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Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: Sandwich on June 30, 2005, 05:57:35 am
I was looking for advanced Photoshop tutorials, wondering what goodies I could discover, when I came across this guy (http://www.russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html)'s site. Almost painful to listen to.

Or specifically: http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/ZenTypeSM.mov
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: aldo_14 on June 30, 2005, 06:35:28 am
"Now appearing on QVC"
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Post by: karajorma on June 30, 2005, 06:38:12 am
Taking lessons from the William Shatner voice acting home school I see :D
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: Sandwich on June 30, 2005, 08:29:03 am
OMG!!! (http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/HiddenShadowsSM.mov)

Just check this out until he finishes with the target bullseye graphic thingy. :lol: "Good neighbors", indeed.
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Post by: Fineus on June 30, 2005, 09:18:24 am
That's golden... amazing :D
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: Goober5000 on June 30, 2005, 11:19:54 am
:lol:

He sounds sort of like the first briefing guy in Silent Threat.
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: mikhael on June 30, 2005, 04:09:09 pm
I see you found my other job.

The director wanted "Drama". Dick. He wasn't much help. I just ended up acting like an ass, on the assumption he'd tell me to stop and tell me what he really wanted. No such luck.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on June 30, 2005, 04:17:51 pm
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Originally posted by Goober5000
:lol:

He sounds sort of like the first briefing guy in Silent Threat.

Oh god that was awful. I kept thinking, "Wow.... Tom Green is giving me a GTA Command briefing."
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: EtherShock on June 30, 2005, 04:47:27 pm
:lol: That...was...horrible.

The tutorials are good though. GIMP's tutorials suck. I wonder if these are all possible in the GIMP?
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Post by: Mongoose on June 30, 2005, 07:36:05 pm
Sounds kind of like Caboose from RvB :lol:
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Post by: WMCoolmon on July 01, 2005, 03:36:17 am
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Originally posted by Mongoose
Sounds kind of like Caboose from RvB :lol:


:lol: He does!

Mmm, this has given me a fun idea for a home video.
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Post by: Grug on July 01, 2005, 08:57:22 am
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Originally posted by mikhael
I see you found my other job.

The director wanted "Drama". Dick. He wasn't much help. I just ended up acting like an ass, on the assumption he'd tell me to stop and tell me what he really wanted. No such luck.


:lol:
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: aldo_14 on July 01, 2005, 09:02:42 am
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Originally posted by mikhael
I see you found my other job.

The director wanted "Drama". Dick. He wasn't much help. I just ended up acting like an ass, on the assumption he'd tell me to stop and tell me what he really wanted. No such luck.


Uwe Boll?
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: mikhael on July 01, 2005, 08:02:37 pm
That guy's voice sounds the way my voice sounds to me, Aldo. That's why I claimed it was me.
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Post by: DragonClaw on July 01, 2005, 11:21:49 pm
Well at least this guy is excited about his work...
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: aldo_14 on July 02, 2005, 08:18:42 pm
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Originally posted by mikhael
That guy's voice sounds the way my voice sounds to me, Aldo. That's why I claimed it was me.


If that's how your voice sounds to you, then everyone else hears it completely differently.... which is something that always annoyed me - I hate my recorded voice.

Anyways; having a pop at imaginary bad director = opportunity for having a pop at real bad director
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Post by: spaceman spiff on July 04, 2005, 12:28:47 pm
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Originally posted by aldo_14


I hate my recorded voice.



i hate my voice recorded too
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 04, 2005, 01:59:30 pm
I voiced my recorded hate.
Title: Who NOT to hire for voice-acting!
Post by: Grug on July 04, 2005, 02:22:56 pm
:rolleyes: