A Conversation With One Person
Lesson 5 from: Voice-Over for Real People: Complete Freelancing GuideKeith Harris
A Conversation With One Person
Lesson 5 from: Voice-Over for Real People: Complete Freelancing GuideKeith Harris
Lessons
Welcome to the world of Voice Over
1Introduction
02:13What Is Voice Over?
2Myth Busting
03:17 3Where is all the money?
02:54 4Quiz: What Is Voice Over
The Voice Over Performance
5A Conversation With One Person
03:34Vocal Warm Up
03:43 7Breaking Down the Delivery Components
04:21 8Nailing the Feel
04:55 9Hitting or Noticing Words
03:28 10Becoming an Actor
03:26 11The Magic of Lists
04:34 12Five Key Characters
04:03 13Tongue Twisters
04:19 14Mic Technique and Studio Etiquette
01:44 15Quiz: Voice Over Performance
Case Studies
16Education in Mauritius
03:12 17The Ventsar ColorTouch
06:04 18Dodge Maps
04:16 19Quiz: case Studies
The Home Studio
20Check List
02:46 21Microphones
06:34 22Preamps
02:51 23Finishing the Check List
04:33 24Creating Your Recording Space
04:57 25Sound Proof Booths
03:34 26Quiz: Home Studio
Closing
27Practice and Review
02:58 28Quiz: Closing
Recording and Editing
29Live Recording Session
10:01 30Adding Music
06:41 31Placing Audio into a Video
06:10 32Extra Services
04:23 33Quiz: Recording & Editing
Making a Demo
34Your Demo is your Business Card
05:48 35Designing your Demo
02:30 36Recording Your Demo
03:25 37Quiz: Making a Demo
Self Employment
38Customer Service
04:37 39Expectations and Delivery
03:57 40Storage and Organization
03:31 41Gig Photo and the Fiverr Forum
03:56 42Quiz: Self Employment
Vocal Health
43Water and Sleep
04:15 44Recording When Sick
04:17 45Quiz: Vocal Health
Staying Motivated
46Setting Goals
02:52 47Daily Schedule and Fiverr Forum
04:06 48Nerves
02:52 49Bonus Vocal Exercises
03:57 50Take a Break
01:51 51Quiz: Staying Motivated
Final Quiz
52Final Quiz
Lesson Info
A Conversation With One Person
throughout this course, we will discuss many technical aspects of a good voice over performance. But the most important part of being a voice over actor is that we speak from the heart, not from the head. And that's what we'll discuss in this lesson in all of our deliveries or voiceover projects. We should always imagine we are speaking to one person because when we do that, every person listening to our voice over thinks they are that one person. And this is what will make your recordings engaging for your listeners. Now, the best way to explain this further is for me to give you an example. I'm going to read this script for you and then we'll discuss it further. Breast cancer doesn't just affect women, Consider the families and friends whose lives are also changed in the us alone over 215,000 women and 1500 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and over 40,000 will die. We cannot rest until we win the battle against breast cancer at the Breast Cancer Research Foundation,...
a minimum of 85 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to cancer research and awareness, programs. The breast cancer Research Foundation prevention and a cure in our lifetime. Now, if you're listening to that read, you might be thinking, wow, that was pretty good. I have a pleasant voice and a command for the information, but I'm going to tell you that if I turned that read in as an audition, I would not get hired for the job. And the reason is that I spoke with a concentration on the sound of my voice rather than who I was talking to. So I'm going to read this again for you and show you the difference. Breast cancer doesn't just affect women. Consider the families and friends whose lives are also changed in the US alone. Over 215,000 women And 1500 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year And over 40,000 will die. We cannot rest until we win the battle against breast cancer at the breast Cancer Research Foundation. A minimum of 85 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to breast cancer research and awareness programs, the breast cancer Research Foundation prevention and a cure in our lifetime. Did you notice how different the second read made you feel? Were you more engaged in the message? And did you feel more like we were having a conversation rather than you should be taking notes and we're being told where to go. This is the key to delivering a good voice over. Try it yourself in your package, the breast Cancer Research Foundation script is your first script. Open that script and try it out. Make sure you read out loud and simply ask yourself two questions. Who am I talking to and why are we having this conversation? And there are no wrong answers and you're read will change depending on how you answer those questions being clear about those two answers will help make sure you're reading from the heart and not from the head. So play with the answers and enjoy practicing your first script. In the next video, we'll get the voice ready for the day in the studio.
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Joe Wiese
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