I started quite late: 11:30 because the supervisor was away, but when I arrived we started right away on script writing for Bert & Macs again.
We both looked at the list the client wanted to have added and the supervisor started explaining how we could built it up. The script was about a school's out sale for their bike and accessories collection.
The supervisor said we could start with a boys' voice and he asked me what that boy would say.
Honestly I didn't know even though it was that simple xD I said that he wants a bike?
Well, that was not to what he meant. He asked me again and I said: He wants to buy the bike at Bert & Macs? I was getting closer, but a kid wouldn't say it like that.
He meant that the kid would be excited leaving school as he would have time to bike! So something in the lines of: I'm going to bike all summer!
He asked me again what the kid would say and again I blanked and said: Oh boy!
It's good he keeps asking questions like that, so he knows my chain of thoughts and can give shape to them.
In the end he was hoping to hear: Alright, school's out! Now I can buy my bike!
To be honest I wouldn't have thought of that as the kids in my country don't yell out loud when they're done with school. At least when I was that age I can't remember. But Europe and America are different in that I guess.
So the first line changed into: Now I can buy my bike at Bert and Macs!
Then the announcer starts to explain what's for sale. We started with the bike announcements and moved to accessories and bikeracks last. The ending was easy, we only had to add the company's name.
It's really hard, you need to think of the intro and the ending and the rest has to link together. You've got to find a balance in it.
My next challenge was to write a script for a car company. I had no idea how to start at first, but then I just copied the text of the ad in the magazine and copied a line from their web page to use. Searching info was a good thing I did as the supervisor worked that way too. My stuff didn't work as we couldn't find the engines on the official site so I had to get rid of that and the price. Instead I listened to the previous commercial that had already been made and combined the first two lines. The rest of the commercial stayed the same.
We went through other scripts but concluded we will leave it the same. We were in the middle of editing a script, but the supervisor was busy phoning clients so we forgot about it. In the meantime I caught up with my blog. Writing a page takes longer than it seems.
After the Dutch speaking rigger colleague dropped by and we exchanged facebook.
The supervisor went in the vocal booth to record his Bert & Macs script, only it didn´t fit the 30 second mark. I noticed how important that is. I once competed in a voice acting competition and I had my 30 second commercial 40~seconds. Instantly kicked out and I´m sure it was because of that.
The supervisor decided to make two commercials instead of one and have one about some accessories and the other about the remaining stuff. I got to listen to how he recorded it and every time he started he recorded the first line different. He also mentioned to how many ways you can say a line and you´ve got to experiment in what works best. In his case he had to redo it because he wanted the word bike to stand out more than the rest. I noticed we left out a line and mentioned it when he was nearly done, so he quickly changed it. Then it was time for me to go as I had to go grocery shopping.
We ate at Costco and we ordered a hotdog and I tried out the Canadian dish: Poutine. French fries with gravy and melted cheese. Not a big fan, but it wasn't bad either. The gravy was actually good, but I rather avoid the cheese XD
We then headed to Superstore and I had quite some things to buy and spend 75$... Oops..
Well, at this rate I dont have to do shopping for 3 weeks. At least not for meat and cheese xD which were the most expensive things ($10 each)
We also took a picture at the superstore as my roommates put on a Canadian hat and were sitting down. I said I wanted to make a picture of them. Of course I had too and so I got Canadianized xD On July 1st we will be celebrating Canada Day so I'm quite excited for that too.
We both looked at the list the client wanted to have added and the supervisor started explaining how we could built it up. The script was about a school's out sale for their bike and accessories collection.
The supervisor said we could start with a boys' voice and he asked me what that boy would say.
Honestly I didn't know even though it was that simple xD I said that he wants a bike?
Well, that was not to what he meant. He asked me again and I said: He wants to buy the bike at Bert & Macs? I was getting closer, but a kid wouldn't say it like that.
He meant that the kid would be excited leaving school as he would have time to bike! So something in the lines of: I'm going to bike all summer!
He asked me again what the kid would say and again I blanked and said: Oh boy!
It's good he keeps asking questions like that, so he knows my chain of thoughts and can give shape to them.
In the end he was hoping to hear: Alright, school's out! Now I can buy my bike!
To be honest I wouldn't have thought of that as the kids in my country don't yell out loud when they're done with school. At least when I was that age I can't remember. But Europe and America are different in that I guess.
So the first line changed into: Now I can buy my bike at Bert and Macs!
Then the announcer starts to explain what's for sale. We started with the bike announcements and moved to accessories and bikeracks last. The ending was easy, we only had to add the company's name.
It's really hard, you need to think of the intro and the ending and the rest has to link together. You've got to find a balance in it.
My next challenge was to write a script for a car company. I had no idea how to start at first, but then I just copied the text of the ad in the magazine and copied a line from their web page to use. Searching info was a good thing I did as the supervisor worked that way too. My stuff didn't work as we couldn't find the engines on the official site so I had to get rid of that and the price. Instead I listened to the previous commercial that had already been made and combined the first two lines. The rest of the commercial stayed the same.
We went through other scripts but concluded we will leave it the same. We were in the middle of editing a script, but the supervisor was busy phoning clients so we forgot about it. In the meantime I caught up with my blog. Writing a page takes longer than it seems.
After the Dutch speaking rigger colleague dropped by and we exchanged facebook.
The supervisor went in the vocal booth to record his Bert & Macs script, only it didn´t fit the 30 second mark. I noticed how important that is. I once competed in a voice acting competition and I had my 30 second commercial 40~seconds. Instantly kicked out and I´m sure it was because of that.
The supervisor decided to make two commercials instead of one and have one about some accessories and the other about the remaining stuff. I got to listen to how he recorded it and every time he started he recorded the first line different. He also mentioned to how many ways you can say a line and you´ve got to experiment in what works best. In his case he had to redo it because he wanted the word bike to stand out more than the rest. I noticed we left out a line and mentioned it when he was nearly done, so he quickly changed it. Then it was time for me to go as I had to go grocery shopping.
We ate at Costco and we ordered a hotdog and I tried out the Canadian dish: Poutine. French fries with gravy and melted cheese. Not a big fan, but it wasn't bad either. The gravy was actually good, but I rather avoid the cheese XD
We then headed to Superstore and I had quite some things to buy and spend 75$... Oops..
Well, at this rate I dont have to do shopping for 3 weeks. At least not for meat and cheese xD which were the most expensive things ($10 each)
We also took a picture at the superstore as my roommates put on a Canadian hat and were sitting down. I said I wanted to make a picture of them. Of course I had too and so I got Canadianized xD On July 1st we will be celebrating Canada Day so I'm quite excited for that too.
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