How to do a voice over

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

How to Write a TV News Voice Over ?

Narrow down your topic Don’t clutter the voice over with superfluous details If the topic is on the local chili festival,don’t give any more information than the viewer needs.

Just give the five “W’s”: Who, What, Where, Why and How.

Leave plenty of space in the margins and make sure to double space the text.

The person reading the copy may need to make notes or instructions on the page.

Use 12-point font and do not put anything in italics Only write on one side of each page and don’t staple pages together; use a paperclip.

If you staple your pages, they will make noise when turned, and the microphone will pick up the noise.

Label each section of the copy clearly,making the transition from topic to topic easy to see and understand Be sure to include page numbers,as well.

Begin and end each section on one page,if at all possible. This will minimize the reader’s confusion when transitioning from section.

Spell the words phonetically if the words are unfamiliar to the reader. Also,always write out numbers, such as “eight,” and not “8″.

Write simply Don’t use large complicated words just to sound smart Always remember your audience You’re writing the voice over for a large news audience.

Read it out loud Have others listen to it Make sure the voice over flows and is not awkward sounding.

Proofread your copy and have somebody else proofread it, as well If you must, rewrite it until you have an acceptable piece of copy.

How to Do a Voice Over ?

Go to a website with a video (it can be part of a vid or full).

Choose a program that will allow you to make your own region(aselected region),and record your own audio.

Start your region over the video and record Once you record,your mike records too.

Stop when you’re done save your file.

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The key to writing a TV News voice over is to be clear, concise and clear You need to get all the information out as efficiently as possible.
At the same time, you need to include all the facts presented in the amount of time allotted It needs to be easy to read for the presenter and shouldn’t be cluttered on the page whatsoever.

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Doing a voice over is one of the funnest things to do! Voice overs are videos in which the audio is switch with your or another’s audio!if you ever watched TV and thought “I would’ve said something other than that” this article is for you! This is also called dubbing.

the sources;

http://www.ehow.com

http://www.wikihow.com

http://www.musicmorpher.com

How to do falsetto

Posted on June 9, 2011 by admin

How to Sing Falsetto ?

Instructions:

1-Take a deep breath.

2-Start singing, projecting from the upper throat instead of the chest. This will cause only the outer edges of your vocal cords to vibrate instead of your entire vocal cords, raising the pitch of your voice.

3-Hold a hand to your chest as you sing If any part of your chest is vibrating, you are singing in your normal register.

4-Practice adding different styles and tonalities to adapt your falsetto voice to the kind of music you like to sing, whether it be rhythm and blues, progressive rock, heavy metal or alternative.

Falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso , “false”) is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part Commonly cited in the context of singing, falsetto, a characteristic of phonation by both men and women, is also on speech pathology.

The falsetto voice—with its characteristic breathy, flute-like sound relatively free of overtones is more limited than its modal counterpart in both dynamic variation and tone quality The term falsetto is most often used in the context of singing to refer to a type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyond the vocal range of the normal or modal voice.

Falsetto is also known as “false voice”. The word is an Italian diminutive for false, referring to the fact that it lets you sing using a voice that’s not really your normal voice, a voice that is out of your register.

There is a controversy on female falsetto. The term was always used for men, since when executed on their register the way voice changes when singing falsetto is more noticeable. Since it’s not that obvious on women, there are some people who believe women can do it too, and other that think this supposed falsetto on women is just them reaching high notes.

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Falsetto, or “false voice,” is a singing technique that lets male voices reach notes in ranges commonly sung by women Its name derives from when choirs in the Middle Ages featured castrated males singing the high parts The technique has been used in European choirs from the 16th through 19th centuries, as well as in the 20th century popular songs of artists such as Frankie Valli and the Four.

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In falsetto, however, the vocal folds are seen to be blown apart and in untrained falsetto singers a permanent oval orifice is left in the middle between the edges of the two folds through which a certain volume of air escapes continuously as long as the register is engaged (the singer is singing using the voice) In skilled countertenors, however, the mucous membrane of the vocal folds contact with each other completely during each vibration cycle The arytenoid cartilages are held in firm apposition in this voice register also The length or size of the oval orifice or separation between the folds can vary, but it is known to get bigger in size as the pressure of air pushed out is increased.