2023.09.02 – 0975 – The Diction-ary of Voice - A Part 1
The Diction-ary of Voice
ON GOOD SPEAKING TERMS
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Abdomen – your stomach area that moves out as you breath in, as the diaphragm lowers to allow the lungs to expand
Actuality (‘act’) – sound, such as an interview, recorded on location or in a studio and which are not the reporter or narrator.
Ad lib - a spontaneous addition or change to a script, or a usually witty off-the-cuff comment during a live or recorded conversation
ADR - Automated Dialogue Replacement. The art of re-recording or dubbing a video script while matching the original actor’s mouth movements. This is time consuming, expensive and experience is required as the original speech patterns can be unpredictable in speed and delivery
Affricates – the speech sound that combines the rush of air of a plosive (as in the letters ‘b’ and ‘p’) with that of a fricative (when air is forced through a small gap in the lips or teeth – as in ‘ssss’), to give what is heard at the start of words such as ‘chant’, ‘choke’ or ‘choo-choo’… which is certainly something to ‘chew’ over…
Air check – a recording of transmission (‘ROT’) of either audio or video. Used to give feedback or sometimes required for job applications so someone can hear/see how you perform ‘in real life’ rather than in something specifically recorded for the application
Alt – short for ‘alternative’ as in “give me an alt on that” when the director asks for another version of a line-read. This can be for a variety of reasons including wanting variations on takes, wanting just one or a couple of words changed, or to be said with slightly different inflection or intonation etc.
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