VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

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

Remember my HEE-UGE medical narration project (over 100,000 words)...? Well, I finished it a while ago, but I wanted to take some photos for posterity's sake, to document the immenseness of it. And yes, I know I killed a small forest in order to print it out, but you'll be happy to know I'm planning on going paperless by Christmas, if Santa comes through with the IPad.

This is the binder that held the script:

This is the open binder -- you can see my notes at the top, as I was keeping track of hours, plus I was also hired to proof it for typos and spelling/grammar problems.

And this is the side view of the almost 3" tall script. With cat for reference.

Took me a little over five weeks, and almost killed me in the process... but we are now doing some much needed home repair/remodeling, so it was definitely worth it. Smile

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Bish · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:08 am Post subject:

There is nothing more satisfying that looking at 100,000 words and realizing that they're done... finished... kaput! Any audiobook reader will tell you that... but... 100K of medical narration!!!

Dang! (I'm trying to keep it clean here) That's got to feel really good to wave bye-bye to.
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Jason Huggins · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:11 am Post subject:

Wow!! That's a rite of passage for sure. Great work!

Scott Pollak · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 10:48 am Post subject:

I am... truly.... in awe.
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Karen Souer · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:58 am Post subject:

Kristin--so awesome that you are done!! What a job! And the reference kitty is very adorable also. Smile

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bobsouer · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:45 pm Post subject:

Kristin,

I would have given you an in person congratulations if I'd seen this post before our dinner last evening. Kudos to you!
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Darren Altman · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject:

Wow Kris, that's ridiculous!! Congrats to you. I could never do that one. Enjoy your HEOWGE paycheque (I hope!!) Wink

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Kim Fuller · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:23 pm Post subject:

That is an amazing amount of work. I hope to voice medical narration one day but..I cannot make myself hope for quite that much of it at once...

melissa eX · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:15 pm Post subject:

Wow. Just - wow.

Scott Pollak · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject:

SoundsGreat-Elaine Singer · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:23 pm Post subject:

Oh my - I don't think I could lift that binder, never mind read it. Good work!
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Dayo · Cinquecento Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 544 Location: UK

Now that's a monster of a job - congrats!
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bransom · DC Joined: 06 Nov 2008 Posts: 650 Location: St. Louis, MO

100,000 words of medical narration mean that at least 30,000 of those words are nearly unpronounceable. So you get double congratulations for A) getting through a huge project, and cool

being able to pronounce 30,000 unpronounceable words!
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todd ellis · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:57 am Post subject:

that is completely awesome! glad it's in the can!
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Kristin Lennox · Flight Attendant Joined: 30 Apr 2011 Posts: 858

Thanks, you guys. Smile

It's a weird kind of "pride" I feel... well, not pride, exactly. More like "relief," knowing that pretty much whatever comes down the pike from here on in, I'll be able to handle, vocally and technically...

And just for kicks, this was my favorite term from the narration: "total abdominal hysterectomy-bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy".
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