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  David Atwood November 21, 2008 at 9:56am

  Wow LindZ! Loved the dancing video! I didn't realize you were such a multi-faceted woman! Green is your color. And the third dancer in your video seems to like showing up for work drunk. The director should can him and re-cast, but YOU were awesome!
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  Shelley Chester November 16, 2008 at 1:54am

  Hi Liz,
  After I replied to you I asked one of the big wigs here about my demo. Here is what he wrote:
  Your animation track should sound like a montage of real
  >> animation clips cut together into a minute and a half demo.
  >> Stay away from telling a story!! Also, never repeat a voice.
  >> Once you've established a character move on to the next.
  >> Try to have each character DOING something, not just SAYING
  >> something, in each byte. Give them some kind of action to be
  >> doing. This will show off not just your vocal range, but
  >> also your acting range. In cartoons they are looking for
  >> actors first, and funny voice people second. Which means if
  >> you are a great actor who can only do a few voices, you have
  >> a better chance of booking a job over someone who does
  >> dozens of voices, but can't act. Your animation track
  >> should consist of characters with distinct personalities.
  >> Everyone can do a witch. What makes your witch different??
  >> How are your kid voices different from the Rugrats?? Nancy
  >> Cartwright, who does Bart Simpson, had been doing kid voices
  >> for years before booking The Simpsons. What makes her Bart
  >> stand out is her acting. His personality is as memorable as
  >> his voice. That's because Nancy is a brilliant actress.
  >> She makes the words on the script come to life. Think of the
  >> script as a skeleton, and you, the actor have to give it a
  >> body. When all of this sounds easy, then and ONLY then are
  >> you ready for an animation track for your demo.
  
  Based upon this I re-did my demo. Please take a listen and et me know what you think!
  Shelley Chester
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  Bryan Cox November 14, 2008 at 7:43am

  Lindz...glad to help out abit. If you ever need any more help...just knock. Cheers
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  Sarah Natochenny November 13, 2008 at 5:48pm

  of course! email me :) my name at gmail. sorry im running off now, but wanted to answer before i forget!! ask anything, let me know what ur dubbing experience is...and congrats on the booking! talk soon,
  sarah
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  Michael Schoen November 13, 2008 at 10:55am

  LindZ
  Thanks for the listen...
  If you are interested of a tour -- preferably if you are in town on a weekend, I'd be happy to oblige.
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  David Atwood November 12, 2008 at 5:35pm

  Pretzels,...cheese,...and 8 cans of tuna. Almost ready for Thanksgiving Dinner! woot woot!
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  Shelley Chester November 11, 2008 at 1:08am

  How nice of you to leave a review of my demo and to ask my advise! My demo is really new... just a week old so it's nice to hear it is being well received. As for the animation demo you want to create I think that if you start with your favorite and best voice then put that together with a very different style of voice you have a beginning. Next find a great place where your voices would logically meet or be. Start talking to the voices and record the answers. You do some great kid voices! That along with a baby crying puts you at a wedding (?), child care center with a frustrated parent or teacher(?), school yard(?) you get the picture. If you are old enough to remember Art Linkletter he interviewed kids. That was a fun format. The best part about these demos is that if you don't get the response you want then you can record again! I just played around with my equipment until I found something that worked... Lots of places on line to get snips to edit in. I like Soundsnap.com, ilovewavs.com, bobjude.co.uk/sounds/wav.html
  Have fun and the audience will too! You have some great demos. Put your new animation up on this site under the demo forum and see what others think. Thanks again for the nice review!
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  David Atwood November 10, 2008 at 8:02pm

  Hi ya LindZ! Love your demo and hope you feel all better soon and stuff!
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  Darren Altman November 10, 2008 at 11:03am

  Hey Lindz,
  
  hi from London! Nice to see you and congrats on your success so far... here's to the future!!
  
  Take care.
  
  x
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  Mike Elmore November 10, 2008 at 3:04am

  Nice of you to join the UNIVERSE HERE!!! VO Universe, that iz..