Kinda sorta not dead
December 20, 2009
Usagi
Not much to say. I’m in one of my moods. Auditioned a little, recorded a few lines. Been happily doing lines for DCVerse projects. Gotta love comic books! Plus, unlike cliche anime/game fandubs, most of the characters are actual adults! There are more options for me aside from “mom” “aunt” “teacher” and “old lady.” Well, I do like playing super sexy or evil characters but they don’t pop up enough. And there are other people who can apparently do them better so once again, failure for me.
Speaking of fail, I’m barely getting any critique or feedback from posting up my rough demo reel samples. Only like two people offered anything valid. Friends of course gave the usual “Sounds good” bullshit. But I need actual FEEDBACK to improve. I want a new demo reel by next year. ><
Birthday is on the 23rd.
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D-Mac |
December 25, 2009 at 3:52 am
Happy belated 25th and Merry Christmas, Usa!
Thought ya did quite well in Umichan Dark Winter, and I was surprised that your valley girl accent from the final scene, wasn’t included in either of your rough draft reels.
By the way, if you want me to, I can try to find the time to do a detailed write-up on your 2nd reel.
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Usagi |
December 25, 2009 at 4:28 am
If you can it would help a lot.
I didn’t use the valley girl or any attempt at an accent or impression because I didn’t think it’d really fit in a serious reel. I want to try and make something that could double for amateur stuff and maybe semi-pro things. (Not like, trying to work at some anime company, more like commercials or even simple voice mails like I did before.)
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D-Mac |
December 25, 2009 at 3:43 pm
It sounds like you need to change your approach with regards to demos, then. When aiming for paying work, it’s actually ideal to have at *least* two different kinds of demos, to reflect the differing uses for voiceover.
Your rough draft reels had you reading a lot of character-driven and dramatic dialogue; not really the sorta things suited for the typical commercial or voice mail. When you’re doing a Character Reel, by all means you SHOULD be going all out with a mishmash of dramatic and comedic voices, along with accents and other wackiness. — This is the demo you can market towards animation, game, dubbing, and radioplay producers; be they professional or not.
On the other side of things, we’ve got Commercial and Industrial demos. Self-explanitory titles. Because they’re not supposed to be character-driven, one of the best ways to find material to read for them is by flipping through ads in newspapers and magazines of all kinds. You can still bring a fair bit of “character” to many ads, of course. ie: talking about a new toy or game from an excited kid’s perspective, or bringing a seductive edge to an ad for an adult beverage.
In fact, since you’ve done voice mails before, you could even take a clip you’ve already recorded, and re-use it in your demo.