Loved the energy and character you put into your read! When you’re having fun with a script, it shines through in your performance! Casting directors notice this! :D

0:15  In commercials, when you get to the brand name, slow it down a tad and give it some extra love. This is the client who’s paying you! They want their name to be remembered positively in commercials.

0:16 Read “stand” instead of “stands”- be aware of changing words and dropping or adding “s”. 

0:23 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. (typical comment)

0:44 “animated” felt rushed and not fully pronounced

1:10 “innovatively” also felt rushed and not fully pronounced

1:19 I hear “Coffington” instead of “Coffinton”

Be sure to stay consistent in your character accent all the way through your read. It sounded a little like the accent got stronger after the first few lines, so if you found this accent during the read, it may help to go ahead and read the script again with the same accent so it will be consistent throughout.

The read felt a little choppy, but I suspect if you gave it another take or two you’d have that smoothed out nicely. 

Overall, good work at practicing your articulation! There is still room for some 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.

Keep up the excellent work!