To sit or to stand?

Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007, 22:57 (GMT) Post subject: To sit or to stand?

When recording VO, do you sit or do you stand up? I don't mean for practical reasons, but for technical/physical reasons.

For me, it depends. If I'm doing soft reads, I sit. For hard-sell and voice acting, I stand. Some may have other reasons for doing it either one way or the other, and I'd love to hear them.

Diane Havens · Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007, 23:28 (GMT) Post subject:

I agree with Maxine -- definitely better for breathing, and more space for gesture. I find it more relaxing as well.

Bob Bergen · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 00:30 (GMT) Post subject: Re: To sit or to stand?

Kim White · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 00:43 (GMT) Post subject:

At most of the stations I've worked, the production rooms and recording studios were arranged for sitting. People would always know I was in the production room, because the chair would be in the hall (since the rooms were so tiny).

Now, I find it easier to sit, because I feel I have to be right on top of the mic to get a decent sound -- and since, like Maxine, I like to gesture, I find the volume drops dramatically while geturing, standing up. Maxine, don't you find it difficult to record to your snowball, while you're standing?

Great question!

Maxine Dunn · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 01:31 (GMT) Post subject:

Jacob Keebler · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 02:19 (GMT) Post subject:

In a world....where the girls stand and the boys sit...

....tee hee....

Kara Edwards · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 03:46 (GMT) Post subject:

At home, I stand. In other studios- I do whatever they tell me to Smile

I have one company I do quite a bit of work with that forces me to stand. Not a big deal- until you are in your 6th hour. When my back and feet start to hurt- it makes it hard to stay in character.

When I do sit, I find myself sitting on the edge of the seat. I'm a mover too- it helps me to have the posture the character has. A big strong character makes me move more than a timid child.

Ronald T Robinson · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 13:40 (GMT) Post subject:

More often than in the past, studios (and some radio stations) are providing a bar-stool arrangement where the Talent is neither sitting or standing but is still being supported.

This is also, I find, quite accommodating for just about any type of read

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September Day Leach · Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007, 21:52 (GMT) Post subject:

I sit at home, stand at the studio

Allison Scussel · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007, 04:14 (GMT) Post subject:

Depends on the studio I'm working out of and the kind of read I'm doing. At home, I sit. Anywhere else...it's a tossup. After standing for a few hours, it's a nice alternative to sit, even if it's on a bar stool. (too bad that doesn't happen at an actual bar)

~Allison~

Brad Venable · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007, 10:26 (GMT) Post subject:

I stand whenever I'm recording.

Jacob Ekstroem · Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007, 12:26 (GMT) Post subject:

Thank you all for your input, keep 'em commin' daumen rauf

Connie Terwilliger · Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007, 20:46 (GMT) Post subject:

I have an electric desk that allows me to raise or lower the monitor so that I can sit or stand depending on the copy.

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