BossTrigger Winter 2010 Demo Reel

[Kiora]

...damn.
With a positive meaning there X3
Any tips you could give someone for increasing range?

[BossTrigger]

...damn.
With a positive meaning there X3
Any tips you could give someone for increasing range?

Alternate between higher voices and lower voices to confuse your audience into thinking you have range. That's what I did.

...genuinely though, range is a tricky thing. Worse so it's something I'm still really struggling with. I think a big part of expanding vocal range is a combination of a few things.

Adapting different sorts of speech patterns and learning how to sound like a different person without really changing your voice. Secondly is understand where your voice is coming from and how to change it. I know that sounds a bit obvious, but it comes from a lot of experimentation. Speaking from the diaphragm and feeling resonance in the chest/neck/head. Basically...if you're ever just alone and bored, start making noises and see how you make those noises. Sounds silly, but it helps you discover the mechanics or creating voices.

Also I'm not entirely sure if this is the place for questions like this. There's a whole "Help, Information, And Resources" section that can provide all the information stated here and more (and in a far more eloquent manner, I'm sure).

[Kiora]

Thank you! I know there's probably a whole slew of forums out there somewhere ^^;
I just wanted to ask YOU, specifically. I respect your opinion =)

[KingChronn]

Okay I really have to nitpick to give you a critique on anything what's so ever. This demo reel sounds outstanding for your very first go at it. I mean really.

Not very good at giving real detailed critiques one the voices one by one, buuut here I go.

First Line - One thing I right away was with the first voice was that the part "...What do we do master?" I absolutely loved the way it sounded (One of my favorites in the reel). But those few seconds between "On us..." and "...What do we" seemed to be very crucial time lost and the demo seemed to lose the tempo it started so strong with. I could sorta feel myself thinking "Alright over to the next voice now". On the line/voice in general though it painted a very clear picture in my head of the character(s) and the setting in which they would be placed.

Second line - "I remember..." ; Holy flabcakes. I like this voice a lot. The only thing I was iffy about was that at one point I had to go back a couple times to find out what it was that you said (that probably was just me not hearing right though). No real problem. Voice was awesome.

Third - I think this was your strongest in my opinion. The way the line was executed and your tone were perfect. Excellent!

Fourth - The character seemed to change for me about have way through from smooth to this slight growl, not a problem I am just not sure which you were aiming for. Though unlike the the first voice where the pauses felt a little uncomfortable. The pauses in this one felt fluid and just molded the character further. Thumbs up

Fifth - I think I ran into the same problem, their was this pause that just felt uncomfortable other than that, it got me chuckling and it was something I was really surprised to hear from you.

Sixth - Daang, some mofo's gonna die. Great line I got shivers a bit

Seventh - I really like this line, for some reason it really stood out to me. Haha not sure why. No complaints

Eighth - The voice was consistant all the way through. Not much else to say, it felt a bit monotone. But perhaps that is what you were going for

Ninth - Loved this line when I first heard it, and I love it now. Though since it was sort of out of context, perhaps the laugh at the end could have been hyped up just a smidge. It sounded a bit more like he was sitting in a throne, sipping wine, rather than chained up and knockin' on death's door.

Tenth - LOL this unlucky bastard. I absolutely love this line, it is definitely among my favorites in this demo. Something about the atomosphere you created made me laugh so hard. Wonderful.

Final - Perfect... That is all.

Now I had to listen to this reel over and over and over and over again, just to get a decent sentence written about this. I really am surprised this was your first.

I am absolutely awful at critique's but I hope this helped.

[Aldrius]

Okay, so I'm not really a great judge of these sorta things, but I figured it was about time I threw my two cents in here.

Overall, pretty cool. I think you displayed some good range and some pretty significant acting talent. I don't really know if there's anything I can effectively criticize really. I thought your delivery on the first two voices was a bit strange. The first voice sounded a little forced in some way, I can't really be more specific than that or maybe it's just that, that's the kind of character I really don't like. The second one kind of had an odd pattern of delivery. But I know that's sort of an experimental voice for you. (You should record lines with it maybe, that could help...!)

The rest of the voices all sounded really good. You were sufficiently unpleasant when you needed to be unpleasant, you were creepy when you needed to be creepy, and so forth. I wish I had some more constructive criticism to give, but I can't really think of anything. Looking forward to hearing more in the future!~

[CatSinger]

Wow! You're AMAZING! I wish I had as big a range as you did, could you maybe check out some of my demo reels on here and give me some feedback? They're all under my latest started threads... if you wouldn't mind. I'm a newb!