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A funny send off I did for a project manager that's leaving us:
A little bit of inside humor, but mostly fun for all.
It's a character I created for our HCA Medicare training (we throw him in when the content is so technical or wordy that we're sure the viewer is glazed over). He's always upbeat and nice so we had fun showing his darker side.
That was excellent and I really like the twist to the storyline.
Great! Who did your voice overs? I wish I could get over my microphone shyness, I'd love to be able to do soundscripts, but every time I do I just freeze up. I've done a couple but I brought them into a program and modified my voice to the point it wasn't identifiable. Jeeze, think I have a problem?
Pat Hacker, Visit Scooter's World.
Voiceover
Seymour is a friend of mine, Andrew Thompson. He's sort of semi-pro at this point. He'd done a few voices for some of my side/fun projects and is just a natural talent. Then I got my company to start using him when we were asked to come up with a few characters for HCA.
I understand the shyness you feel. I actually like doing voices (and I'll be pretty good working something up in the shower or in the car) but sitting in front of a mic can just throw you off. I can manage, but I require a lot of editing.
The "Director" was another staffer here at my company who used to be a radio guy. It's nice having a corrall of trained, resonant voices at my disposal. There was a girl that used to work here that had the best high, cartoony girl voice but she moved on. Rats.
It makes all the difference when you have someone that can make the magic happen consistently. Also, I've discovered that it helps the characters come alive better for me when I use other voices. I always hear "me" (and especially my mistakes) when I record myself.
General tip, when you ARE doing your own VOs, do some kind of vocal warm up. If you start cold, first off you'll be too timid, then as you loosen up your takes won't match. Jogging, or walking some steps, or doing some push ups to get the broncils open can help a lot too. Also helps to get the house to yourself (that really frees me up, although my wife is used to me acting silly).
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