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conversational voice overs

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I’ve been a fairy and a bride. ⁣ A rescue dog and newsreader oh my.⁣ ⁣ And what a challenge I had, ⁣ playing pissed off customer number 5.⁣ ⁣ 40 seconds worth of script ⁣ into a 30 second ad I’ve had to squeeze.⁣ ⁣ I’ve had to voice live. ⁣ Even speak a little German. Danke yes please.⁣ ⁣ But nothing strikes fear ⁣ into the old vocal folds quite like Dr Seuss. ⁣ ⁣ An hour of warm ups and stretches ⁣ to get the tongue all free and loose.⁣ ⁣ This little ditty here oh say can you say ⁣ is the absolute worst.⁣ ⁣ But I didn’t say, couldn’t say—⁣ I stuffed it from the very first verse.⁣ ⁣ The four year olds were suitably unimpressed. ⁣ Try and try as I may.⁣ ⁣ Seuss, you bloody got me again. ⁣ I failed preschool mystery reader day.
⁣ Unfadeable ...unless some fiddle fingers gets all up in your settings.⁣ ⁣ Knowledge 💣: never hit record until you’ve done a level check ...⁣ ⁣ baby⁣ ⁣ check⁣ ⁣ baby ⁣ ⁣ 1⁣ ⁣ 2⁣ ⁣ 3
On-hold messaging is a great opportunity to promote your brand, products and services. ⁣ ⁣ And the best bit? A captive audience who already think you’re a bit of alright.⁣ ⁣ On-hold messages are the recorded messages that customers hear while waiting on hold on the telephone. They’re generally used in conjunction with an IVR system (‘for sales please press 1, for marketing please press 2…’).⁣ ⁣ Why should you get amongst it?⁣ ⁣ 📞 A great opportunity to promote your brand, products, services, events or anything new⁣ ⁣ 📞 It’s relatively low cost, especially compared with traditional advertising channels⁣ ⁣ 📞 Most businesses are set up to do this (or can be fairly easily)⁣ ⁣ 📞 Messages are easy to create, change or update⁣ ⁣ 📞 You have a captive audience already interested in what you have to offer⁣ ⁣ Convinced? Get in touch and let’s make messages worth holding the line for⁣ 🙌🏻
If you’ve ever produced a singer or voice actor with a sibilant S, here’s a quick fix you need to bookmark right now. ⁣ ⁣ Click that little ribbon reminiscent of placing second in the backstroke at your high school swimming carnival. Go ahead, I’ll hang tight.⁣ ⁣ So here’s the fix. Get your song / word person to repeat these three sounds one after the other for about a minute:⁣ 👉🏻 SSS⁣ 👉🏻 TUH⁣ 👉🏻 ZZZ ⁣ ⁣ Those sassy (not in a good way) S’s can be blamed on tongue positioning. If the tongue is too low behind the teeth when belting out an S, it can push air up between the teeth making it all sound a bit gross.⁣ ⁣ This quick workout helps to reposition the tongue and keep each S sounding as clear as a Jenner on Proactiv.⁣ ⁣ Sure, you can always whack a de-esser on in post, but like any processing it can flatten the performance. So why not up the S game right at the source?
C L I E N T T E L L 👄 “nailed it” /neɪld/ɪt/ (adjective): To meet client voice over needs. See also: “ecstatic client”.⁣ ⁣ I achieved nailed it status on an eLearning voice over for a big bank.⁣ ⁣ And the reason for said nailing? Right there in the second sentence.⁣ ⁣ Being internal eLearning, the script had a bucketload of technical detail and references to specific internal systems. ⁣ ⁣ To acronym or to not acronym was the question. There were a few references that could go either way. ⁣ ⁣ With tight turnarounds, rather than taking up time checking with the client, both versions is what they got. ⁣ ⁣ If you need an acronym aficionado for your eLearning or corporate video, HMU. DM me for a VO that will leave you ecstatic AF.
Me: Hey Siri, why is every second Super Bowl commercial featuring audio assistants?⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Siri: [sound on]⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Me: Thought as much.⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #superbowl #superbowl53 #superbowlcommercials #superbowlads #commercial #advertising #marketing #artificialintelligence #alexa #siri #cortana #australianvoiceover #australianvoiceactor #australianvoicetalent #australianvoice #voiceover #voiceactor #voiceacting #voiceoveractor #voiceovertalent #voicetalent #voiceoverlife #actor #actorlife #actorslife #studio #audio #production #creative #melhulm⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣
⁣⁣S C R I P T T I P ✏️ make sure your voice over is all good in the neighbourhood. ⁣ ⁣ An accent can give your project authenticity, resonate with your target audience or make the words stand out like 🐕🎾🎾 (in a good way).⁣ ⁣ But a dodgy accent is like a streaker at a sporting event. It might be mildly amusing for the first 5 seconds but once you realise ‘yes this is actually happening’ and everything is out there flapping around in the worst possible way, you’re left feeling violated and you’ve forgotten what you showed up to watch in the first place. (That’s 🐕🎾🎾 in a bad way.)⁣ ⁣ Accents? This is how we do it:⁣ ⁣ ✏️ SCRIPT TIP: if you want a specific accent for your script, hire a voice actor from that region.⁣ ⁣ No, that doesn’t include your brother-in-law from New York who did a mediocre crocodile hunter impersonation at your dinner party last week.⁣ ⁣ You can also provide specifics on the sound. Maybe you’d like it polished and all proper-like. Or you might be going for a more exaggerated, stereotypical sound. Shove those preferences in your script direction too.⁣ ⁣ And hit me up 🙋🏼‍♀️ if you need a fair-dinkum, you-beaut, corker Aussie voice mate 🇦🇺⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣#accent #australianaccent #australianvoiceover #australianvoiceactor #australianvoicetalent #australianvoiceoveractor #australianvoice #canberravoiceover #voiceover #voiceactor #voiceacting #voiceoveractor #voiceovertalent #voicetalent #voiceoverlife #actor #actorslife #studio #production l #creative #quote #quotetoliveby #quotetovoiceby #inspiration #creativelife #canberracreative #motivation #postivevibes #postivevibesonly #melhulm
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