Update + thoughts on podfic
Dec. 3rd, 2012 10:49 pmWinter has finally come in earnest--we got a nice thick blanket of snow this weekend, and it's cold, brrr. I spent most of Saturday in a board meeting over Skype, and it left my back kind of wrecked, augh. Am slowly recovering. I have tons of things on my to-do list right now, but I'm managing to stay on top of it so far. dSSS progressing satisfactorily; Yuletide on hold for now.
Recorded the first part of a new podfic yesterday, and I love how it came out! It's very different in style from the last one, and I really enjoy that. Reading different styles is something that keeps me from getting stuck in a rut, and makes me feel like I'm stretching myself and learning new things.
Speaking of podfic, I participated in the group podcasts on collaboration and on acting for![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
pod_aware, which was fun. There are tons of interesting podcasts over there; check them out! The one I've found most interesting so far is this one by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
aethel, which is a study of podficcers' voices vs canonical actors' voices. Specifically, it's about how you get lots of Teen Wolf podfics [disclaimer: I know nothing about TW] where Derek is voiced in a lower pitch than Stiles because of fanon tropes, even though Derek actually has a similarly-pitched and perhaps even higher-pitched voice than Stiles in canon. Very interesting.
Which got me to thinking: I don't think I often use a systematic difference in pitch to distinguish character voices myself. For example, I usually distinguish Ray K and Fraser by differences in enunciation, pacing, and melody of speech instead. Or at least I think so? People who listen to my podfic: do you think my Fraser and Ray K systematically differ in pitch? Hmm, my Ray K might have a wider range in pitch, and go up and down more. Anyway, often when people say "character voice" they often seem to mean that they use a difference in pitch, and not all the other ways you can use to differentiate characters. Hmm.
Recorded the first part of a new podfic yesterday, and I love how it came out! It's very different in style from the last one, and I really enjoy that. Reading different styles is something that keeps me from getting stuck in a rut, and makes me feel like I'm stretching myself and learning new things.
Speaking of podfic, I participated in the group podcasts on collaboration and on acting for
pod_aware, which was fun. There are tons of interesting podcasts over there; check them out! The one I've found most interesting so far is this one by aethel, which is a study of podficcers' voices vs canonical actors' voices. Specifically, it's about how you get lots of Teen Wolf podfics [disclaimer: I know nothing about TW] where Derek is voiced in a lower pitch than Stiles because of fanon tropes, even though Derek actually has a similarly-pitched and perhaps even higher-pitched voice than Stiles in canon. Very interesting. Which got me to thinking: I don't think I often use a systematic difference in pitch to distinguish character voices myself. For example, I usually distinguish Ray K and Fraser by differences in enunciation, pacing, and melody of speech instead. Or at least I think so? People who listen to my podfic: do you think my Fraser and Ray K systematically differ in pitch? Hmm, my Ray K might have a wider range in pitch, and go up and down more. Anyway, often when people say "character voice" they often seem to mean that they use a difference in pitch, and not all the other ways you can use to differentiate characters. Hmm.
