Narrators Needed for Children's Show on Radio Fairfax

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josumz

First time trying this sort of thing out. Would appreciate feedback and votes!! :D

bedtime story broadcast
bedtime story broadcast

Voice over is different than the types of performances you are used to, so I am including a bit of beginner's advice along w/my feedback. There is background noise and an echo. If you can, recording in a packed closet helps, but be sure to turn off your A/C, heater, and fan. An acoustical blanket fort would work as well. I recommend this one: https://www.vocalboothtogo.com/product/sound-blanket-producers-choice-with-grommets-black-and-white/ because it is relatively inexpensive and works reasonably well. You have a lot of clicks, which are caused by saliva. It is hard for me to pick them out one-by-one ATM (I have a ruptured eardrum), but try listening w/headphones and volume turned up, paying particular attention to the begining and ending of your words. Before you begin speaking, there were two or three. Try eating a granny smith apple. The voices are cute. I think that you have a lot of potential because of your acting ability and you just need practice and to teach yourself how to do basic audio editing. Most people use Audacity, but I use a basic APP on my iPad called Voice Record. I hope you will try and audition again.

    josumz
    josumz

    thanks so much for the feedback! I will definitely look into acoustical assistance (I live in a pier-and-beam home, with 21 windows lol). I tried the pop filter once it came in the mail, but it didn't help that much. It looks like I'll need serious sound proofing. Thanks for the lead! I'll look into it.

      bedtime story broadcast
      bedtime story broadcast

      Try moving from the mic or try moving it a little off to the side. E-mail me when you are all set, if you want to audition again at least for further feedback: [email protected].

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The objective is not to sound like you are reading; you're supposed to be retelling a story. I expect you to edit your work.


The sides they read from:

  • Of what use was it to be loved and lose one's beauty and become Real if it all ended like this? And a tear, a real tear, trickled down his little shabby velvet nose and fell to the ground.


    And then a strange thing happened. For where the tear had fallen a flower grew out of the ground, a mysterious flower, not at all like any that grew in the garden. It had slender green leaves the colour of emeralds, and in the centre of the leaves a blossom like a golden cup. It was so beautiful that the little Rabbit forgot to cry, and just lay there watching it. And presently the blossom opened, and out of it there stepped a fairy.


  • She was quite the loveliest fairy in the whole world. Her dress was of pearl and dew-drops, and there were flowers round her neck and in her hair, and her face was like the most perfect flower of all. And she came close to the little Rabbit and gathered him up in her arms and kissed him on his velveteen nose that was all damp from crying.


    "Little Rabbit," she said, "don't you know who I am?


    "The Rabbit looked up at her, and it seemed to him that he had seen her face before, but he couldn't think where.

  • "I am the nursery magic Fairy," she said. "I take care of all the playthings that the children have loved. When they are old and worn out and the children don't need them any more, then I come and take them away with me and turn them into Real."


    "Wasn't I Real before?" asked the little Rabbit.


    "You were Real to the Boy," the Fairy said, "because he loved you. Now you shall be Real to every one."



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