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VOICE ACTING PSA Pie - Dishing It Out To The Public Doesn't Always Mean Playing Sad  August 20, 2014By 'VO Chef' Deb Munro Voice Actor & Coach PSA Pie recipe:
Most are emotional and work at tearing at your heartstrings, but the voice actor also needs to know how to take out the emotion and deliver the spot with hope and solution. In fact, sometimes playing opposite the sad part of the commercial can create a very successful recipe. CONNECT WITH CLIENT & AUDIENCE Of course, the client truly wants you to connect to the viewer/listener’s emotionally. So this requires the performer to know how to completely connect and care about the script, just as much as the client would. If you are working with a script that is sad, playing on the sadness isn’t always the best choice. For instance, sometimes we experience a nervous or distant chuckle when we are sad or shocked. So playing opposite to the sadness might be a good choice. FROM MIC TO EAR PSA's can also cook up opportunities to play with the intimacy of the microphone. If you know and understand microphone placement, this is a chance to test how well you work with your studio microphone. Keep in mind that many listeners are hearing you via headphones, so you’re speaking right into their ear. Speak close to the microphone - which forces you to talk intimately - and visualize the mic as a human ear. Speak with care about the topic, mean what you say, and feel the scene. This is the best way to bring this kind of recipe to it’s fullest potential. ------------------------------- ABOUT 'CHEF' DEB Deb Munro is a leading and award-winning voice talent and coach based in Toronto. She offers private voice over coaching by phone and Skype, and workshops on voice acting, business and demo prep in many Canadian cities. Email: deb@debsvoice.com Web: www.debsvoice.com |
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This is excellent advice! Something I never would have thought about.