Class Session 2
L. Lopez for Role
Full details of homework is on Closing Credits
Really nice work! I could tell you were working on articulation and enunciation for this exercise and overall I thought you did very well with it! There were areas here and there where you lost the ending letters on some words like “and”. The more you practice these skills the easier they will become to assimilate them into your script reading when desired and as a result the reads will smooth out. So, keep practicing. The tongue twisters will help strengthen these skills too so keep having fun with them. If you repeat the “P”, “T”, and “D” sounds this exercise focused on and the “B”, “G” and “K” sounds the other one 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. Continue working your SOVT exercises too. Vocal warmups help loosen the tongue and vocal cords and will make it easier to pronounce the words.
Staying well hydrated will help to reduce mouth clicks during recording. A good rule of thumb is to hydrate well a couple of hours before recording and drink water in between as you’re recording to stay hydrated.
As you progress with voice acting, investing in the RX series mouth declick plug-in is a very useful and worthwhile tool to have at your disposal to help keep the recording as clean as possible.
Overall, it was a very accurate read and well done. Keep up the excellent work!
Your feedback is appreciated, Melody! I definitely need to be better about doing the SOVT exercises. I still catch myself gasping during some auditions, which I know the exercises will help with when I get more disciplined about doing them. (Also, I just noticed my typo of "annunciation" instead of "enunciation." Random reference to Jesus' birth unintentional. Virtual walk of shame here for a former English teacher. 🤦🏻♂️)
Thanks again!