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began editing the video+audio of the last 4 days at the voiceover conference in London #stolenvoice
finished editing part 2 (day 2 out of 4) at my time at the One Voice voiceover conference in London (almost a month ago - what?!) - now uploading to Vimeo #stolenvoice
pre-final-edited the first 5 minutes out of approx. 60 minutes of video footage of day 1 london voiceover conference #stolenvoice
finished editing part 1 (day 1 out of 4) of my time at the London voiceover conference #stolenvoice
worked on a re-voice for a video, transcribed the text and added new background music. Final edit later #stolenvoice
got an overview of the postproduction process (bit of a repition like
- EQ
- Compression
- Normalisation
- De-Essing
- Limiting
- Insert Effects
- Send & Return Effects but that's ok); started the advanced voiceover course to get from my intermediate level to a pro level which included today: to warm up nicely and full-body, going to extremes (ultra low pitch, ultra high pitch, mixture of both and going over the top with a caricature performance) - my voice felt like the strings of a guitar today when I practiced #stolenvoice
finished editing 18 minutes of final material for #stolenvoice tv episode 5 (and 6 minutes of outtakes) - the result of 3 weeks not catching up (never again)
after a day off because feeling sick-ish and slight ear-pain I had an extended session today (but focussing only on style of delivery to perfect it) with a new recording setup: Sennheiser MKH 416, Pop audio pop filter, Shock mount by Rycote and Focusrite 2i2 mixer - is another level. Also I gave my recording environment a bit more room while still treating it with acoustic foam. #mictime #stolenvoice
crafted the new recording environment with new (awesome!!!) gear: Sennheiser MKH 416, Pop audio pop filter, Shock mount by Rycote holding the mic (whereas the shock mount is attached to a Manfrotto tripod) and Focusrite 2i2 mixer. Best recording quality I ever had. Now, only my delivery can suck or better don't 😛 - oh happy day ^^ #stolenvoice
spent hours setting up my new camera (Canon 6D Mark II) for my weekly voiceover show although I thought it would be pretty straight forward. The hardest part was (surprisingly) finding out how to handle the external microphone input (you actually need to be in Manual mode of the camera - I was surprised to hear that). The camera in manual mode means adjustments to make. So, for a quick and dirty video recording of an episode I'd actually prefer to use the iPhone X or my Canon G16, and externally record through the Zoom H5 as always. Also, for vlogging (or even traveling) I don't see me using a big fat device like the 6D Mark II, it's really heavy for me because I'm used to a bridge camera like the Canon G16 or the iPhone. The importance of the weight of a camera cannot be stressed enought!
finished the advanced VO course (doing post-production, working with directors, client-work remotely, physical and vocal health) #stolenvoice
practiced the commercial script ("All The Towers" theme park) and liked some aspects of my performance, but not everything, especially that clipping occured. Can't wait for my new mic + mixer to arrive so I can regulate the gain level better. #mictime #stolenvoice
Finish editing and prepping new video #personal
learned a bit more on mic selection and created my preliminary shopping list for home-studio recording gear - takes soo much time (cos me = relatively bad decision maker) - will purchase in a few days and try it all out - AND: learned a few tricks on how to record on the road traveling - SUPER EXCITING and if it works it would be a bit of DREAM COME TRUE :) #stolenvoice
installed and tried Audacity in my recording studio to make progress with my commercial demo reel (recorded studiolist script and compressed and normalized it, send it out to review the performance and quality) #stolenvoice
had another #mictime session with some progress but still wasn't happy with the performance (it's a tricky one because I try to combine a calm, conversational tone with a mix of fear and joy). So that's work in progress 😉 #stolenvoice
learned about more advanced humanisation techniques (non-scripted humane sounds), breathing techniques (e.g. staccato breathe) and de-breathing methods, handling commercial copy, the challenges when self-directing and self-analysis, controlling the mic (e.g. bass proximity effect) #stolenvoice