0629 – Getting Feedback On Your Voice

2022.09.21 - 0629 – Getting Feedback On Your Voice VOICE BOXGiving and Receiving Notes Directors:·        Only have you give the feedback not everyone in the control room. ·        Realise that everyone has different expectations about feedback or Notes:o  For some it’s “tell me what to do”o  “Share with me what you think I should do”o  “This is what I’m doing, is it OK or not?”·        Don’t give too much information back to them in the first couple of reads. ·        Then, don’t give feedback all in one go, but ‘layer up’ your notes. ·        And be specific·        At first, gently remind the reader who they are talking to and their role·        Subsequent suggestions might be around the speed and pauses·        Then, say, tweaks to tone and intonation·        And make the notes clear and specific so they are easily understood, so your actor knows why they are doing the read again·        Keep everything upbeat and low-pressure. There’s no point keep referring to the time left on the studio session or getting exasperated that the actor “doesn’t get it”. ·        If it’s still not going right, then ‘re-wire’ your approach. Consider de-pressuring the situation:o  Move on and coming back to that part latero  Take a break – for a ‘tea and wee’ and a chat about something completely unrelated to the script o  Make a joke out of the situation o  Re-calibrate the read - read the part in an over-the-top giant style, then as a mouse, before returning to the actual read. Play around to break inhibitions and maybe find gold by happy accident.·        Be careful about your use of language, especially around someone’s accent or dialect which are particularly personal.  Voice-artists:·        Politely check early on who of several people in the control room, is directing you: “so just so’s I know who I’m taking direction from, is that you, Maggie?”. This saves studio duration, contradictory information and general confusion.·        Actively listen to what the director says. That is, don’t just ‘hear’ their suggestions but concentrate and understand them·        Consider repeating what they have said back to them, so you both know that you have understood (or not): “so a little bit slower on that tag line, and to slightly lift the brand name, yeah? No problem…”·        Write down the direction, marking your script up as required to help you remember and act on what you have been asked to do Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.