Audio Mini 1 - Voice Over

"This is Dave's printers. I'm not here at the minute. Please phone me back, see you later."

If you want to hear Martin fail at making an example of a bad voiceover, this is the episode. Even trying to do a bad job, he does great!

In this episode, we are learning what voiceover is, and how it is VERY much design, the preperation, the understanding and the performance. In this episode, which is the first of a 3 part miniseries about Audio, we dive into voice over, what it is, and how it ties to Design.

A voice actor is designing the appropriate piece of voiceover for the context it will be used in, the audience that its for and the effect we want it to have.

Also, if you listen closely, you will hear, that I am not following Martins advice of drinking enough water, so my voice becomes more and more dry in the episode.

You will learn

• What voiceover is and genres of voiceover
• Why use voiceover / benefits
• VO in the context of design - how we get there
• Emotion

Resources

Emotional Design

How emotions makes you do

Identifying Bad Designs