Solid read. Good use of variations in pitch, pacing and power.

Make sure you have the microphone offset maybe 20 to 30 degrees so you speak passed it to help limit plosives. Having a pop filter can also help if you don’t already have one.

0:39 Read “he got up and trotted to his desk” instead of “he got up, trotted over to his desk”

1:10 Read “and” instead of “as”

1:40 Missed word “had”

Overall, nicely read. Your articulation and enunciation was good overall, however, there is room for improvement. Make sure you don’t lose the ends of words when practicing articulation and enunciation. In natural speaking, the ends tend to fall off or not be hit hard, but exercising and strengthening the quality to fully pronounce words is an excellent tool to have in your tool box. Really focus on hitting all of the letters in the words and clearly pronouncing all of them. When practicing articulation and enunciation it’s good to over-do it.

If you repeat the “P”, “T” and “D” letters 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. Really hit the letters of P, T, and D in this exercise no matter where they fall within the word. For example, the word “little” be sure to hit those “t’s” harder when you are practicing articulation exercises. Try over-enunciating and over-articulating like Burger showed in class with the cork trick. Being able to adjust the level of articulation in your read from very precise to normal everyday talking is an excellent tool to have in your voice acting toolbox. Keep practicing this skill as it will be an invaluable asset in voice acting as you continue along your journey.

The tongue twisters will also help so keep having fun playing around with those as well. Vocal warmups help loosen the tongue and vocal cords and will make it easier to pronounce the words. Other exercises, such as the  “B”, “G” and “K” sounds in the Bug Blood Bonanza script is another good one for practicing articulation and enunciation. 

Keep up the good work!