Tag: Performance
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Why you should voice with your video off
Worried that client’s will think you aren’t real? 3 reasons why you should keep your camera OFF during live directed voiceover sessions
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Achieving a natural sounding voiceover
The world of voiceover has moved on from the cheesy announcer who over-emphasises every other word (although there is still some place for this style!) – today it’s far more common to hear natural voices that sound like real people. But sounding like a person, can be surprisingly hard! Here are a few examples of…
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Breathing for voice work
Many voice over artists spend a lot of time editing out breaths from their work – and indeed some types of jobs may require this. But if you learn to breathe instinctively and quietly, you won’t have those big breathy bumps on your waveform. Natural breaths should blend into your voiceover performance unnoticed – make…
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How singing can improve your voiceover
Singing regularly is a fantastic way to improve your speaking voice and the advantages for voice actors shouldn’t be underestimated! Speaking and singing require good control of the breath, the vocal folds and the muscles of articulation. Exercising your voice doesn’t have to be about set vocal warmups. Singing along to whatever comes on the…
