[Whimsical Pro] Pandora Hearts Ep. 18 Clip - "Eliot and Leo"

[Jordan]

The manga's better.

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Summary:

Without giving away too many spoilers, let's just say Eliot Nightray doesn't make the best first impressions.

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Cast:

Oz Vessalius - Kamuro
Ada Vessalius - Bree
Eliot Nightray - TriPredRavage
Leo - Jordan
Cat - A Cat

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SFX: VAA SFX Library, FreeSound.org
Music: Gravel, Stealthily, Skip, Misgiving - Yuki Kajiura: Pandora Hearts OST

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Comments and critiques appreciated!

[Summer Skyline]

Mmm This is sexy! Good work everyone.

[TriPredRavage]

I'm planning on doing a critique, I just need to watch it a few more times first. In the mean time, here's a bump!

[Damaru]

OMG I looove this! ^-^

Kamuro, I never get tired of hearing you!! Your boy voice is perfect. Your characterization and performance are wonderful and very charming for Oz! <3
Bree, you only had a few lines but the voice was really cute. Sweet and innocent, well-fitted!
TriPred you sound soo badass! XD Seriously, your voice has such a cool tone to it, but you bring out emotions like anger quite well at the same time!
Last but not least, nice performance here Jordan. You dealt with his nonchalant attitude really well~. :3 The mixing was very good. Also, you must make more clips. Obviously. xP

This was super cute. Thanks for doing this~ (:

[Kamuro]

You know, I actually don't think I've ever been in this sort of argument in real life... and that makes me a little sad. Unless you count Twilight fanbrats D=

Oz - Kamuro: These are a little old, but I'm still pretty happy with them. I can pick up my accent earlier on in the clip but it fades out as it goes on. Hm, I feel my fanboying wasn't quite fanboyish enough but I had fun listening to the fight ^.^
Ada - Bree: Not a lot of lines, but it sounded really fitting for Ada. It sounded a little childish for her seventeen-ish years at the start, but I can excuse that for lapsing into a younger way of speaking in front of her little big brother =P
TriPredRavage - Elliot: I love hearing your yelling/angry roles, you get so into them! You sounded perfectly pissy during the whole Edgar rant. The only issue was you pronounced Vessalius "Vesselius" at one point, when you'd said it right beforehand. Unless that YouTube commenter was right and we both got it wrong ^.^; "Veh-sway-less" or something.
Jordan - Leo: Nonchalant, smooth, but I could hear the gentle mocking behind it all. Not a whole lot to say, but good job!
Mixing: Some SFX sounded a little cut off (Such as the whooshy noise when Elliot yells at Leo) but other than that it was perfectly fine!

Edger. Edgeeeeer. Stupid accent.

[TriPredRavage]

Alrighty. It is time for my long overdue critique!!

Oz - Kamuro - It's no secret that I'm a serious stickler for boy voices when played by girls, but I'm continually impressed by your boy voice. It doesn't have that overly raspy quality to it that tends to be associated with boy voices (I blame Stephanie Nadolny and Laura Bailey for that...) I thought your voice and acting were very strong in this clip. As you noticed, though, your accent slips a little bit at the beginning. It doesn't slip terribly in the beginning, and I think if you weren't looking for it you'd get away with it, but I think the word you most slipped on was actually "popular." You pronounced it more like "Poe-pular" where the American accent is "pop-uler." I didn't hear anything wrong with "Edgar," personally. Like I said, I was seriously impressed and thoroughly enjoyed your performance here.

Ada - Bree - Not a whole lot of you here, Bree. My initial reaction to your performance is that the voice sounds too nasally, or cartoony, but that really is only on your first line "Well, it looks like they're not in the library." After that, I think the voice really balances out and sounds good on the character. It really becomes believable. Beyond that first bump in the road, I think your performance here is very strong and enjoyable.

Eliot - TriPredRavage - This was an interesting role for me. He's got my typical short fuse, but he also has a sense of superiority and refinement that I'm not used to. I'm pleased with my performance in those regards, but I had some issues otherwise. For one, Eliot, has some really awkward lipflaps in this scene, and there are a few lines where I struggled to give a solid read on the line while fitting the flaps. I think they were almost there, but not quite. Also, my yelling is inconsistent with the voice. I probably should have done all of my yelling in the voice that I said "It's like you never take me seriously; I'm your master!" but I slipped into my typical yell. I am really happy with some of my lines, though. Some matched the flaps so perfectly, I'm really impressed, like "Fine, I'm sorry." and the "As to be expected from ... thinks it can do whatever the hell it wants!" So, I think it was a good performance from me, but I slipped in some areas that I really should have been more stable in.

Leo - Jordan - Get a haircut, hippie! This is actually a difficult performance to critique for me. Leo doesn't appear to express much (most characters' who's eyes can't be seen rarily do, as a lot of expression and emotion is depctied through the eyes), and your performance delivers that. Yours is another of the girl-boy voices that I most always tend to enjoy as it, too, avoids that raspy nature so typical of girl-voiced-boys. They say there's always room for improvement, and while I think that's true, I don't know what to tell you to improve on here. I guess all I have left to say is good work.

Cat - A Cat - BRILLIANT!! I couldn't even tell it was you!!

[Kamuro]

One last bump couldn't hurt, right?

but I think the word you most slipped on was actually "popular." You pronounced it more like "Poe-pular" where the American accent is "pop-uler."

Honestly, I'm happy if I don't pronounce it "Pop-plee-ar" xD;

[Jordan]

I'm going to bump this clip, since I am rather fond of it.