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[nethervoice]

THAT'S VOICEOVER EXPO GATHERS AT BLACKLISTED HOTEL

If you’re at the SOVAS That’s Voiceover Career Expo in Los Angeles at the moment, you should know this: You are giving business to a boycotted hotel. Don’t believe me? Go to fairhotel.org. It has a hotel finder and you’ll see that the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel is on the list. Who’s boycotting the hotel? Unite Here Local 11, the hotel workers union representing 32,000 members. Why is the…

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#Beverly Hilton Hotel #fairhotel.org #hotel boycott #hotel workers union #living wage #Los Angeles Airport Hilton #Maria Hernandez #Nethervoice #Paul Strikwerda #Rudy Gaskins #SAG-AFTRA #SOVAS™ #That&039;s Voiceover Career Expo #Unite Here Local 11 #voice acting #voice actor #Voice Arts™ Awards #voiceover blog

[angrylesbianstereotype]

Actually nothing that happened in the actual show fucked me up quite as much as that Breaking Bad short where Jesse reimagines Walt as a comic book superhero. Just a lovingly, intricately crafted tribute to his abuser, like a kid making a crayon drawing for a father who hits him. Just a fully illustrated animated testament to the love and admiration he held for the man who would go on to kill most of his loved ones fuck w his head on a molecular level and shell out to have him put down like a dog it got too expensive to feed. I do not squish Walter White like the bug I spray him with raid watch him writhe in agony and do not trouble myself w putting him out of his misery <3

#i mean idk if it’s canon bc i don’t think jesse could afford that kind of production value #but like aaron paul does the voiceover and everything #in conclusion #wtf :(( #jesse pinkman #anti walter white #walter white hate blog #breaking bad #brba #abuse tw

[partyrockin]

does anyone still run those tumblr character ask blogs anymore. you know the ones.

#so much of my early exposure to homestuck fandom shit was from octopimp voiceovers of character ask blogs it's crazy #HAKSJDHKJDGHKJH #truly a lost era

[mastersoftheair]

Sorry but am I the only one that thought that episode…sucked? Like it was straight up bad. Horrible pacing, no wrap up of all the random characters and plot lines they’ve thrown around all season (the tuskegee airmen, Westgates spying, literally all the guys beside like the main 4). (Seriously it makes me so mad that the three redtails got all of 5 seconds of screen time, almost no lines. Literally what was the point of introducing them other than to pretend the show was iNcLuSiVe) Even at the end of BoB and the Pacific you get a much better idea of what happened to all the remaining guys. In this they’re like what happened to DeMarco or Hambone or Brady or (insert character here) we don’t know! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ The concentration camp scene felt shoehorned in compared to how it was done in BoB. Unless that actually happened to Rosie (which i haven’t heard anything about) but it was just like.. ok? It all felt so rushed and emotionless to me. Maybe I’ve just fallen out of love with MoTA but it’s been downhill for me since episode 6 or so.

i already made a little (read: long) post-finale write-up here, where i talk about the use of the tuskegee airmen, l'sandra, and overall editing/pacing issues i felt the show had. but i don't agree with the notion that adding the redtails was in any way insincere or trying to halfass being "iNcLuSiVe", i just think they suffer from this show's obvious time constraints. and to summarize what i wrote in my linked post, there's a limit to what white writers/directors/producers can do when creating a story about black people. there are some stories i'd feel uncomfortable with them telling on their own, truth be told. dee rees wasn't the sole nonwhite director, but she Was the only black one. i think she did her job well given the limitations and i appreciate that they let her direct those episodes, rather than leaving it up to a team of white people trying their best to tell a black story.

the worst i can say about the finale is that it didn't feel like That strong of finale, tho i wouldn't go as far to say it "sucked" or call it "straight up bad". i liked it plenty, it's just the weakest of the hbo war finales imo.

as for the concentration camp scene, artistic license was taken with both shows. unlike what's seen in the BoB, easy company wasn't the first to arrive at kaufering, and there's 0 mention of the all-japanese american 552nd who helped them liberate it). similarly, rosie rosenthal did assist in liberating those camps, though it would've been after the events shown this episode. idk if he saw one in that up-close way seen in this episode, but he could've (i should research this when i have time). plus, it would've felt weird Not having him acknowledge them at all. "shoe-horned" is an odd term to use here imo, as both scenes more-or-less center a jewish character (BoB's liebgott and MotA's rosie). the former show has survivors the characters can help, the latter shows no one left to help. the former has all of easy company there, the latter has rosie there all alone. rosie's scene felt deeply personal in that way. at the end of the day, both scenes are communicating different things. that doesn't make one better than the other when they aren't trying to be identical. (disclaimer, i'm not jewish, so i'd be interesting hearing from the perspective of someone who wrt whether or not they felt it was "shoe-horned")

i can understand if you've disliked the show post-episode 6 (and episode 6 was a very strong episode i'm ngl). eps 7 and 8 were weaker in many ways, even to me, so i get it. everyone's entitled to their own opinion (i'd be a hypocrite saying otherwise). just understand that this blog is run by someone who overall enjoys this show despite its flaws! basically, i encourage you to take this energy and make your own posts.

#masters of the air #hbo war #e9 #asks #long post #masters of the air spoilers #mota spoilers #all the hbo war finales are different. i don't think MotA's is as strong but like #my fav hbo war show is still BoB and even Then i don't think it has a better finale than TP. and i dislike a lot of TP! like A Lot! #and Even Then we don't get a good idea about what happens to a lot of the minor-er characters in TP once they leave #anyone who isn't sledge or leckie (rip basilone) is hand-waved-'they went home'-away #not every show needs a sandlot ending w/ a voiceover going: #'[NAME] got really into the [INSERT DECADE] and no one ever saw him again' like they did to webster (rip webster) #and again! i'm mixed about the redtails. but i can Very Clearly See this show getting released without including them #which wouldve left many people (justifiably!) upset that they weren't shown when they were Literally there in the same pow camp #i'll give the hbo war team a lot of shit about a lot of things (despite the enduringly positive energy i try to keep up here) #but i Have to give MotA props for Trying. i don't see faux inclusion i just see it as not quite hitting the mark but an attempt was made #and i think that's worth Something given neither BoB or TP bothered trying #(like i think there was a missed opportunity in TP not mentioning what's happening to japanese americans on the home front) #this got away from me (i'm also opinionated) but while i can agree with you about how the show feels rushed #i do take issue with the idea that they were pretending to be inclusive. i'll blame money time and covid19 before i blame bad intention #maybe that's controversial here but it Is my blog. so.

[the-arcade-doctor]

attention all people who like roleplaying and voice acting hit me up if u wanna help me with something heavily related to jota's lore moving forward

#voice acting #voiceover #voice actors #roleplay #roleplay blog

[supernovae-never-burn-alone]

— "COGITO ERGO SUM," POINE; I THINK, THEREFORE I AM.

So uhm. Bet you thought we forgot about this blog!! Haha!! No!! We are reminded every day that we haven't posted anything and it is hell !!!!

BUT. Anywho. We've been practicing voicing some characters lately, and ended up taking inspiration from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, this in particular from the audio play. I swear we'll post refs... one day...... AENTROPUS HAS MULTIPLE SETS OF ARMS. I SWEAR. BUT I DIDNT WANNA EDIT THAT IN...

Anywho. Boy I sure wonder what Aentropus, the god of chaos, is referencing when it talks about chaos as a thing! It's sure a mystery and not at all a very thin metaphor for itself being fed up with being treated like a lesser being amongst its fellows! /s

Transcript below:

[A video featuring characters made in Gacha Life 2. In the top corner, there is a watermark crediting the author by two usernames: human-souls-buy-dopamine on tumblr and theatricallythrilling on YouTube.

A character (Aentropus) slides into view from the right of the screen, holding a hand up as if to chime in to some interaction. It doesn't have a human head, instead having a black sphere with a gradient around the edges. Its face is purely white outlines for the eyes and mouth, and it almost never seems to stop smiling a shark-tooth grin. Despite this, its frustration is evident. When it speaks, the dialog is written on screen in orange, using the stereofidelic font.

It starts off by saying "In case you've forgotten, my dearly detested," exaggerating the word 'in'. It looks strained to keep the smile up. At 'dearly detested,' it briefly moves off screen, and another character, Poine, moves in.

After Poine moves off-screen once again, and Aentropus back on-screen, it continues, saying "you cannot simply will chaos out of existence." It pauses at 'simply,' dragging on for a short moment and looking away as if considering what the right word would be. Near the end of the sentence, it crosses its arms, closing its eyes as if readying itself to continue speaking.

Aentropus continues, saying "You must either embrace it, or succumb to it." It says this as it is walking off-screen to the left, suddenly looking more serious than before. There is a brief pause between 'embrace it' and the word 'or' for dramatic effect. During this sequence, the instrumental beginning of the song Alien Blues fades in, providing music.

Two solid-color figures, Poine and Aentropus, fade in behind the subtitles around the second half of the sentence. Poine is a muted, light blue color, and Aentropus is a vivid orange. Aentropus emphasizes the previous point, saying "there is no in-between." Poine and Aentropus's sillhouettes fade out as it goes on.

It further elaborates, saying "You cannot ignore it, you cannot pretend that it does not exist, that it is not there—". The first statement is accompanied by Poine sliding into view from the bottom of the screen upwards, and the last is accompanied by Aentropus sliding in much the same, except from the top. They are glaring at eachother, Aentropus squinting heavily.

Both graphics as well as the caption fade out as there is a pause in both dialog and music. After the brief silence, Aentropus speaks once more, the captions being larger and now in the center of the screen.

It says "cogito ergo sum, Poine; I think, therefore I am." There are quotes around the latin, and the words appear as they are spoken. After the first four words, the rest appear individually (with the exception of "i am"), and the word 'therefore' is split into two syllables for dramatic effect. As it says "I think, therefore I am," Aentropus's tone becomes much more serious, and it becomes deeper and less accented. The text gradually begins to shake and become a brighter, reddish-orange.

The text fades out shortly afterward, followed by the first few lyrics of Alien Blues as the song resumes. The screen fades to black, and credits fade in before fading out again near the end. The music slowly goes to silence over time.

The credits attribute editing, voiceover, characters, and writing to The Theatrix System. The song used is credited, including the artist, Vundabar. It is noted that the video was inspired by AM's (in all caps) "cogito ergo sum" dialog in I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, clarifying in parentheses that it is specifically the audio play.

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#supernovae never burn alone #oc blog #ocs #original characters #snba aentropus #snba poine #ihnmaims #hesitant to tag that because its just one line and not even in the same type of context #Aentropus would NEVER. it would be on SIGHT with AM fr 😭 #voice acting #voiceover #alien blues

[starrystevie]

🎶✨️when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️

according to spotify, these are my top 5 on repeat songs, so enjoy!

bouncy by ateez (listen... for all of you who like pretty kpop boys dancing... please watch this and thank me later)

not strong enough by boygenius

hall of fame by stray kids

death by a thousand cuts by taylor swift

eve, psyche & the bluebeard's wife by le sserafim

#answered #ask meme #zerokrox-blog #thank you for sending this!!! i'll pass it around to some buds #*bernie sanders voiceover* i am once again reccing kpop songs no one will listen to

[maxteknoloji]

En İyi Yapay Zeka Seslendirme Araçları

#ai #tech #technews #technology #teknoloji #yapay zeka #teknofest #yapayzekâ #blog #soundcloud #soundscapes #audio #dubbing #voiceover #voice acting #voice actor #casting call

[mermaidsirennikita]

Wild shot i know but i saw this ( https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2GI1i-O3Ru/?igsh=bDF5MG5qZmIxa2R5 ) and thought of you instantly.

HAHAHAHA so glad you did. I also really love... priests. I have.... an issue. I was known for this issue on here well before I was known for romance novel blogging lol.

Ummm so I actually haven't been able to find a TON of romance novel priest content preceding Sierra Simone. It existed, but I think people felt a lot dirtier about it back in the day (or pretended to) so it wasn't as mainstream.

I saw someone guess The Thorn Birds (which isn't a romance but many think it is, and it does have a priest lead and some very stepback-y illustrations) and that's what I was guessing uNTIl I remembered that book came out before the early 80s, as the miniseries (... which I have seen) came out in like... '83? It was a huge bestseller tho.

I'll do my digging because I wanna read this shit.

#also hey anon i see you watching quinn voiceover actor content and i approve #romance novel blogging

[nethervoice]

CAN YOU SUPPORT SAG-AFTRA AS WELL AS FIVERR?

I just don’t get it! Key people in the voice over community…. influential people…. have told me I was wrong about Fiverr. They pointed at other Pay to Plays like voices dot com, who have started to take a page out of the Fiverr playbook. “It’s the future, Paul. You can’t stop it,” I was told. “Just because it’s called Fiverr, doesn’t mean people are making $5 per job.” And then they come up with…

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#Fiverr #Fiverr terms of service #making a living as a voice actor #Nethervoice #Paul Strikwerda #Pay to Plays #pay tom play sites #SAG AFTRA strike #SAG-AFTRA #supporting the strike #voice acting #voice actor #voiceover #voiceover blog #voiceovers

[lesbianlenas]

watching this true crime doc & they practically opened it w talking abt how the victim had a tumblr & now they’re talking abt deep diving into her tumblr blog to get to know her better and are showing a bunch of her tumblr posts & i am like. this is my worst nightmare. if i get murdered no one better be leaking my tumblr url after fr! i WILL b having to haunt you if u do know that.

#michelle speaks #the investigators hopping on my blog would b like no nvm she deserved it close the case 😭 #imagine my posts appearing in a doc w a voiceover reading them emphatically. lmfaooooo 😭😭😭😭

[squideo]

6 Tips For Choosing The Perfect Voice Over for Your Animation

The majority of Squideo’s videos feature a voice over. This narrative guides the viewer through the video’s story. A voice over can add extra information to that shown visually, clarify complicated points and boost viewer engagement. 

There are a lot of benefits to adding a voice over to your video, but how do you choose the perfect one for you? Read on for our six top tips to help you make the right decision.

Too big a responsibility? Squideo offers a range of voice over options. Get in touch with the team and we’ll help you find the right one for your project.

Squideo's Top 6 Tips

01. Agency vs. Freelance

Voice over artists typically work for an agency or work freelance. Freelancers can be sourced on websites like Fiverr and Freelancer. 

Regardless of where you find a voice over artist, the first step is to ensure they are offering quality services. Their website or profile should have multiple example recordings available for you to listen to. These will demonstrate the range of tones and accents they offer. 

Listen carefully to ensure they are using good quality recording equipment. If the quality is poor, it will also drag down the quality of the video it’s attached to. 

02. Follow the Budget

The next consideration is your budget. Some voice over artists can charge a lot for their services, especially if they’ve been working for a long time and have put their voice to notable work. With this price comes a lot of experience, however, and professionalism. 

To find the right artist for your budget, collect estimates from several sources before making your decision. 

03. Pick a Tone

At Squideo, one of the first questions we ask a new client is “what tone do you want?” What this means is, do you want a video that’s corporate and formal? Something neutral and easily accessible? Maybe the tone should be energetic and friendly?

Getting an answer to this question doesn’t just inform the script and visuals, it also gives us an idea of the type of voice over you’re looking for. 

To decide on the right tone for your business, ask yourself two questions: 

What tone reflects your brand?

What tone will your target audience respond to?

Once you have the answers to these questions, the correct tone for your video will become obvious. 

04. Do You Want a Dialect?

We’re narrowing down the search to find the perfect voice over for your animation, but there’s three more things to consider. Next up is the choice between a generic accent or a specific regional dialect. 

If you’re targeting a large audience, a generic accent is usually the best call. For a UK video, this would be received pronunciation (RP) – also known as Queen’s English, BBC English or Oxford English. It is clear and commonly heard, making it likely that the majority of people will be able to understand the voice over without any issues. 

Or perhaps you want something more distinctive? If you’re a local or regional company which delivers services to a niche market, you may want a voice over that reflects the accent of your customers. 

05. Pick a Gender

The penultimate question is a little trickier. Gender. 

For some videos, the gender of the voice over artist is interchangeable while in others the audience may respond better to one or the other. This will vary depending on your audience, so do your target research here. 

A study by CXL in 2016 found that female voice overs were considered more “trustworthy” than male voice overs. In 2003 the Journal of Advertising also found that male targeted or gender-neutral products could use either a male or female voice over without any impact on the audience’s reaction. When it came to female targeted products, however, gender mattered much more and audiences preferred a female voice over.

There’s also the option to use both. If your video features dialogue between multiple characters, using female and male artists can help the audience differentiate who is speaking. Of course, this can drive up the costs!

06. Let the Company Speak

The final question is whether you want to hire a professional voice over artist at all. For B2Bs, using the voice of someone from your company can add a personal touch that customers will better connect to. However, this is not the easiest undertaking and can be costlier than hiring a professional. 

Professional voice over artists supply their own recording equipment and are familiar with audio editing. Take into consideration that these are responsibilities you will have to take over. It’s important to use high quality recording equipment to ensure the recording is usable in the video. Anything of too low a quality might be rejected on hosting sites. 

#voiceover #voice acting #voice actors #blog #marketing tips #animated explainer videos #animated videos #explainer videos #small business #small business on tumblr #2d animation #animation #advertising #marketing #marketing strategy #social media #youtube #Youtube

[zibiscusloon]

I can do Henchman's voice but only if I do something special-xD

Intriguing-

(Henchman my beloved 💕💕-)

#my blog #for real tho #I’ve been enjoying you’re voiceovers #keep up the good work 👌

[ellcrys]

why does netflix always default to the english dub????????! :(

i knew 1899 was a german production going in, but i figured it would all be in german so i didn’t bother changing the language setting to the original audio. 

INSTEAD. i had to find out on my replay of certain scenes (i was curious to see how the characters sound in german) that this show is actually a mix of languages???? like depending on the characters’ nationalities there is english, french, spanish, german, etc etc. in one scene a guy is speaking in rapid fire spanish complaining about the other travelers and he can bc no one understands him - it’s literally what he says in the scene. instead in the english dub he says something like ‘i can say what i want no one cares about a random passenger’ AND LIKE. the scene makes so much more sense in spanish?????????

guess i’m rewatching this episode in the original language(s). -.-

#i thought it was interesting that certain characters were dubbed so well #while others were very obviously voiceovers #and now i know why 💀 #the english wasn't a dub it was the actual original language 💀 #anyways the pilot was great i am very intrigued! #1899 blogging

[venndaai]

watching IWTV has got me thinking about the Radch miniseries again and how the best way to make it for normie cis audiences would probably be to use the framing device of Breq at Strigan’s place telling her the story, and make Strigan the audience insert asking “okay but what was (x)’s gender really” and Breq going “no”

however I would still want the story to cut off before Awn’s death, so that we could still get the impact of Seivarden asking “what would you do for someone you loved” and then the flashback story immediately answering that question

#need that framing device because I've been thinking about and I don't want Breq to have a voiceover inner narration when #she's not telling someone a story in canon #it would just come across differently in television and make her too accessible I think? #radch blogging

[mightyoctopus]

Blind Tumblr users: don’t get the latest iOS app update!

I just updated my tablet to the newest version of the tumblr app for iOS and it completely broke screen reader access for both VoiceOver and Spoken Content. This has happened in the past already, so I will file a support ticket and copy-paste my text from last time, but this really sucks. I sincerely hope this doesn’t affect all screen reader users, but I’m unsure how they could program this bug in a way it only affects me. If you rely on a screen reader to use the tumblr app, I’d advice to not get the latest update to be on the safe side.

When I say “completely broke access”, what I mean is that no posts on my dash or on individual blogs get read or recognized at all. No plain text, alt text, tags, etc. Note count and buttons still work though.

If you also run into this bug, here’s my advice. If anyone has something more useful, please tell me

File a support ticket and report this bug

Use the browser web version, which still works for me

Interestingly, if you save a post to your drafts and click on “edit” the post text seems to get read correctly. This might be a work-around for some people.

If you have the latest version but your screen reader didn’t break, also please tell me! I would be fascinated to know if this bug is only affecting some people

TL;DR: The latest tumblr app update for iOS made it so screen readers no longer work in the app

Please boost!

Edit: This issue is now fixed as of November 10th 2023. However, since this is a recurring issue, it’s possible that a future update will break it again. See notes for more details.

#blind #blindness #screen reader #visually impaired #actually disabled #accessibility #I'm the OP