Twisted Tales
Melissa C 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.
Feedback incoming! Thanks so much for auditioning. I really liked this one! I think you have a lovely voice, however I don't feel like it fits with what I'm looking for here. Narration in general? Excellent. Honestly, so well done. It was warm, it was gentle, it was engaging- With this specific episode however, I'm looking for a more spiritual or otherworldly all-knowing voice. I was getting a lot of great little bits of humanizations that genuinely make me want to work with you for character work. I would love to see what you could do for either Charlie's mother or a future episode's character! This particular audition felt a little too "natural conversation" for the godly voice from above that I'm looking for, but right away, it showed me how amazing you'd be in a character role. The great thing though is a lot of people can't get that natural conversation sound for character work and you've done it flawlessly. Would you be open to the potential of voicing some characters?
Thanks so much for taking the time to listen and give all the feedback, I really appreciate it! I actually really enjoy doing character work, but I wasn't sure if Charlie's mother would be a great fit for me so I decided to try for the narrator.
I'm definitely open to voicing some characters for the podcast in the future, that sounds fun!
Hello! Sorry to do a copy and paste here, but I have a bunch of lovely VAs to get through. If you're seeing this, you're one of my favorites that I unfortunately don't have room for just yet. But I'd like to do more episodes if this one goes well, and I'd love to add you to the pool of people that I can call on in the future. If you'd like to be open for later episodes, please let me know the best way to contact you either here in the comments or through DMs. If you decide to do a DM, please just comment that you've DM'd me so that when I'm going through my shortlist here in the future, I know to hunt you down in DMs.
Just sent a DM!