{"id":165,"date":"2012-06-09T20:02:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T20:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2013-07-25T14:09:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-25T14:09:31","slug":"voiceover-script-analysis-win-the-job-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/voiceover-script-analysis-win-the-job-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Voiceover Script Analysis- Win the Job (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Analyzing voiceover scripts, as we discussed last week, is the most important key to your performance.\u00a0 It makes sense that an actor can only fully express the character he is portraying if he has all the information on this character.\u00a0 The same is true for any voiceover jobs.\u00a0 Understand the script, the character, the motivation, the mood, the word choices \u2013 and you understand what the writer wants you to do.\u00a0 Do what the writer wants.\u00a0 Win the job.\u00a0 Here are more voiceover techniques for achieving this.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After you have gone through the entire script many times and have gotten an impression on the mood of the script, and written down adjectives that convey this mood, go through the script one line at a time.\u00a0 On each line, try to understand the specific point that is being made you sound connected to what you are saying.\u00a0 Example:\u00a0 \u201cColors can really affect us.\u201d\u00a0 If you had only one word to emphasize to show you were saying this sentence for a reason, what word would you choose?\u00a0 Colors?\u00a0 Affect?\u00a0 Try the sentence out loud and emphasize only the word that seems to most convey the \u201cpoint\u201d you are making.\u00a0 Maybe it is both of those words.\u00a0 Try that out loud.\u00a0 What sounds best?<\/div>\n<div>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Identify the two parts of the script that separate the writer\u2019s style from the product\u2019s information.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Example:\u00a0 \u201cColors can really affect us.\u00a0 \/\u00a0 The True Blue Family of Checking Products from Eastern Bank let you get the most out of your money.\u201d\u00a0 One of these sentences was laid out for the writer by the client (Eastern Bank) as they were conveying what the most important things were that needed to be mentioned in the script.\u00a0 The other sentence represents a line where the writer then \u201cbuilt\u201d a story around the product and the product\u2019s concept.\u00a0 When you home in on the \u201cwriter\u2019s lines\u201d and understand them better, you are one step closer to pleasing the writer.\u00a0 Very rarely do the product people choose the voice, unless it is perhaps the voice of a huge National Network campaign they are planning.\u00a0 So find the lines that aren\u2019t as \u201cinformational\u201d and you will find your way to the writer\u2019s heart.<\/div>\n<div>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Practice by reading a short story or an article and pretending you have to tell someone what it was about in only a few sentences.\u00a0\u00a0 You are honing your skills of understanding.\u00a0 Understand intention, convey the intention, and win the job every time.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analyzing voiceover scripts, as we discussed last week, is the most important key to your performance.\u00a0 It makes sense that an actor can only fully express the character he is portraying if he has all the information on this character.\u00a0 The same is true for any voiceover jobs.\u00a0 Understand the script, the character, the motivation, 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