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Jane Wing: The one with the Waspish Warpath!
Description
In ep 172 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Jane Wing joins Sam and Mark to talk about adding movement into a dramatic heist and how you can immediately place the listener within the action of a scene. We examine the difficulty of playing dry humour in a commercial script, and how flat is flat when you're trying to point the laughs in a conversational Northern accent? We talk vocal health with Kazoos, Kettles and Wedding songs plus the wildcard section has a real sting in the tail!
Our VO question this week is all about the similarities between teaching kids and voice acting.
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Script 1
Breaker. I’m in.
Heading down to the eighty-fourth floor now.
I’m almost to the server room. I need that key card, Tech. Sooner is better than later.
I need that card, people. Tick, tock.
Got it. Downloading.
Go ahead and get into position. I’ll be heading out in a couple of minutes. Tech, you got eyes on security?
Just be ready to move.
Script 2
Most products now come with… options.
Lots of options.
Settings you’ll never use.
Features you didn’t know you had.
And instructions you won’t read.
Because, in reality,
people don’t want more to think about.
They want something that works.
So we kept things simple.
No extras.
No noise.
Just something that does its job properly.
And leaves you to get on with yours.
Which, statistically,
is exactly what you were going to do anyway.
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About our guest:
Jane Wing has been surrounded by performers for as long as she can remember. She first took to the stage at the age of seven and recorded her first professional voiceover at eighteen, lending her native Liverpudlian accent to the Mersey Ferries. After completing an honours degree in Theatre Arts, she spent several years in teaching, radio, and television. Teaching strengthened her clarity, sight reading, and audience engagement, while broadcasting gave her a strong technical grounding in audio production. Today, she lives in the North West, close to the sea, and continues to invest in training, coaching, and studio equipment to ensure her work stays current, polished, and professionally competitive.
@jane_wing_voiceover on Instagram
Resources: Click here for the Wildcard Generator and don't forget to think of an action your character can be doing!
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