Did you catch the story on Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood that went behind the microphone, to focus on Voice Over Acting the Actors?
It was pretty interesting….Take a look:
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Real quick tip I’m not sure I’ve shared yet…
Today I was auditioning for an internal corporate video that had a lot of industry jargon that I was not familiar with. So, I went to a couple sites that I always use for getting the proper pronunciations. And as usual, it worked great!
These sites actually give you the phonetic spelling of the word, but they also give you audio examples of how to pronounce the word, as well. VERY COOL!…..VERY helpful!
Remember….The last thing you want to do is to mispronounce a word on a clients copy. So first…Ask the client if you find words you’re not familiar with, (don’t be shy…they’ll be glad you asked.) However….if the client is not available, then these sites are the next best alternative.
Check them out here:
http://forvo.com/languages-pronunciations/en/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://inogolo.com/pronunciation
http://dictionary.reference.com/
And here’s another I just found recently from the VO-BB bulletin board:
http://www.howjsay.com
So, now there’s absolutely no excuses! 
Have fun pronunciating! (Save you time looking that one up….I know it’s not a word! haha)
This kind of relates to the last post, but a former student sent me a demo to listen to.
She couldn’t figure out where the faint hum was coming from in her recording. She was asking if I thought it might be the microphone or something else. Wellll…..after listening several times, very closely, I realized what the low hum was….
TRAFFIC! Outside her window….the same window she cracked open to let some of the warm fresh spring air into her studio.
Remember as the weather gets nicer and you open those doors and windows to let a little fresh air in…You have to close them again, tightly before recording. Or you too may find yourself scratching your head, wondering where that “low hum” is coming from on your next recording.
Just a quick tip….Talk soon…
OK… So a lot of comments and email that I get relate to putting a demo together.
It’s not really hard, but it seems that a lot of people get overwhelmed in the details and not knowing exatly what to do. Soooo….I put this video together to let you break the tasks down into simple to follow elements.
Just go counter clockwise around the chart and complete the tasks. Before long you’ll be listening to your demo and sending it out to agents and producers! So, take a few minutes (about 25 minutes to be exact, but well worth the investment in time,) and let me know what you think…
Leave a comment or question. Thanks!
Click HERE to get the easy to follow PDF of the chart in the video.
Just got back in the studio and a little rushed….But I wanted to get this up quick! Let me know what you think.