PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR CRITIQUE ON MY ENGLISH DEMO

Leif M. Synnevaag

Hi Guys,

I would appreciate it very much if You gave me your honest
feedback on one of my English demos.

As You probably can hear, my English is not native, and therefore
it would have been nice to hear your thoughts on how it is sounding.

Thanks.

Leif.

Scott Pollak · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008, 18:00 (GMT) Post subject:

Leif... wow!

Going into something like this with the warning you gave, I expected a stilted, unnatural delivery.

Now granted, based on this demo I'm not sure you could successfully narrate, say, a medical tutorial, but this is pretty cool. For this type of heavy, moody piece, your voice worked well. Nice production elements, too. The ONLY place that it was just a tad difficult to understand was at the very end on "All we ask". The 'ask' was, to my American ears, not terribly discernible.

Interestingly I actually picked up a slight British accent, especially at the end, but had you not told me you were not a native English speaker I'd never have known it. This is a cool bit... what was it used for?

Melba Sibrel · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008, 18:15 (GMT) Post subject:

Wowsa. Lovely. I'll give you any body part you want. Laughing

Seriously, I think you can market yourself as English-speaking VO. It's not dialect so much as delivery. And you've got that down.

Lucas Nugent · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008, 20:09 (GMT) Post subject:

Definitely Leif, you've got talent.
I actually picked up more than a slight British accent, it sounded pretty consistent. But man, that delivery is good. Interesting sound too. You'll do well.