Susan wrote:
>Bohus--
>
>That was excellent! How exciting! I've subscribed to your RSS
>feed... your feedburner should say "1" pretty soon!
>
>
Great - thanks! The RSS feed stuff is what I understand the least
of this whole process. I get the principle, but I need to look into the
process further to see exactly what's going on. I'm just that kind of guy.
>- Also, you have such an interesting name, you have to tell us where
>you are from!
>
I'm as American as apple pie. :) I was born to immigrants from
Czechoslovakia. Strictly speaking, my name is Czech - and a pretty old
and outdated name at that... Thanks for asking!
>- How did you learn how to do such good narrations? I'm
>a "narration chicken" as it would be... and I've never taken any
>classes.
>
>
It may have something to do with English being the second language
that I learned. At home we only spoke Slovak, so I learned how to speak
English from television. I've theorized that's the reason that I have
the vocal cadences that I do, but who really knows? I did once take a
voiceover class in the radio department at my school, and the class was
dotted with either sportscaster/Howard Stern wannabes, or folks with a
lot of ethnic overtones that they were trying to de-emphasize. The
teacher warned me that I might not learn very much... :)
The only other thing that I can think of is that I've been a fan of
old time radio since I happened across some 40's and 50's shows when I
was something like 11. Those actors are all voice and inflection, and
you can learn a lot from just listening and practicing. While I've
never taken any acting classes or anything, I do occasionally find
myself acting in short films (hate it) or doing some improvisational
stuff. Those sorts of things can increase poise and confidence immensely.
I think that it's just one of those things that the more you do, the
better you get at it. I've done some "real" voiceover work (and I must
admit that it pays surprisingly well) without any real training. If you
just rehearse a lot, I think that helps anyone get over their misgivings.
BTW I think that intro took me 6 or 7 takes...
--
Bohus Blahut
(BOH-hoosh BLAH-hoot)
modern filmmaker
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