{"id":14101,"date":"2013-02-12T00:22:06","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T08:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/?p=14101"},"modified":"2013-02-12T00:22:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T08:22:06","slug":"voice-over-improvisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danoday.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/voice-over-improvisation\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPROVING VOICE OVER PERFORMANCE WITH BACKSTORIES"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, February 23, I’ll be conducting a special workshop for voice actors:<\/span><\/p>\n

IMPROVABILITY
\nEnhancing Your Voice Over And Writing Talents Via Improv<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I use a number of techniques to get new performances from voice actors or new story approaches from writers.<\/span><\/p>\n

All are related in some way to improvisation. (I have a long background in improv, but that’s another posting sometime).<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the techniques I use is the creation of improvised “backstories” for the performers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Some very good coaches use backstories. I use them very differently. <\/span><\/p>\n

It’s much easier to demonstrate than to explain. But my backstories ultimately have a single goal: to lead the performer to an interpretation (or the writer to an expression) they otherwise never would’ve arrived at.<\/span><\/p>\n

In short, to “discover reality.” (If you come to the workshop, you’ll hear that phrase from me at least a few times.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a “Before” and “After” example from the 2011 (and last) International Radio Creative & Production Summit<\/a>. In this video, the two voice actors deliver the copy according to their own natural instincts.<\/span><\/p>\n