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Voice Acting Contest 6

"A Christmas Story" By: Nintendoart
Acting: 25/35
Fit: 21/25
Originality: 14/15
Range: 10/15
Mixing: 3/10
TOTAL: 73/100
Comments: First thought after listening to it...What the hell just happened? At first it seemed like a mish-mash of SFX, music, and random voices. It took me three listens to get a loose grasp on what was happening. Here are some main points that need improvement- Acting was over-the-top... I got so lost in everything that was happening that I actually spaced outt he first time listening... everything was too loud which created a lot of clipping... when the shark(?) santa flipped out, the guy who screamed a couple of lines did that whisper scream which made it unbelieveable... diction was a bit sloppy. Some final thoughts- Don't rely on randomness and SFX to make your skit funnier or to make it sound better. It muddles everything. Rely on the voice. Some good points- I'd much rather have the over-the-top acting than monotone. Learn to tone it down a bit and get into a realistic character. This had the potential to be very funny. Again, cut back on the SFX and music, and becareful being so random. It can backfire.

Voice Acting Contest 6

"Flakey The Snowman" By: EyesAdrift
Acting: 29/35
Fit: 22/25
Originality: 12/15
Range: 10/15
Mixing: 7/10
TOTAL: 80/100
Comments: The kids had very similar voices, which is the main reason for the loss of points in range. The other points from range were lost because the cop's voice was not too far away from the kids' either. The kids weren't nearly as scared or disturbed as they should have been with an insane, demonic snowman running around killing people. The cop (Who came out of nowhere), had a tone that sounded like he was landing a plae rather than firing a shotgun at a monster. Also, with the lack of range in the cop's voice, there was a lack of fit. He wasn't as athoratative or tough as I would imagine. These were reasons points were lost in acting and fit. As for mixing, the bells and shotgun were a bit choppy and I didn't understand why there was a busy highway in the background. It didn't fit the scene well. Also, I didn't even realize Flakey was killing people until listening through again. Make that major event stand out. Finally, orginality took a hit because a muderous "Frosty" has been done before (An example being Ebolaworld's "Snowy") and in this contest I am really looking forward to skits done to a more general winter theme.
The good points- I liked the voice of Flakey, overall sound quality was pretty good, and the short song at the end gave me a chuckle. There's a lot of really good voice acting potential if there was more effort getting into character.

EyesAdrift responds:

Thanks very much for the review. They were supposed to be in an alley way lol. Better score than I thought I would get for something I threw together in 30 minutes lol.

Sweet

This was great! Whoever you got to do your mixing did you well. I've got to get back into a big studio to do a character reel. I only paid for commercial narration demos (That's bread and butter if you want consistent income).

The only thing I would have liked more is if you had one or two more voices at the higher end of your spectrum. Overall, an excellent job.

RicePirate responds:

Yeah ... the higher end tends to be my weak point. I've got a Snowball coming and I'm building a mini-crate booth, so I should get plenty of chances to practice, especially here on NG.

F*ckin sH*t

This is a battle. Both had lyrics that ripped shit up. This is really hard, but the one thing that made the difference was quality. Iconic's mic was better. Sorry Gloine.

GasMasq

He tore the 3rd verse up. A little dissappointing in the first 2 verses, but that made up for it.

Wrap this contest up

1st place to you, you hustler you. Time to kill myself, come back, cry in a corner, then man up to step my game up. Next time you handosome devil.

Good sense of humor

Your jokes had me laughing. After getting past the weird intro anyway. haha. I think if you get a better quality mic, you have a lot of potential and can go far

Assassin2 responds:

Thankyou sir, I had a laugh making it, never done one before so I gave it a go. I think I'll try something a bit more serious next time.

I'm a pro VA. I run the Voice Acting Contests here on Newgrounds. Feel free to message me about VA related things or whatever!

Josh Musser @JaShinYa

Age 35, Male

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Pennsylvania

Joined on 7/7/09

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