Twisted Tales
LouisVO for Narrator
The narrator is arguably the most important role in this project. The narrator will set the tone and mood, while also acting as the listeners' eyes. They will describe the scene, inner emotions, and physical queues. The current idea is to have a warm and soft voice that emulates someone telling a child a dark bedtime story with a powerful moral. Please feel free to use your own interpreted style and tone.
I'm still open to your unique interpretation, but this is and example of the engaging warmth I'm seeking by default. https://youtu.be/lhx1Cv3wfCY?si=-jzS7VhuiAVZwFDw&t=1207
Tips for narrator based on current auditions: Sloooooow down. Close your eyes, take a breath, and slow it down. There's no time slot here. Pauses and pacing will go a LONG way.
Charlie peered through the small gap in the curtains. It was just past noon, but the sun was nowhere to be found. She felt the heavy pit of anxious fear creeping from her belly up to her throat. She remembered her mother and father, always by her side. They were here now, and for the time, she felt safe once more.
It was dark and cold, but the girl's light remained, deep inside, warming her through this endless night.
She tried to brave through her waking nightmares. Oh, she tried and tried, squeezing her eyes tight and gritting her teeth. A brave girl indeed. The bravest she could be.
Hi Louis, thanks for auditioning! I think the biggest bit of feedback I can give you that I hope helps is to really think about your headspace. What I mean by that is, I didn't feel the tension here at all. It was lovely and warm, and I can appreciate that. But for example, "but the sun was nowhere to be found," sounded like you could have even had a slight grin. It sounded so gentle and happy. I like the gentle aspect, but dude, the sun is gone! WHAT THE FUCK!? Where did it go!? I need to feel that tension! I need that anxiety!! For this particular project, I'm looking for the narrator to tug on the emotions of the listener, not just tell a story. As it stands, you tell a lovely story! But I want to really play with some emotions here and make people FEEL. Only other thing I can say is make sure to follow instructions. Thank you for being honest about using noise removal, but I asked for completely RAW audio because I have a rather expensive plugin to take care of any high noise floors. I got that covered, and I need to see how it sounds when I use my noise removal so that each character has a consistent sound. Thanks for auditioning! I hope some of this helps :)
Thank you for the honest feedback, I do really mean that. It's awfully difficult to come by in this industry.
Your feedback is very valid, and helps a lot. Headspace, to put it in your words, is something I sometimes still need to work on. I do think that this style of tense, unsettling storytelling is not necessarily something that fits me personally, which is of course also good to know.
Anyways, like I said, thank you for the feedback and good luck with the project.