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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

So I've never been particularly still when I'm in the booth -- I'm the type who needs to gesture, sometimes wildly, when I voice...

But lately I've noticed my hands doing something really strange, subconsciously... As I gesture, my index finger is curled in on both hands, so it kind of looks like I'm gesturing with a weird, deformed paddle-hand...

(...admit it -- you just curled your index finger in on both hands so you could see what I'm talking about, didn't you?...)

Even when I try to be conscious about just relaxing my hand, that finger automatically pulls in whenever I forget about it.

Confused

Anyone else have odd habits in the booth?
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Deirdre · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

I do the opposite— I point at everything.
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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

At least pointing accomplishes something -- I still can't figure out what I'm doing...
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Chuck Davis · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:50 pm Post subject:

It all good...tough in a small booth maybe. As long as it dosn't get to this level. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHaA4RePosY
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Eddie Eagle · M&M Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2393

That is the Bill Clinton trademark. But you'll need to curl the rest of your fingers in and extend the index out just past the others...and place the thumb over the curled index.
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Bish · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:08 pm Post subject:

Oh... thanks a bunch for that Angry

I've now been analyzing my hands, and I'm now really self-conscious about gesticulating while touching the tips of my index fingers to the tips of my thumbs, waving these little circles around...

Cheers (I think) Wink

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Rick Riley · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject:

Quick... you need some air holes in your vocal booth. YOU'VE GOT 'THE BENDS'!

CC Heim · Backstage Pass Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Posts: 401

I tend to squeeze my thumb and middle finger together. sometimes I realize I'm doing it really hard and it hurts Shocked

Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

OMG -- it IS a Modified Bill Clinton! How embarrassing...

Lizden · Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:22 pm Post subject:

I admit to NOTHING! Inoccent

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Lisa · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:01 am Post subject:

I say do whatever it takes to get the job done. Since being coached by Marc Cashman, I've gotten a lot more physical in my booth. That's the fun of voice over!

Have you seen this? http://bit.ly/nM9LYL
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ccpetersen · Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:17 pm Post subject:

For what it's worth, a while back I was doing a VO for a little on-line thing and at the end, I found myself with both my hands holding up my rear end.

No idea why.

The copy wasn'tTHAT good. Wink

JTVG · Backstage Pass Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 433

I've gone from no hand movement, to wildly shaking my hands, to somewhere in the middle. What I've found though is that as soon as I start thinking about what my hands are doing, I start disconnecting a bit with what I am saying.
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Moe Egan · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 8:24 am Post subject:

I'm a finger and thumb squeezer too- but on very technically difficult scripts when I have to maintain a smooth, flowing read - my fingers go spastic - jiggling each finger like you do when you've been typing too long and need to get to stretch them out. I figure it's my bodies way of releasing the tension I'm building up with the focus on my voice.

VOs are fun to watch. Rolls Eyes

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Lee Gordon · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:59 am Post subject:

I don't generally think about what my hands are doing -- until one of them whacks into the microphone.
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