0666 – The Value of Creating Character Catchphrases

2022.10.28 – 0666 – The Value of Creating Character Catchphrases  For example, perhaps you have created a character voice you call ‘Perfect Pat’. Pat is, as their name implies, bright and positive and speaks at pace with a smile in their voice. That ‘attitude’ is helped by imagining their neatly brushed hair, business wear, and wide-open eyes and arms. Imagine a puppy dog in human form, maybe an eager and positive religious minister, whose ‘character catchphrase’ that you say aloud to ‘find them’ is, say, “How are you this tippety top morning, in a world full of rainbows and unicorns?”. OK, now change one or two elements, perhaps the pace and the tone. Now ‘Perfect Pat’ sounds more menacing: the phrase is the same, the look is the same but now they’re passive-aggressive – and you have another character.So, you can see and hear how it’s good to play around with your voice and alter some of the attributes or merge one with another, or see how you can move from one to another. It will make you feel more comfortable in developing a brand-new voice from your original core cast whether that be a human character (such as a cartoon professor), an animal (a talking pig[1]), or a usually inanimate object (maybe a train[2]). Or a hybrid of those: a cartoon dog that’s a professor, or an animated robot-chicken… having a repertoire of voices and having an understanding of each of their vocal attributes and how you created them, will make it easier to create new ones. [1] Such as Peppa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLJDEBmKvwY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yu2Zl6T7F8 [2] Thomas the Tank engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnYOpTo6rmA Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.