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active
commercial - uses a, forceful or "hard sell" delivery.
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"add
life to it" - direction to put more energy into the v.o. reading
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announce
booth - the studio or room where the voice-over track is recorded
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A.D.R,
(Automated Dialogue Replacement) -also known as looping. A technology
which synchronizes inserted audio tracks into a film.
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attitude
- the feeling about what you're selling, and also your disposition in
a voice-over session.
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background
noise - atomospheric sound used to create the environment for the voice-over
recording
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"be
real" - knowing who you are playing,
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"billboard
it" - exagerate, highlight elements of the performance or script
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break
character - come out of the chosen character or changing the voice
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bring
it up or down -add more energy to the reading
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buy-out
- a full payment for a v.o. job vs. an ongoing payment or residuals.
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cadence
- rhythm of a reading
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call-back
- during the casting process, the voice actor is asked to return for
another autdition.
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cans
- another name for headphones or headsets.
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character
- who the voice actor is playing or performing as.
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"color
it" - adding an emotion or attitude to a particular part of the
script
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copy
- also know as the script
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control
room - usually where a v.o. recording is engineered and orchestrated.
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dead
air - when no sound is unintentionally being recorded
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demo
- a recorded demonstration of a voiceover actor's talents, range of
voices and expertise.
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dialogue
- conversation in the v.o. script.
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double
- two voice-over artists performing together. MORE...
