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The Art of Voice Acting, 7th Edition
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The Art of Voice Acting, 7th Edition

by James R. Alburger
December 2023
Beginner to intermediate
552 pages
16h 6m
English
Focal Press
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9 The Conversation

In This Chapter

The Conversational Delivery

Listen and Answer

Make up a Lead-In Line

Make up a Lead-Out Line

Billboarding Key Words and Phrases

Personal Pronouns—The Connecting Words

Work the Consonants

Building Transitions

Using Conjunctions

Dealing with Lists

Contrast and Comparison

Ad-Lib to Create Realism

The Tell

Maintain Your Character’s Vocal Range

Upspeak and Downspeak

Diphthongs

Faster and Flatter

Feel the Tension

You’ll find more about voice acting at AOVA.VoiceActing.com.

The Conversational Delivery

Perhaps the single most requested delivery style for the past several decades is “No announcers—make it conversational.” That said, the way a script is written will often determine its delivery style.

A conversational ...

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ISBN: 9781003807810