the life of a voice actor
The life of a voice actor is an arduous one. Creating a voice, setting a mood, transmitting a message within only a finite time period. Lesser performers would quake and fall under the pressure.
Not yours truly.
When called upon by my agent in a recent audition to portray fear, panic, intense medical distress and possibly public mortification I rose the occasion…well, for this role, I actually sat down. It was but a brief utterance I had through which to convey all those emotions.
I played the part of the “Man” in this audition:
VO: When diarrhea hits…
MAN: Uh-oh.
VO: KAO. Kaopectate stops it fast.
Powerful liquid relief speeds to the source fast,
to stop diarrhea and get your system back to normal…
Woman: Fast.
VO: Kaopectate. Stop the uh-oh fast, with Kao
And I did so with various choices thusly:
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You may stand in awe of my voice acting greatness. And you’ll laugh at me a little less if I get the job cause for that one phrase I’ll cash a very healthy check.
Feel free to pick your favorite uh oh.
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I kinda liked the third one from the end, but in front of the gutteral uh oh that was the 4th one I think.
LOL
JP
Hi Justin,
That’s cool. My favorite is still the last one where I tried to make it sound like I was about to pass a bowling ball.
Yes, this is the classiest blog evah.
Best always,
- Peter
Peter, I just wanted to update your blog post with the news that I was the female selected to mouth the words “uh-oh” and “fast.” It was a grueling 15 minute session – ISDN. I had to say the words over and over again.
[...] for this spot – including Peter O’Connell who blogged about it a week or so ago (http://blog.audioconnell.com/2009/11/17/the-life-of-a-voice-actor/) and included his audition with the word [...]
Oh – and I posted my audition on my blog – http://isdnvoicetalent.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/what-makes-an-audition-win-am-i-the-voice-in-the-head-today/
A hearty congratulations on what I am sure is some of your finest work!
Hope we get to see you in NYC!
Best always,
- Peter
Copy cat!