Dive into the final lesson of the Making Giants series, focusing on sound design using Premiere Pro. Explore the process of finding the perfect voiceover artist, from budget-friendly options on Fiverr to professional agencies like Damn Good Voices. Learn about the importance of audio in creating emotional impact and discover tips for selecting the right voice to complement your project. Compare different voiceover samples and understand why investing in quality audio can significantly enhance your final product. Download the project file to follow along and apply these sound design techniques to your own short film.
Overview
Syllabus
Music : [intro music]
Joey Korenman : This is so cliche. So typical, we spend nine episodes dealing with picture and one dealing with sound. And that is not really fair because sound is so important. Probably more than half of the emotional impact from a piece comes from the audio yet. It's often as in this case left until the end. And it's kind of sad really, but what are we going to do? Let's try to make it as good as we can in one episode, let me take a step backwards here. I didn't mention this before, but I've been searching for a good voiceover artist for the past few weeks. Somebody with a more mature, more serious voice than mine. And for some reason, I'm also hearing a British accent in my head. So yeah, British too. I decided to experiment a bit to see how easily and cheaply I could get this done. And I had heard that you can get voiceover artists on fiverr.com. It's a site where you can get a whole bunch of stuff done for five bucks. I wasn't expecting much, but I found a guy that actually sounded decent.
Paul Bailey : I have over eight years experience of voiceover and I'm born and bred British. So I have an authentic British accent. Giants are not what we think they are the same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness
Joey Korenman : In the name of science. I also tried a couple of more budget oriented sites like voice bunny and voice jungle. And after pouring over demo reels, which is something you have to do on these sites to find the diamond in the rough. I booked a couple of VO artists and had them send me some reads.
VO Artist : Giants are not what we think they are. Giants are not what we think they are.
Joey Korenman : So a lesson I learned is that with voiceover, like many things in life, you get what you pay for. Although the fiber guy was actually pretty good. So finally, I decided to check out a legit VO agency. And since I was hearing a really deep actorly voice in my head, uh, I went to these guys, damn good voices.com, great name. And almost every demo reel I heard gave me goosebumps
Donal Cox : From a time when modern technology was taking its first steps.
Simon Coates : Berliner gaunt from short rations and stress, little
Timothy George : For some, it's a lifelong passion for others. It's something discovered yesterday.
Joey Korenman : I wish my voice sounded like that. So after an email exchange with these guys, I had demos from a bunch of incredible VO. Artists.
Taught by
School of Motion
