Hey! can you'se beat me up on 'diss one?

Timothy Curtis

It's been a while since I've posted anything here, My real job kinda gets in the way of this one... (Gotta Eat!)
Anyway, the last time I posted I got some good feedback on recording quality etc. I have since updated my "Studio" and recorded this little radio "spoof" commercial. I haven't added music, or soud effects or anything, it's just a dry read.

I put on my Kevlar.........

OK.

GO!

Melba Sibrel · Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008, 15:46 (GMT) Post subject:

I'm not a tech geek, but it sounds okay. Just a little bit of bounce in the room, which is good for uncompressed audio. It sounds clean...no buz that I can hear.

The read and character is nothing special, but it's okay. You might have a few seconds there you could drop into a well-produced character reel.

Is that what you were wanting to know?

Timothy Curtis · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008, 22:26 (GMT) Post subject:

Thank you,
Yes, I know I have a long way to go - and my "studio" isn't exactly what you could call "professional" or anything. I'm working on more snippits that I can incorporate into a demo reel in the near future.

Connie Terwilliger · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008, 23:28 (GMT) Post subject:

Timothy Curtis · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008, 01:54 (GMT) Post subject:

Connie,
You are absolutely right. I need to work alot more on the cold delivery, than "working out" something that sounds good. Part of the struggle I'm having so far is that I don't have a stack of scripts to work from, and my writing skills are less than what you would call "poetic" or even cogent as far as that goes Cool

.....

Did I mention I wrote the script for that snippit? - See what I mean?

Anyway thanks again!
Maybe with some coaching, a little luck, a lot of work, and a winning smile (does that even count in voice-over?) One day I might even get paid for it..........

Bob Bergen

Connie Terwilliger · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008, 15:21 (GMT) Post subject:

Magazine copy works great - with the caveat that you "may" have to rewrite it slightly for the set that you end up using down the road as a demo.

Sometimes the headlines don't work as they are predicated on a single image. Once you collect a bunch of stuff, you also then need to look at it from the point of view of the ad. You don't want to have all Announcer or Spokesperson reads. That is a simple tweak of the pronouns. Change the they's and them's to I's and we's and us's and vice versa.

But for the initial practice, reading it straight from the ad will work. Break it down just like you would a commercial.

(Oh, and thanks Bob - I'm blushing.)