Really well done! Great use of variations in pitch, tone, style, volume, etc.!

1:16 Read “your” instead of “a”

1:47  Read “purchase” instead of “purchases” - be aware of changing words and dropping or adding “s”

For actual auditions and gigs, it’s good to quality check your work. Casting directors care about accurate reads of the script - particularly in commercial reads where the script may have been reviewed by the legal department.

I didn’t really hear anything too notable where you may have stumbled, but it’s good to bear in mind, when you misread or have a little stumble (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 as a pick-up, 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. When the mistakes are then edited out, it will sound like you read everything perfectly.

If you’re willing to share, what were you recording with? Your audio does sound a little muffled. If you’re using an actual recording microphone, make sure you are speaking into the front of the microphone input. Cardioid pattern microphones are designed to not pick up as much sound from the back side, and it’s easy to accidentally have the input turned the wrong way. Usually the logo is at the front side of the input, but check with your specific microphone to verify where the input is. If you’re not using a microphone for this class, that’s perfectly okay too! Recording on a phone or a laptop works too as we’re just focusing on the basics of voice acting for this class. Generally a good distance from  your microphone as a rule of thumb is the space between your pinky and thumb when they are extended apart from each other. For louder talking/yelling you may need to increase the distance a little and/or lower the gain. Having the microphone input pointed at your mouth but offset to one side maybe 20-30 degrees can help reduce plosives. Try to have waveform peaks for yelling/loud projection land between -9 dB and -3 dB. For normal talking, try to have the waveform peaks between -12 and -6 dB. Shoot for -3dB of headroom. 

For the purpose of this assignment to work on projection, I felt you did well with it overall. There may be room for improvement such as if you imagine the scenario of speaking to a gymnasium full of people without a microphone and you need to be heard in the back corner. But overall, really nice work! When you’re ready to take the next step to improve your voiceover recording, you will want to look into treating your recording space with acoustic foam (we recommend 4” thick) and/or blankets to help reduce the reflections and reverb in the space. It’s not necessary for this class however, as mentioned, as we are focusing on the basics of voice acting.

Keep up the excellent work!