0917 – Have a No-Stress Rehearsal

2023.07.06 – 0917 – Have a No-Stress Rehearsal

Have a Mental Rehearsal

Visualise success – Research shows that our brain reacts the same in a real situation as in an imagined one, so do what athletes do and start training your brain into thinking positively and practice seeing yourself performing well. Develop and practice pre- and during- ‘performance’ routines so you feel more familiarity with what’s going to happen, so you settle in more quickly when it starts for real. And as you do this, imagine it all going incredibly well. We have seen before how visualisation helps the voice-over artist when we are trying to persuade people to buy a product.

Starting with small steps practice mimicking the studio day in as much detail as possible:

·        What will you wear and what time will you arrive?

·        Research the VO studio on Google so you can see what it looks like inside and out. If you are speaking at an actual event, try and see the room beforehand so you feel comfortable there and eliminate ‘situational stress’.

·        Can you find pictures of the producer or director, or the guest you’re going to interview remotely?

·        Ad-lib what you’ll say to them, how you’ll sit in the studio, your fluency and confidence

How will you be feeling during all of this? (The answer is “cool and quietly confident”!) 

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