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106 Assignments
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basis. ************************** Get a head start on your extra credit (you'll probably need it by the end of the semester!) Start Collecting magazines or magazine ads. Bring in complete magazines. Stick to the mainstream magazines with ads for products you would see or hear advertised on radio or TV. HOMEWORK FOR Monday April 28, 2008: Turn Filled In Documentary Grid. MORE TO COME. HOMEWORK FOR Wednesday April 23, 2008: Read the Chapter on Documentaries. Then record the Nature Series script from that chapter for playback in class. Also, listen to a minimum of 3 voicemail/IVR systems (call pretty much any business these days!) and then fill in the appropriate grid in your workbook. It calls for 5, but you will get credit for 3. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, April 21, 2008: Read the Chapter on Multimedia - you will be selecting a fiction novel to record from - at least 3 pages. You will also start watching Documentaries - PBS, CourtTV, Discovery, etc. Fill out the Documentaries grid in your workbook for NEXT Monday. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, April 14, 2008: Read the Chapter on Multiples - find someone to read aloud with - doing all the exercises - switch roles - try some of your characters to help you begin to understand how to listen and respond. After we finish up with the rest of the Real Person reads, we will do IN CLASS multiples using copy I will be bringing into class. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, April 7, 2008: Real Person. Read the chapter on Real Person. Read and verbalize all the exercises. Pick one and record it for playback in class. In addition to the recorded material, please do Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 as detailed below (see yellow highlight). Remember, for Real Person reads, you may not have many copy points or key messages. If that is the case, simply tell me that this is so. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, March 31, 2008: Your Mid-Term. In order to evaluate what you have learned so far this semester and to prepare you for your final project, please select another magazine ad and turn it into a radio or TV voiceover spot. Find one that would be right for your voice. You may have fun with this - if you find something that allows you to do a strong fun character, that's OK. If you prefer to stick to more straight announcer or spokesperson, that's fine too. I encourage you to record the spot, of course, but we will not be playing them back in class, nor will I ask you to show me that you have recorded it. What I DO want is the written part - detailed written part - as follows Part 1: Copy Breakdown
Part 2: Six W's - again - be as detailed as possible.
Part 3: Yes, I have added more to the written! I want you to MARK YOUR SCRIPT - in pencil. Use your own personal marking system of underlines, smiley faces, parentheses, slashes, circles and arrows to mark your script.
HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, March 24, 2008: Well, I hope that you continue to explore and perfect at least ONE character that you can use to help you stretch your brain as we return to the more mundane "straight" reads that form the bulk of the material in voiceovers. Your assignment for the Holiday Week...Read Chapters 11 and 12 - Announcer and Spokesperson - do all the exercises aloud as you go along. Pick one from Chapter 11 and one from Chapter 12 to record for playback in class starting on Monday, March 24th. In addition to the recorded assignment you will do Part 1 and Part 2 written assignment. Part 1: Identify the Key Messages/Copy Points from your ad. Remember these are words from the script. Also Identify the Hero Client, the Hero Product (both may NOT be listed - let me know that), and also tell me if this is an Announcer spot or a Spokesperson spot. If it is a spokesperson spot, tell me if it is a. boss, b. employee, or c. customer. Part 2: Detail the 6 W's...be specific - go into detail. The more you think about this, the better you will connect with the words and to an audience.
These are to be written down and turned in the same time as your get up to play back your recorded spot.
HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, March 10, 2008: So far you have explored creating a character by looking at the copy and working with some pre-conceived direction. Now you are tasked with creating a character from an image. Pick an illustration or a photo of an animal and create a character. Written part is the same as below. Then record the copy on page 32 - Kiddie School - J19. HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2008: Toaster Exercise. Create a new character - that of a toaster - using the script on page 114. Fill in the Character Development list we drew up in class. Record the script for playback in class and hand in the written. Character Name: Name your character with a name that will bring the character to your mind. Character Source: Where did the inspiration for this voice come from? Key Phrase: Write down a few words that will help you get into this character. Do not use the words from the toaster script. This character could end up being used for much more than a toaster. Comments: Use this block to describe the character in more detail. In this case, it would be appropriate to tell me more about the toaster and it's environment. Just remember that we are trying to create a background for the "voice." Pitch: High pitched? Low pitch? Pitch Characteristic: Gravely, quirky, smooth as silk, lisp? Tempo: Fast paced, slower than molasses? Rhythm: Is there anything unusual to their speech pattern? Placement: Where in the head is the voice coming from? Facial Talk: What are you doing to your face to get the character - eyebrows up? Eyes wide? Mouth to the side? Jaw locked? Body Talk: What are you doing with your body to get the sound you want from the character? HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, March 3, 2008: Lots to do! 1. Watch and listen to cartoons and animated features. Fill in the Grid that relates to Cartoons in your Workbook. 2. Do the TV Test as described in your Workbook. 3. Read Chapter 14 - Cartoons - read the whole chapter - do ALL the exercises aloud. Pick one to record for playback in class. The written part of this assignment is to clearly describe who you are. Write enough that anyone reading it could figure out what your character might sound like, look like, act like, etc. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, February, 25, 2008: Select an ad out of a magazine that you will record for playback. Pick one that either works well as it is for an audio script, or one that only needs a few changes to make it work. Like to first spot you selected - pick one that you think will work for your voice AND pick one with at least 20 seconds of words! Retype the ad into a script that you can read from - do not read directly from the ad. WRITTEN PART: In addition to bringing in the recorded spot, the original ad and the rewritten script (preferably typed), you have two additional parts to this exercise. Part 1: Identify the Key Messages/Copy Points from your ad. Remember these are words from the script. Part 2: Tell me who you are and who you are talking to - the first of the 6 W's These are to be written down and turned in the same time as your get up to play back your recorded spot. HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY, Feb 20, 2008: If you haven't been up to the mic yet to playback your first "pick", we'll finish with you first. Be prepared to start playing back your next assignment - which is to record the script "Kitty Menu Cat Food" on page 77. In order to get to that point READ Chapters 1-10. I suggest that you read the book aloud, doing all the exercises along the way. Record the exercises. Play them back. Analyze what you did. Try it again if you didn't like what you heard. Or record it again a different way.
HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY, Feb 13, 2008: Continue with what we did on Monday.
Also, read the first 3-4 chapters in the book. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, Feb 11, 2008: Bring in a spot that you have recorded in your own voice. The spot should be one that you have heard on the air. One that you think your voice would be suited for. It should be a spot that features Voiceover rather than On-camera talent. Pick a spot that has at least 20 seconds of words to read. To find one - Record several commercial breaks (radio or TV or both). Hold your recorder up to the speaker on the TV or the radio and capture the audio. Then select the spot you want to transcribe and play it over enough times to accurately write down all the words. Then record those words in your own voice. Bring the newly recorded commercial to class for playback. Also bring the "Script" you transcribed. Please type it (double spaced) if you have that ability. If not, print NEATLY. If you are recording onto standard sized cassette or CD, then simply bring in a standard sized cassette so that we can record your in-class work. If you are recording and saving to something other than standard sized cassettes or CD, you will need to bring in your recording devise with the spot YOU recorded in your own voice cued up. If your recording device doesn't have a mic input, then you will need to bring a standard cassette in to class each time. Additional MUST HAVE'S by Monday: A method of recording your material. The Text Book. Please start reading the text - Start at the beginning and read it aloud as much as possible. I expect that you will have the first three chapters read by Monday. HOMEWORK FOR WEDNESDAY, Feb 6, 2008: You will be turning in the stuff you did for Monday. HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY, Feb 4, 2008: Fill in Page 1 of your Workbook. Buy the Book. Get your Recording equipment arranged. Continue to listen to radio and TV spots - really analyzing the voices, the scripts, the music, the sound effects (SFX), the acting. Raise your level or awareness of the business and who is in it. Click here for Tongue Twisters and Warm Ups...
Using the form I provided in the Self-Evaluation Workbook - pages 6 and 7 (be sure to put your name at the top of each page), I want to see the following: a written LIST of the types of voices you are hearing, the Product or Subject, the Channel/Station, Male or Female, Local or National, Voice Quality and the Attitude. For example…
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