Voiceovers

My character in "Finding Rosamund" speaks the voice overs (the girls thoughts) in the film. To record these I went to the green room and spoke them closely to the boom, this means the recording should hopefully be clear. I put a great deal of thought into the voice overs as I wanted to get the feeling of the characters across, below is a list of rehearsal techniques I used:

• Read through them until I felt like I understood the emotion and meaning behind them
• spoke them out loud
• recorded them to hear how they sounded and If I was speaking them to fast, slow or quiet

Even though I rehearsed them in detail they still didn't sound like I wished them to during the actual recording. This may have been due to many reasons, including nerves, over thinking them or simply just feeling uncomfortable hearing or seeing myself on camera; as I can always see fault in aspects or something which I could have improved on or done differently.


overall
It was interesting to see how they record voice-overs and it was useful to have experience in the area.  I made sure that I listened to what the director wanted, and asked if she was happy with the recordings (she said she was), and I now know what rehearsal techniques work best for me, so I can use these in the future. I just hope they sound OK when the film is edited together.

A sound boom, used to pick up a good quality of sound when filming.
the cover reduces background or unwanted sound e.g wind