0686 – Clarity, Consistency and Concentration in Voice Acting

2022.11.17 – 0686 – Clarity, Consistency and Concentration in Voice Acting

A clear voice – people will be spending a lot of time with you, so you need to have a voice that will not jar or grate on their ears.

Consistency – consistency in the style and energy of your read, and for fiction books, each character’s voice and accent.

Concentration - In non-fiction especially, this could be content-rich and technical texts with long and unwieldy sentence structures, and with fiction books you may need to be able to switch effortlessly from one character to another, remember accents and ‘the story so far’ (more on each of these skills later). Audiobooks are often recorded at home so you need to be a self-starter and be able to manage all the different aspects of the job: the reading, recording and self-directing and critiquing. And keep your mind, and your eye, on the text so neither wanders to the shopping list, what the time is and whether you need a toilet break.

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