{"id":305,"date":"2013-10-25T15:26:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/?p=305"},"modified":"2013-10-25T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:26:51","slug":"voiceover-script-success-series-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/voiceover-script-success-series-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Voiceover Script Success Series #6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back to our script analysis work again.\u00a0 I recently tweeted (yes I begrudgingly and very infrequently\u2026.ech\u2026.\u201dtweet\u201d) this comment on mastering script analysis and bringing it to the performance, \u201cVoiceovers are a lot like the most successful relationships.\u00a0 Sometimes you have to do what your partner wants, and you BOTH win.\u201d\u00a0 Believe it people.\u00a0 Your partner is the writer.\u00a0 You can only give him what he wants if you first KNOW what he wants.\u00a0 So read read read in your head first.\u00a0 I know it\u2019s not as fun as reading out loud.\u00a0 But it will make the reading out loud SO much better.\u00a0 And you\u2019ll win.<\/p>\n<p>Ok men, don\u2019t be scared.\u00a0 This script is for Princess Cruise Lines.\u00a0 It\u2019s not Disney Princesses.\u00a0 It\u2019s just a big awesome boat with lots of fun things to do that takes you to cool places.\u00a0 You can do this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s truly an epic adventure, a Princess world cruise. Over 100 days, sailing across the world&#8217;s seas and visiting the most sensational destinations on earth.<br \/>\nThe world cruise is a journey every intrepid traveler has dreamed about, and Princess can take you there.<br \/>\nWhat lies ahead of you is a galaxy of the most legendary, exiting and romantic ports in the world, destinations that will delight the mind and excite the imagination.<br \/>\nFrom the ruins of once mighty civilizations, to sparkling cosmopolitan cities, from enchanted island jewels to dramatic natural wonders, you&#8217;ll experience more in one monumental voyage than most people do in a lifetime of travel.<br \/>\nA Princess World Cruise, it&#8217;s an adventure of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The first sentence is a bit awkward.\u00a0 You\u2019re obviously introducing a means to an \u201cepic adventure\u201d \u2013 their big selling point.\u00a0 You do need to \u201cintroduce\u201d the cruise line for the first time here though, so don\u2019t throw that away.\u00a0 In the next few lines, find the hot spots: 100, world\u2019s seas, sensational, dreamed, legendary, exciting, romantic.\u00a0 Yes \u201cin the world\u201d has a certain drama to it.\u00a0 You can use that.\u00a0 What happens to your mind and imagination?\u00a0 Delight.\u00a0 Excite.\u00a0 Those words have more bang for their buck than the words they precede.\u00a0 So they take . . . precedence.\u00a0 Next you focus on these places and their descriptors: once mighty civilizations, etc.\u00a0 and then \u2013 you\u2019ll experience more in, what?\u00a0 One monumental voyage.\u00a0 Than what?\u00a0 A lifetime of travel.\u00a0 On your tag line, the end, whittle it down again to the most essential elements\u2026the POINT.\u00a0 The product.\u00a0 And what it stands for.\u00a0 No more.\u00a0 No less.\u00a0 Always be ON POINT.\u00a0 You can\u2019t go wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s truly an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">epic adventure<\/span>, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Princess world cruise<\/span>. Over <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">100<\/span> days, sailing across the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">world&#8217;s seas<\/span> and visiting the most <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sensational<\/span> destinations on earth.<br \/>\nThe world cruise is a journey every intrepid traveler has <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dreamed<\/span> about, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Princess<\/span> can take you there.<br \/>\nWhat lies ahead of you is a galaxy of the most <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">legendary, exiting and romantic<\/span> ports in the world, destinations that will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">delight<\/span> the mind and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">excite<\/span> the imagination.<br \/>\nFrom the ruins of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">once mighty civilizations<\/span>, to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">sparkling cosmopolitan cities<\/span>, from <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">enchanted island jewels<\/span> to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">dramatic natural wonders<\/span>, you&#8217;ll experience more in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">one monumental voyage<\/span> than most people do in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a lifetime of travel.<\/span><br \/>\nA <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Princess World Cruise<\/span>, it&#8217;s an <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">adventure<\/span> of a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">lifetime<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to our script analysis work again.\u00a0 I recently tweeted (yes I begrudgingly and very infrequently\u2026.ech\u2026.\u201dtweet\u201d) this comment on mastering script analysis and bringing it to the performance, \u201cVoiceovers are a lot like the most successful relationships.\u00a0 Sometimes you have to do what your partner wants, and you BOTH win.\u201d\u00a0 Believe it people.\u00a0 Your partner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voice-over-gurus-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305\/revisions\/306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}