0616 – The Voice-Over Studio Workflow

2022.09.08 - 0616 – The Voice-Over Studio WorkflowLet’s just take a quick look at what happens when you go into a voiceover studio.·        Read the Brief and the script·        Assist the studio engineer in setting the mic position and levels, the level of your headphones and talkback and the position of any script stand·        Have a first run-through of the script and get any questions answered about style or speed, timing and tone, projection, pronunciation and contractions (can you say “they’ll” rather than “they will”, for example?), and so on. Work out[1]:o  who you are ‘talking to’ in the script o  how old they areo  where they are listeningo  what your role iso  the name of the product, brand or serviceo  the overall message and the key words and phrases that help communicate that message. Have you understood the script correctly? “Also, at the food and drink fair, more famous wines…” Is that additional wines that are also famous (“more, famous wines”), or wines that are much more well-known (“more-famous wines”)?o  the mood and tone of the script and how your voice personality can convey it.    In a commercial read, your director should be able to tell you exactly who the script is aimed at, and the ‘part’ that you are playing. This vital information will help you choose an ‘emotional state’ for the read, and an appropriate style and tone.For example, advertising a car, the copy and the placement of the production (the script and where the commercial will be seen, or alongside which TV programmes), may be directed at a general consumer, parents (perhaps the copy highlights safety features and accessibility), corporate users (mentioning the miles per gallon or comfort), or the ‘petrol heads’ (with technical specifications being highlighted). You can see that each of these scripts would place the production in a different place. And what part are you playing? Are you the caring mum? Are you the reassuring expert, or maybe the ‘boffin’? Are you an educator, a neighbour? What kind of neighbour: the annoying one from two-doors down who everyone avoids, the one that’s always organising cakes sales and car shares, or the one-next-door who you share babysitting with? Having the director give you the role and the audience will mean you have something to creatively respond to, to help you find your character voice and then the style of the read as well as other elements such as the pace and projection, tone and pitch. ·        Mark up your script with any changes,·        Go for a ‘take’ (sometimes called a ‘first pass’ take) and get more notes.·        More takes and minor adjustments. Possible feedback regarding doing one phrase “like in Take 3” and another “like you did in Take 8” and so on as well as doing it all completely differently, just “because”. [1] We looked at a lot of these key questions and the reason behind asking them earlier in the series  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice.Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode!And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is a free, course to help you GET A BETTER BROADCAST, PODCAST AND VOICE OVER VOICE.Look out for more details of the book during 2024.Contacts: https://linktr.ee/Peter_StewartAudio recording script and show notes (c) 2021, 2022, 2023 Peter StewartPeter has been around voice and audio all his working life and has trained hundreds of broadcasters in all styles of radio from pop music stations such as Capital FM and BBC Radio 1, the classical music station BBC Radio 3 and regional BBC stations. He’s trained news presenters on regional TV, the BBC News Channel and on flagship programmes such as the BBC’s Panorama. He has written a number of books on audio and video presentation and production (see contacts clink above) and presented hundreds of radio shows (you may have heard him on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Virgin Radio or Kiss, as well as BBC regional radio) with various formats. He has read tens of thousands of news bulletins and hosted 3,000+ podcast episodes.The podcast title refers to those who may wish to change their speaking voice in some way. It is not a suggestion that anyone should, or be pressured into needing to. We love accents and dialects, and are well aware that how we speak changes over time. The key is: is your voice successfully communicating your message, so it is being understood (and potentially being acted upon) by your target audience?This podcast is London-based and examples are spoken in the RP (Received Pronunciation) / standard-English / BBC English pronunciation, although invariably applicable to other languages, accents and dialects.The 'Peter Stewart' show is perhaps of great interest to those in broadcast voice overs, the broadcast voice, how to start a voice podcast, broadcasting voice training, your speaking voice, breathing technique, and conversational speaking. You may also find it useful if you are searching for information on voice coaching, voice training, voice overs, podcasting, broadcasting, presenting, being a voice over actor and newsreading, audio branding, public speaking, the recorded voice, vocal tips, performance, vocal health education, vocal technique and voice over training.Music credits: all Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license "Beauty Flow" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5025-beauty-flow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.