Class Session 2
Lamellae for Role
Full details of homework is on Closing Credits
Really nicely read!
You sound a little far from the microphone. Generally a good distance as a rule of thumb is the space between your pinky and thumb when they are extended apart from each other. You want your waveform peaks for normal talking between -12 and -6 dB. For yelling/loud speaking, aim to have your peaks between -9 and -3 dB. Having your microphone input pointed toward your mouth but offset slightly so you are speaking past it will help to limit any plosives from being closer to the microphone.
0:55 Read “into” instead of “to”
0:59 Read “of” instead of “about”
For actual gigs and auditions, 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). You had very few errors in the read, so well done! Just FYI - When you do happen to 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.
Don’t forget to include the tongue twister in your homeworks going forward. :)
For the purpose of this homework to work on articulation and enunciation, I felt you did an excellent job. I could hear all parts of the words including the ending letters that often tend to drop off in normal conversations.
Great work overall!
Thank you!! I'll definitely try to fix up the mic/volume issues and stick very closely to script in future.