller-on-acid. |
Man, I wish I had a session fee for every time that's happened to me ... oh wait, I have gotten paid for each one .... OK, an additional fee!
As you've noted you either have to read it at story-killing speed or they have to take out all the sweet bits of copy that make it a good story. You just can't cram 100 words into a 75 word box and expect something light and thoughtful. I'm guessing a lot of writers don't own a stopwatch. Maybe we should take up a collection.
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roger
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| Bruce wrote: | | I'm guessing a lot of writers don't own a stopwatch. |
Or possess the ability to read out loud, apparently.
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Mike Harrison
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Along similar lines are those clients/video houses who think they're saving time (or God knows what) by doing a final cut on a video based on a scratch track recorded by someone who just blurts out the words, barely taking enough time to get all the syllables out, let alone give the words their proper weight. And then the client wonders why the script, intended to be a slow, dramatic build-up to a national product introduction, doesn't seem to be working as well as the writer said it would.
But there is something thing worse than this, and that's when the client thinks it's... (wait for it)
Good Enough.
Does my heart good to provide 'passable' work.
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Lee Gordon
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| Charles Nove wrote: | | First read took it to 39 seconds. Sadly, it proved to be a 30 second spot. |
Raise your hand if you have ever had someone try to solve this problem by reprinting the script in 10 point type rather than 12 point.
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