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JBarrett
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 Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:32 am Post subject: Odd voice direction |
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I'm starting to work with a new client who produces short demo videos for online distribution. After notifying me that I was awarded a particular job, my contact passed along a comment from the end client re: my audition:
| Quote: | | We'd appreciate a little more "pitch" or enthusiasm, if you will, in his voice. He should sound like it's Saturday morning, not Monday afternoon. |
Pitch and enthusiasm I get....but day and time references? 
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Philip Banks
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:37 am Post subject: |
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| That makes sense. Yippee as opposed to OH **** NOWHERE NEAR THE WEEKEND. |
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tackerman
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 9:48 am Post subject: |
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| And for sure a Tuesday Afternoon delivery would be waaaay too mellow. |
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Mike Sommer
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 10:08 am Post subject: |
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But by Wednesday things start to pick up a little. And the light at the end of the tunnel, may not be a train comin' at ya.
The direction makes perfect sense. My first though was Saturday morning Cartoon announcer- up with a big smile and a wink. But that maybe more then they want.
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JTVG
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I really like that direction. It conveys a mindset and point of view, rather than just a technical shift in your tone.
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JBarrett
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Yeah, it kinda made sense when I first saw it...just an interesting way to phrase it. It's like someone saying, "You're reading it like a sandwich, but what we really want is a taco."
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...with just a little more salsa, but don't lose the sour cream.
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Cinco de Mayo, Baby!!
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Bruce
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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Saturday morning can be a lot of things:
-Cartoons,
-Let's go hiking!
-Ugh, I gotta do the laundry,
-I'm gonna sleep in,
-Ugh, gotta repair mother-in-law's sink,
-Let's go shopping!
-Hey, we haven't watched the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy in a while...can you load the disc in the machine? I'm wiped....doesn't anybody deliver a breakfast pizza?...I know I promised, but the lawn will still be there tomorrow....
Yeah, just like one of those.
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(It can also be שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד)
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2010 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, I guess everyone else that auditioned did so at 3:15am on Tuesday.
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"saturday morning"?
they want SNORING??????
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Ha! Rowell FTW!
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| Bruce wrote: | Saturday morning can be a lot of things:
....-Hey, we haven't watched the extended Lord of the Rings trilogy in a while...can you load the disc in the machine? I'm wiped....doesn't anybody deliver a breakfast pizza?...I know I promised, but the lawn will still be there tomorrow.... |
HEY, Bruce!
I thought you got rid of all the TVs! 
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