McTricky's Demo Reel Autumn '09

[McTricky]

~McTricky's Demo Reel Autumn '09~

Alright, so I prepared this one up today, with a couple of lines that I've done in the past.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtOZcvprKFw"]YouTube - McTricky's Demo Reel Autumn 2009[/ame]

Play Time: 1:32
File Size: 1.14MB

BOX: http://www.box.net/shared/kj3g4if6hv

Comments and critique would be really appreciated, as I would really like to improve ^ ^

Music: McTricky, Shiro Sagisu, Motoi Sakuraba, freeplay.com
SFX: VAA SFX Library

[The Pawt]

Hmm...

"I'm not interested..." - This sounds like even though you tried to be badass here, it just didn't work. Honestly, I think it might be that your voice in general isn't very well suited for badass/evil characters. Come to think of it, it might be because you have kind of a smooth voice and when you try to change it up to get that badass tone, the smoothness doesn't transfer over very well and it ends up sounding not all that good.

"If you know that death is certain..." - Even though your voice here sounded a bit similar to the previous one, your performance was better. It had more emotion and it felt like this was a character you were far more comfortable acting as.

"In battle, there's always a chance of dying..." - My favorite out of the bunch. I personally thought you showed really good emotion here- It really sounded like you were about to burst into tears near the end, great job! I'm even more impressed since it's a sad/crying line and I personally can't do good sad voices to save my life ;D

"Oh waves of the guardians..." - This is Bleach, right? Ukitake's shikai incantation? I can't think of much to say here, really. It didn't come off as impressive, but it wasn't bad... I guess that's kind of the nature of the line itself- it's just not much of either.

"It all begins here..." - I'm not really sure what to think of this one... Your voice was good, but it sounded like you were portraying a child, while the line itself seemed a bit more mature than that.

"Those words shall be your last..." - This suffers from the same things as the first voice, but this one is obviously a bit more of a deep voice, which sadly didn't come off as very believable. It sounded forced and as if you weren't very comfortable speaking in that tone.

"Uhm, sir..." - This was so short that I can't really decide if it was good or bad. I'm inclinded to think that it was pretty good though, if I'd heard some more of that voice.

"You're wrong!" - This one lacked emotion. There was barely any force behind "You're wrong!", and "You can't win" just felt really devoid of emotion.

Intro and Outro - Both of them made me smile, neither of them were too long... Bonus points galore!

Overall - You showed off a good range of voices, but that doesn't necessarilly mean that you acted all of them very well. I guess my advice for your next reel would be to try even harder.

[McTricky]

Hmm...

"I'm not interested..." - This sounds like even though you tried to be badass here, it just didn't work. Honestly, I think it might be that your voice in general isn't very well suited for badass/evil characters. Come to think of it, it might be because you have kind of a smooth voice and when you try to change it up to get that badass tone, the smoothness doesn't transfer over very well and it ends up sounding not all that good.

Funnily enough, I wasn't really going for a badass character here. I just tried to make my voice sound more rough/gruff.

"If you know that death is certain..." - Even though your voice here sounded a bit similar to the previous one, your performance was better. It had more emotion and it felt like this was a character you were far more comfortable acting as.

Thanks ^ ^

"In battle, there's always a chance of dying..." - My favorite out of the bunch. I personally thought you showed really good emotion here- It really sounded like you were about to burst into tears near the end, great job! I'm even more impressed since it's a sad/crying line and I personally can't do good sad voices to save my life ;D

Glad to hear you liked the emotion on this ^ ^ I've practicing with that kinda of emotion since I suck at it, and Akihiko's monologue in Persona 3 was the perfect source to practice with xD I think I was overwhelmed a bit here. My enunciation isn't that good in this part.

"Oh waves of the guardians..." - This is Bleach, right? Ukitake's shikai incantation? I can't think of much to say here, really. It didn't come off as impressive, but it wasn't bad... I guess that's kind of the nature of the line itself- it's just not much of either.

Yep, Ukitake's shikai incantaion. After I heard this in Bleach: Fade to Black, I found a voice that would suit him. I personally liked my energy displayed here, though.

"It all begins here..." - I'm not really sure what to think of this one... Your voice was good, but it sounded like you were portraying a child, while the line itself seemed a bit more mature than that.

I did a dub a while back where I voiced the kid Fayth from Final Fantasy X. That was the first time I attempted a child voice, and I got it down quite well. I understand what you mean by how the line seems more mature than the boy, but I was kinda inflected the Fayth's personality, who is, in fact, mature. I used a line from the LOVELESS poem in Crisis Core.

"Uhm, sir..." - This was so short that I can't really decide if it was good or bad. I'm inclinded to think that it was pretty good though, if I'd heard some more of that voice.

To be honest, every time I hear this, I forget it was me who recorded that line. I discovered this voice/range whilst recording for this reel, and I was surprised that I was able to do such a high range voice. I guess was it bit short, but I'ma practice with this voice some more, so I'll be able to use it solid.

"You're wrong!" - This one lacked emotion. There was barely any force behind "You're wrong!", and "You can't win" just felt really devoid of emotion.

And people wanna know why I don't voice act in my normal accent xD

Intro and Outro - Both of them made me smile, neither of them were too long... Bonus points galore!

The intro was a tribute to my previous demo reel where the intro was like...40 seconds long. O.O The outro, you could say was part of my range of voices but I put it at the end to make sense xD

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But thanks for your critique, Pawt! I'll be sure to keep your comments in mind ^ ^

[hyperknees91]

Enjoyable of course, just like most everything I've heard from you. You really do play calm and serious characters quite well. Also I enjoyed the xenosaga music XD

I might give an indepth critique a bit later though but overall I thought you did a fine job.

[McTricky]

I'm aware this is quite old, but I'm requesting some more comments/critiques on this. I'm working on a new demo reel in the near future, and I'd like to pin point the areas I should improve on.

[Sera Phia]

I think I owe you a critique here. XD

Voice/Range-wise is where I think you need the most improvement. All the voices sort of had the same feel, and you could tell that they were all voiced by McTricky. You focused a lot on medium-low and medium voices, so I sort of wished you pitched lower or higher, but when you did in a few lines it didn't sound very natural. Work on your range (though I'm one to talk...) a little more. I think by this time you've got the voices within your range, they just need more tweaking to sound real.

Emotional wise, sometimes you shined and sometimes you didn't. I agree with The Pawt on many of his descriptions on the lines. Many times I thought that you needed a little more umph in your voice to make it real, or less umph in your voice, too. XD At this point, I know you have energy, but the energy sounds uneven.

Mixing wise, it was epicz. Too epic, sometimes, I think. The music seemed to overpower you - not volume wise, but overpower you in general strength. However, SFX were well placed. You might want to cut down the demo a bit, too. Anything more than 1:30 is a long demo, at least in my opinion.

Another comment of mine is that I wished you had a little more variety in your lines. I know you love those epic RPGs, but the entire demo was filled with epic-RPG-esque lines that it lacked some softer, downbeat ones (even if the general line was sad). Since you do want to voice act in a variety of things, try to show that through a variety of lines and emotions.

Also, work on your enunciation. That's my main nitpick about your voice in general - that you tend to slur your lines.

There's that critique I owe you XD. Maaaybeee...you should ask a friend for help on that future demo of yours....

[McTricky]

I think I owe you a critique here. XD

Voice/Range-wise is where I think you need the most improvement. All the voices sort of had the same feel, and you could tell that they were all voiced by McTricky. You focused a lot on medium-low and medium voices, so I sort of wished you pitched lower or higher, but when you did in a few lines it didn't sound very natural. Work on your range (though I'm one to talk...) a little more. I think by this time you've got the voices within your range, they just need more tweaking to sound real.

This seems to be one main thing I should work on vocal wise. Range. I've noted everything you said ^ ^

Emotional wise, sometimes you shined and sometimes you didn't. I agree with The Pawt on many of his descriptions on the lines. Many times I thought that you needed a little more umph in your voice to make it real, or less umph in your voice, too. XD At this point, I know you have energy, but the energy sounds uneven.

I've been told once before (I think it was in the first Code Geass clip I did as Lelouch) that I sometimes overwhelm myself when I put on a big emotion, causing the voice to go out of control a bit, and believe that may have happened here a bit.

Mixing wise, it was epicz. Too epic, sometimes, I think. The music seemed to overpower you - not volume wise, but overpower you in general strength. However, SFX were well placed. You might want to cut down the demo a bit, too. Anything more than 1:30 is a long demo, at least in my opinion.

Gonna butcher me because I was over by 4 seconds? ._.

Another comment of mine is that I wished you had a little more variety in your lines. I know you love those epic RPGs, but the entire demo was filled with epic-RPG-esque lines that it lacked some softer, downbeat ones (even if the general line was sad). Since you do want to voice act in a variety of things, try to show that through a variety of lines and emotions.

I totally agree with you on this, so I'll try and write different lines next time.

Also, work on your enunciation. That's my main nitpick about your voice in general - that you tend to slur your lines.

This goes without saying, I guess xD

There's that critique I owe you XD. Maaaybeee...you should ask a friend for help on that future demo of yours....

Maaaybeee...