Great energy in your read! When you’re having fun with a script, it shines through in your performance! Casting directors notice this! :D

I hear some distortion in your audio, so you may need to turn the gain down a bit. Make sure you aren’t clipping and ending up with flat tops in your waveform. For yelling/loud speaking, aim to have your waveform peaks between -9 and -3 dB, and for normal talking between -12 and -6 dB. 

0:15 Read “stand” instead of “stands”- be aware of changing words and dropping or adding “s”. 

0:17 Read “and” instead of “of”

0:35 Read “exhilarating” instead of “exhilarated” 

0:47 Good effort on enunciating and articulating, but Graham is still pronounced like “Gram” and not “Gray-ham”. :)

0:50 Missed word “only”

1:07 “fashionably” sounds a little slurred or sped through - be sure to clearly and fully pronounce all of the words

1:26 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. Good job with going back to the beginning of the line! The only other thing to watch out for - make sure you don’t get too excited and start changing your pitch or loudness as you re-start the line or it might not sound smooth when you edit out the mistakes. If you’re getting frustrated, just take a moment to breathe and recenter yourself and then give it another go. 

1:29 I hear “Coffington” instead of “Coffinton”

Don’t forget to include the tongue twisters in your homeworks going forward.

For actual auditions and gigs, be sure to quality check your work after recording to ensure you correctly performed the script. It is very important to many casting directors to have voice actors accurately read the written copy (script). (Plus, for real gigs and auditions you will want to edit out any errors and background noises.)

Overall, good work at practicing your articulation! There is still room for improvement, so I encourage you to continue practicing - be sure you are pronouncing all parts of the words including the last letters which are easy to “lose” when reading. When practicing articulation and enunciation it’s good to over-do it. Use the cork trick to practice like Burger showed in class. Even without it, over-articulate and be sure to clearly hit all the letters and parts of the word including the ending letters. Being able to clearly enunciate and articulate very well becomes a very useful tool in your voice acting toolbox to use or not to use as needed!

If you repeat the “B”, “G” and “K” sounds this exercise focused on, note the placement of your tongue and mouth as you make them and use this knowledge as you practice articulation in your read. The tongue twisters will also help so keep having fun playing around with those as well. Continue working your SOVT exercises too. Vocal warmups help loosen the tongue and vocal cords and will make it easier to pronounce the words.

To take the read to the next level, think about how you can lift the words off the page and really bring it to life. Think of who your character is who is speaking and picture the scene/context they are speaking in. Picture your audience - who is this character talking to and why? Answering these questions as you prepare the script can help take it to the next level. And, it’s okay to practice before recording too to help become more familiar with the script. When you’re doing actual auditions, it’s okay to record even while you practice - because you never know… your first read might be the best one when you listen back! :)

Keep up the great work!