When you work with somebody else, you automatically get a mixed voice. You hope it will benefit the story. But you don't know what the result will be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I wouldn't say I worked with these people because I was looking for a particular vocal sound. I worked with them because I loved what they had done before-and because they really wanted to work with me.
The voiceover thing is very selfless. You go in there and they've hired you for your voice, but they know exactly what they want, and the writer's there and he knows exactly how it's supposed to be said. So you can't really argue with them, you just have to let them tell you what to do and then do it.
Well, what I tried to do is to just listen to my voice, because my voice is my boss. She decides.
With voice over work, you need to convey as much emotion as you can without making any physical movements, so it's hard. You've got to visualize everything.
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.
I work on my voice through what I have to sing.
It's nice, because after you've worked with various directors and producers enough times, they start to know your voice and what you're capable of.
I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.
If your voices are not heard, you can be sure that many others will be - in particular those who are paid to present a point of view, and often do it most effectively.
Everybody you work with has their own voice, and if you do your job well enough, even their closest friends or their partner of 40 years isn't going to recognise the fingerprints of a ghostwriter.