Enjoy this Trip and it is a Trip …when… voice overs become Art.The Guy and Girl next door spots may pay the bills …but where is your Artist in voice over ?
Are you piling them high and selling them cheap ? Good luck to you if that’s your Shtick.Click Click refocus …what brought you to the Microphone? was it a misguided flattery …”You really should do voice overs…you’ve a Great voice” Most of us know these days EVERYBODY has a great voice.Voice Overs Au Natural cut it and not the dickie bowed announcer guy who’s so uptight you couldn’t drive a straw up his ass with a 20 pound hammer.When Madonna seeks the muse she baths the studio in scented candles.Me …I’m no Madonna (getting into the groove let alone the stilettos is too much at my age).Nope, TWO WORDS
BEING THERE
Was the last film and curtain call of the great Peter Sellers.He played Chauncey the Gardner … a guy who didn’t try too hard and consequently was taken seriously by folk aka your clients … who’ll also take you seriously …provided you are BEING THERE.Abstract Huh ? …try this :
Oh….and schuss …it’s a secret …but hey! tell Mark Manning …and telegram!
” Many people have asked me how I can “Get into their minds with my voice” – this is a secret I have never divulged to anyone, but as I get older I realise more and more how much I want to leave behind, so here goes. It all started when I was in the studio making the “********” recordings. I was in a small isolation booth waiting for the engineer to get set up and ready. As it was perfectly quiet, I closed my eyes and went off into a semi-conscious state (self hypnosis – meditation – daydreaming state or whatever you wish to call it, they are after all roughly the same) and felt very peaceful. Then I heard the engineer say (through my headphones) all was ready. So I opened my eyes and started the recording session. As I was still in a deeply calm state, my mind was open. As I spoke I was beginning to ‘feel’ the words and that feeling seemed to come from me to the recording. Since then I have perfected this technique. Now, as none of my recordings are scripted, indeed I have no idea what I will actually say, I only have an idea of what the recording is for; I close my eyes and imagine I am talking directly to someone who needs help with the sort of problem I am trying to help alleviate. Then I open my mind by relaxing deeply, open my mouth and let the words come out. For my type of recording this is perfect as the effect comes across in the recordings when listened to. Indeed my best seller, “*******” is often getting incredible results.The “gift” I have, as you put it, is more about a genuine caring for people in general, but it is also based on many years as an hypnotherapist and counsellor”
OK,so you are never going to find out where that transcript of a personal e-mail to me came from,but he wants to leave something behind and unbeknownst to him…he has.
That individual used to -take me somewhere- with his voice,consequently I was compelled to contact him,and thence that gem of wisdom for y’all.
I AM SEAN CONNERY …I AM LIAM NEESON, when I get voice over requests for same.And no… BEING THERE for every spot you get offered? no, not at all…but if you have the time for that special project you just know you can connect with.DO IT.I’m not talking acting ,I’m not as some may suggest talking though my….never mind.I’m talking virtual reality in injecting your BEING THERE in to someone’s soul…someones BEING.The video here …was not recorded on my Neumann …but I WAS that simple Arran clad bus driver on the wind swept Irish west coast being tempted by that young woman’s coming of age.Listen and Feel it,as I tilt her face and rain spatters her blouse-that’s real whale song in the background by the way. BEING THERE works really well for ACX Audio-books or where the brief requires empathy or mood. Hey what about the SEX ??? ….well Dear VO …all I’ll say is I’ve donned the Blindfold recently during reads 😉
Mark Manning
Voice Over /Radio Presenter/Author …IRISH MAN.
I can be found here : https://www.markmanningmedia.com
and my debut Novel THE MAN WHO CHASED JOGGERS (what a xmas gift!) is on amazon kindle here: amzn.to/2bJ3XTE
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