BossTrigger Winter 2010 Demo Reel

**BossTrigger** · 12-09-2010, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by Seymour

That wasn't too bad, I like some of the deeper ranges and synical styles.
Not really much to pick at, but uuuh, keep up the good work, I guess? XD

Oh god please pick at it. Even nitpicks are really, really helpful, if you have the time.

Originally Posted by Tonberry King

This was a fantastic demo reel, BossTrigger! I love the abrupt jump between high and low voices near the beginning. Your range is one of your strong points, so I'm glad you really showed that off to great effect.

That was definitely on purpose. The plan was to start out with my strongest voice (as per "The Code Of Demo Reels" subsection 4) but my strongest voices are simila-...well...identical to my natural voice, and I assumed that starting off with a voice that sounds exactly like my natural speaking voice might be a bit distracting and might take the listener out of the moment of the voice itself. For the record if anyone disagrees with the decision I'd appreciate some insight on anything I overlooked.

Also, thank you for listening!

Originally Posted by Sukisho

I thought it was alright overall. However some of the voices, like the second one, really seemed to be pushing your range a bit over. It sounded rather forced, as they didn't seem to carry the same strength behind them as the others. I think you currently do better in the medium to higher range then the lower end.

And yeah the Ratings are glitched (is trying to get a higher staff to disable them)

Oh yeah. I was struggling to achieve proper resonance with my more chesty voices and noticed I'm projecting the sound more downward than forward. Sort of tightens up my throat too, and the 2nd voice is a very good example of that conflict of interests between wishful thinking and muscle memory. Thanks for the critique!

And huh, that's odd about the ratings. Thanks for the notice (this applies to Tonberry King as well).

**Zekkai** · 12-09-2010, 05:28 PM

Oh so this is what you needed those soundtracks for! Haha!

Although that I have been your student for quite some time now, and exposed to some of your capabilities, I have to say, even this was extremely impressive and showed your skills amazingly! You definitely put a lot of work into this (coughespeciallysinceyouhavebeenworkingonthisevenb eforewestartedtalkingregularlycough). I have a feeling that the community will be hearing a lot more of you now! ^^

**Chaos-X** · 12-09-2010, 05:54 PM

I have to say, I clicked on this for the reason that it was rated one star. I was thinking "It can't really be THAT bad can it?" I was completely amazed that it was nothing short of being a great demo.

Overall I really like how quickly things moved along. It gave it a sense of excitement (for me at least) and really made it flow well. And as many have already said, the range is incredible.

The second voice you did was really one of the only ones I had somewhat of a problem with. While the deepness of it was really good, it was a little hard for me to understand what you were saying there.

For the eighth voice I don't feel like it ended strongly enough. It may just be me but the way you said "passing" at the end didn't really get me like many of your other voices did.

I really enjoyed listening to your demo though. You really don't sound like an amatuer at all. Keep up the good work. ^_^

**The Pawt** · 12-09-2010, 06:17 PM

A couple of hours later than I said I'd have this critique out, but what the footises.

You may read the following in Sarifus' voice if you please.

"There are dozens of enemy ships..." - I love this line for a ton of reasons! First, it's in great contrast, vocal-wise, to your normal speaking tone in the intro. Second, it really wasn't the kind of emotion and voice I'd have expected if I'd just seen the line written out on paper, but it worked fantastically. Third, even though the line itself doesn't carry much impact or epic BADABOOM feeling, the BGM hits fairly close to home at doing just that, which made it fit even more as a first voice. Simply awesome!

"I... I remember..." - Ooooh, I know this kind of voice. I can do something pretty close to it myself and the problems I have with this line are the same as everytime I've tried to do that kind of voice myself. It gets you out of breath really quickly and since it's not only a really low pitched voice, but also has a growl, there's a lot to keep in mind just to pull off the voice. In this case, the acting really suffered. It sounded like the voice was holding you back, like it wasn't giving you enough room to act out in, if that makes any sense. Even after practice it's a tough-as-shit voice to pull off really well, but I think that if you keep at it, you could learn to use this well. As for now, though? Not all that impressive. It was good juxtaposition (That's the word, right?) from the meek and high-pitched first voice.

"Hey, don't waste your time..." - My god, man! Why don't you always talk this smooth and dead sexy? I'd tap it with the FORCE OF A THOUSAND SUNS! Ahem, but honestly, yes, this is a damn smooth voice you're pulling off here and the tone is aboslutely great. The way you kind of hit the last syllables makes it impossible for the listener to NOT imagine the character smiling at that point, which is impressive, I'd say! I don't think I've ever had such a clear picture of something painted in my head from just a voice before!

"You know..." - What's Sarifus doing in your reel? :L derp derp! But but, this was good! I liked the dark atmosphere of the scene and your more natural sounding low pitch. There were some things I wasn't that big a fan of, though. First of all, I think it would've sounded better if you let "How..." drag out a bit and added a more contemplating tone to it, since it kind of cuts off as it is now. The second is that after the pause, you abandoned the smoothness you had in the first half of the voice and added in the growl, which I think the scene could've done without. You kind of have that growly undertone in most of your medium to low voices, so it would've been cool to hear one without it. Still a good line! : D

"Well, you know what..." - This line almost suffered from the same problem as line number 2, but you managed to pull this one off better. I liked it up until the laugh, which fits contexually but the pause before it is just long enough to be awkward and the... grunting part of it? sounded off when matched up with the laughing. I think you could've cut out the laugh entirely and just gone with the spoken line.

"I-I don't care who..." - Looooving the build-up on this one! I don't know if it was by accident or not, but the way your voice sounds like it's about to crack right at the end really sells the stress and insanity of the character! Great job, Trigga!

"The good this will bring us..." - I can't nitpick this one. Nope. I won't. Favorite line of the reel GET!

"Concentrate, boy." - Again with the growly/gravelly undertones in the lower pitched voices. I really don't think this line went anywhere in terms of buildup, emotions or vocal qualities. And since it sounded kind of like the fourth voice this line fell short of what I was hoping for. Perhaps a little more scolding tone at the end to emphasize the mentor part of the character? Or maybe some hint of superiority in the character's voice to show that even though he's apparently teaching this boy something, he still knows that he's better and doesn't bother hiding it? Something at the end to put a little twist on it would've been good.

"As for me..." - Oooh, I remember this! ;3 I think this is a solid line, but listening to it repeatedly, I think you could've upped his schadenfreude and make him sound even more proud and happy over what he'd done. The laugh here I think is the weakest link. It doesn't sound natural seeing as how slow it is, but even so it lacks emotion in that it's just plain "Ha. Ha. Ha." and no feeling of "You guys ain't got shit on me, so I'm just gonna laugh at you and feel superior!" (I couldn't think of a word for it >_> ). Also, a bit more emphasis on the first syllable in bastards would've been nice as well, since it sounds kind of choppy as it is now.

"And the new seating..." - The complete lack of caring and the overall :I-faced emotion in this line is great! It's dry as hell, but not in a bad way- Since that's what you were aiming for |D Ain't got anything more to say about it!

"Heeeeey, I'm pretty sure..." - A good line to end the reel on, I thought. A stand-out voice and sweet acting throught the whole thing. Really liked the little squeel at the end!

Overall: Now, I know I nitpicked a whole lot and it might sound like I wasn't all too fond of it, but I really liked this reel. You still have some flaws you can work on, but it gave a good overview of your abilities and your range! And considering that this is your first reel, this is really, really good!

**BossTrigger** · 12-09-2010, 08:04 PM

Originally Posted by Zekkai

Oh so this is what you needed those soundtracks for! Haha!

Although that I have been your student for quite some time now, and exposed to some of your capabilities, I have to say, even this was extremely impressive and showed your skills amazingly! You definitely put a lot of work into this (coughespeciallysinceyouhavebeenworkingonthisevenb eforewestartedtalkingregularlycough). I have a feeling that the community will be hearing a lot more of you now! ^^

Thank you muchly, Anthony. Also, edited the first post to include in Special Thanks Land.

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Originally Posted by Chaos-X

I have to say, I clicked on this for the reason that it was rated one star. I was thinking "It can't really be THAT bad can it?" I was completely amazed that it was nothing short of being a great demo.

Thanks a bunch for the listen! And yeah, there was some ratings malfunction on the site or something (Tonberry Kind and Sukisho mentioned it on the first page).

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