{"id":70,"date":"2013-03-06T03:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T03:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/?p=70"},"modified":"2013-07-24T22:07:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T22:07:08","slug":"your-voiceover-comfort-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/your-voiceover-comfort-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Voiceover Comfort Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people have some level of \u201cvoiceover\u201d self-consciousness.\u00a0 I know for example, that I talk slightly louder than necessary.\u00a0 I imagine part of it was having a comedian of a sister that there was no competing with.\u00a0 The other part was many many years of training in NYC where if you aren\u2019t loud, you won\u2019t be heard.\u00a0 What\u2019s your level of self-awareness?\u00a0 If it\u2019s slim to none, start using your senses more and focus them inward toward yourself.\u00a0 Try to identify the volume at which you normally speak at, that pace your sentences take on, the amount of high versus low inflections in your words\u2026.Dig even a little deeper now.\u00a0 Do you speak with a relaxed feel?\u00a0 Do you speak quickly and anxiously?\u00a0 Introspectively?\u00a0 Are you choosing to convey your thoughts passively, aggressively, or assertively?\u00a0 If you\u2019re not sure of the answer to that last one or you want some life-changing communication skills for speaking more assertively, check out this <\/span><\/span><\/span>awesome article to find your assertive voice<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So once you have identified your comfort zone, you now can begin the exercises for pushing yourself one step outside of it.\u00a0 I want to be clear that your comfort zone could already be very marketable \u2013 but can you, and shouldn\u2019t you, try for more?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 If you\u2019re passive, reading things quietly and slowly, take a script and work on it in the comfort of your own safe space and BELT it out.\u00a0 Stand UP.\u00a0 Use your hands.\u00a0 Give it your best over-the-top, loud, dramatic, theatrical, read.\u00a0 Over and over again.\u00a0\u00a0 You are WORTH listening to.\u00a0 What you have to say is IMPORTANT.\u00a0 Now, for those of you already there, trying to tone down your volume, speed, intensity\u2026..sit on the couch.\u00a0 Take some slow deep breaths.\u00a0 Read slower, quieter, exuding a confidence that what you are saying IS so true, that you don\u2019t HAVE to force it on anyone, their conviction will be from the words you are saying.\u00a0 Now read it even slower, even quieter.\u00a0 Breathe.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

For the perfect example of a balanced read, both relaxed and confident, check out the latest <\/span><\/span><\/span>great commercial demo<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> by Meredith Zeitlin.\u00a0 Your comfort zone is wonderful.\u00a0\u00a0 A little tweaking . . .that\u2019s all.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span>J<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most people have some level of \u201cvoiceover\u201d self-consciousness.\u00a0 I know for example, that I talk slightly louder than necessary.\u00a0 I imagine part of it was having a comedian of a sister that there was no competing with.\u00a0 The other part was many many years of training in NYC where if you aren\u2019t loud, you won\u2019t […]<\/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-70","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\/70","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=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}