{"id":345,"date":"2014-04-30T21:20:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T21:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2014-04-30T21:20:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T21:20:54","slug":"techniques-tips-to-being-a-voiceover-listener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/techniques-tips-to-being-a-voiceover-listener\/","title":{"rendered":"Techniques & Tips to Being a Voiceover Listener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a voiceover tip: stop talking.\u00a0 Oh that was just fun to write.\u00a0 Seriously, though, there are many levels to listening that can enhance your voice over authenticity.\u00a0 I was actually inspired to write on this subject from an article written in the voiceover times<\/a>.\u00a0 It was lovely and insightful and I actually discovered it was written by an actress that used to audition for me many times in NYC.\u00a0 Fiona Jones.\u00a0 Just to give credit where it\u2019s due.<\/p>\n

Fiona Talks about how the voice actor can learn technique by listening to other performances and hearing the subtleties in volume, pacing, phrasing, emotion, etc.\u00a0 She also dicusses the merits of being able to listen to take direction, to keep up with pop culture for references to other actors that directors may wishfully refer to for the type of performance they want, and to keep up with styles and trends.\u00a0 Right on Fiona.<\/p>\n

I would also like to propose other levels of listening in voiceover . . . that occur outside of voiceover.\u00a0 Listening to your everyday conversations, if it\u2019s possible.\u00a0 Recording a phone conversation might be easier for reflection and review.\u00a0 But in a conversation with anyone, especially since they don\u2019t know that you\u2019re \u201clistening\u201d, study them.\u00a0 That right there is NO PERFORMANCE.\u00a0 That right there is what books the job.\u00a0 You are watching a live example of the ultimate authenticity!<\/p>\n

Listening can be stretched to the art of \u201clistening to the writer.\u201d\u00a0 What this means is \u2013 again, don\u2019t talk.\u00a0 Don\u2019t DO your \u201cread.\u201d\u00a0 You can\u2019t yet.\u00a0 Not until you have listened to whisperings of the writer.\u00a0 He has left you clues all over the script as to HOW he wants you to be.\u00a0 It\u2019s always there.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re the best.\u201d\u00a0 This tells you he wants confidence.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re hoping you\u2019ll give us a try.\u201d This tells you he wants sincerity.\u00a0 And yes, the actual writing in a script will be less obvious than that, hopefully, but you will SEE if you are looking.\u00a0 I am shocked how few people look, how many just start reading.\u00a0 And reading is exactly what it sounds like.\u00a0 So listen.\u00a0 Listening books the job every time.<\/p>\n

Take this script and see if you can truly hear what the writer wants.\u00a0 Write down adjectives, story, whatever you can to form a feeling for the direction you will go in.\u00a0 Then practice.\u00a0 Record yourself and listen to see if you brought to life the vision you received from the writer.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not here to change lives.\u00a0 Or to create new ones.\u00a0 We\u2019re not here to re-write laws or to contest existing ones.\u00a0 We are not movers and shakers.\u00a0 We are here to allow you to keep doing what it is you have always done \u2013 survive, even thrive.\u00a0 We are here \u2013 to take care of you.\u00a0 Mother Earth Vitamins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here\u2019s a voiceover tip: stop talking.\u00a0 Oh that was just fun to write.\u00a0 Seriously, though, there are many levels to listening that can enhance your voice over authenticity.\u00a0 I was actually inspired to write on this subject from an article written in the voiceover times.\u00a0 It was lovely and insightful and I actually discovered it […]<\/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-345","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\/345","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=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}