Twisted Tales
VersLaFlamme 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 Vers, thanks for auditioning! Only feedback I really have for you is that it felt a bit flat. The audio quality was great, your voice is lovely, but the performance isn't tugging on my emotions. I'm looking for narration that really guides the listener's feelings. I think something that might help is to take a solid minute or more to really visualize this world. When a world is left vague, which is not uncommon in a casting call, it's really up to us VAs to create something in our head that makes sense to us. Then of course after getting cast, you get way more context. Put yourself in it and feel the fear of all this creepiness, that way you can project what you're feeling through your voice. Well done, and I only hope this helps :)
Thanks for that!