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Nice work! I could see you playing around with accents which is great practice! Accents can add some lovely layers and variety to voice acting, expanding your character range!

Now that you’ve identified an audience, take it even further. Instead of a faceless audience, think of one specific person in particular you are speaking to and imagine they are in the room with you. Think about the who, what, where, why, when, how of the scene to bring it to life even further.

To take it to the next level, think about how fast things happen in sports in real time. Imagine the scene playing out in your mind - you are seeing all these actions and then you are reacting to them naturally while quickly explaining it to your audience. How would a live event announcer have spoken these words? Think about how you can make your performance feel even more authentic and genuine.

0:11 mispronounced “scrumptiously”

0:20 added word/sound

0:40 It feels like two different ideas as you end “dead” and go into “what a play!” However, it’s really a continuation of the same thought. If you were to do another take of this, try making the “what a play” more fluid with the thought before.

0:57 Added word “the”

0:53 I hear “Silvianis sad state” instead of “Silvianis’s sad state”. Slow it down a little to make it easier to pronounce all those extra “s” sounds. It’s definitely a challenge when the word ends with “s” and the next one starts with “s”.

1:12 I hear “re-serves” instead of “serves”. When you misread (happens to everyone and it’s okay!), it’s highly encouraged to start again at the beginning of the sentence or paragraph or a point that would make it easy to remove and replace the mistake during editing. If you just keep going and don’t return to a solid point that makes it easy to edit out the mistake, you may need to come back later and re-record, and it becomes challenging to make it sound the same as the original recording. So, a good rule of thumb is to record so that it’s easy to edit later.

1:45 read “phenomenal scrumptious” instead of “phenomenally scrumptious”

Don’t be afraid to practice reading the script a few or several times to become more familiar and comfortable with the script. And then, quality check it after recording. Compare what you recorded with what was written and look at the details - were any words changed, added or missed? The more you practice improving the quality of your reads and your skill in cold reading, the easier voice acting becomes and the less editing and/or pick-ups that will need to occur on the back end.

If you’re willing to share - what is your current recording setup? There seems to be quite a bit of distortion in your audio. It’s certainly not an issue for this class as we are focusing on the skills and acting, but as you progress with your voice acting career, you will want to work on improving your audio recording quality to increase the chances of booking work.

Good work overall!