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Sep. 24th, 2003 09:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oakenguyLast night was my first "How to Make Commercial Voiceovers" class. The teachers are a pair of performers/producers who've been in the industry for about 25 years, and teaching the class for about 15--they've got the whole thing *down*. The two of them in matching shirts and ties, very similar haircuts and polished radio voices were a little bit freaky, especially since they each looked like a 'Daily Show' correspondent. Eventually I just gave up and assumed they *were* the Daily Show actors, and felt much better.
It's a funny thing, talking. I've been doing it most of my life (okay, there was a stretch from 13 to 15 where not much of it happened). But doing it in front of people who were not only teaching voiceovers but, during their day job, *hiring* people based on their voices? Whole other ballgame.
Here's how it went:
Teacher 1: So let's start by having everyone introduce themselves and say a little something about why they're here.
What I think: No pressure okay here we go deep voice no slurring let's impress these guys
What I actually say: *high-pitched dolphin squeak*
After that they told us how to breathe, which I've also been doing completely wrong. I got so caught up in breathing through my diaphragm the proper way that I started to feel woozy from lack of oxygen. (And on a personal vanity note, breathing that makes my belly expand outward? Yeah, *just* what I need. Why can't it be my biceps?)
So that's my assignment for the week, breathing and talking.
It's a funny thing, talking. I've been doing it most of my life (okay, there was a stretch from 13 to 15 where not much of it happened). But doing it in front of people who were not only teaching voiceovers but, during their day job, *hiring* people based on their voices? Whole other ballgame.
Here's how it went:
Teacher 1: So let's start by having everyone introduce themselves and say a little something about why they're here.
What I think: No pressure okay here we go deep voice no slurring let's impress these guys
What I actually say: *high-pitched dolphin squeak*
After that they told us how to breathe, which I've also been doing completely wrong. I got so caught up in breathing through my diaphragm the proper way that I started to feel woozy from lack of oxygen. (And on a personal vanity note, breathing that makes my belly expand outward? Yeah, *just* what I need. Why can't it be my biceps?)
So that's my assignment for the week, breathing and talking.
