Audio Books Narration - Complete audio project productions ...
At Alchemix Biz - narration and voice over specialist ..
... to assure the best possible outcome for your project, please familiarise yourself with below information, it highlights the intrinsic difficulties behind a seemingly easy task.
- Many commercial organizations have begun audio book productions.
Some have been successful, some have not advanced beyond the novice level,
and some have failed completely.
The diverse skills and technologies necessary to achieve high levels of artistic and technical quality in audio
book production are called audio book art and science,
and ....
at the Alchemix Recording Studio we do have all the know how required.
Many elements, such as good engineers, equipment, and facilities, are important in determining quality of the final product.
- Narration is an Art
Narrating an audio book is an art and related to acting and oral interpretation, but mainly it is a niche in the performing arts that blends some elements of both.
Narration is translating the written word to the meaningful spoken word, in a way that is intelligent and agreeable to the listener.
Reading aloud, like singing, is something many people do, but only a few do well.
The art of narration can be taught only to the extent of giving basic guidelines and techniques to one who has a talent for it. If talent is present, it can be enhanced, but if talent is not present, it cannot be taught.
Alchemix will be able to assit in your chioce of narrators.
Good narration is
a combination of 4 primary components :
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The Voice
Important attributes of the voice, are acoustical, strength, and stamina. It must have good clarity and be free of any acoustical distraction. It must be able to generate sound levels necessary to achieve clean, clear recordings of the voice. It needs stamina for the duration
of a recording session, without audible tiring or degradation in narration effectiveness. Knowledge of how to effectively generate, modulate, and manipulate the voice are as important as any attribute of the voice itself.
- Speech ...
... and its acoustical characteristics. Speech must be clear, easily understood, and free of any elements that might become a distraction.
Normal speech has a degree of regional and cultural coloration, plus speech characteristics of the individual. These factors may need addressing.
Speech colouration needs the clarity and fluency that make understanding easy and effortless.
- Language ...
.. most important attributes, are in-depth knowledge of and fluency in the language in which the text is printed. Knowledge of the language and the ability to apply that knowledge are as important as any attribute of voice and speech.
- Narration Skills...
... as with all skills, has many elements. Important are a natural sensitivity to the meanings of words and phrases and the ability to recognize nuances and shadings in the written word. Others are, a talent for using voice, speech, and language and a native ability to blend language sensitivity, combined with experience, training, and education.
The Alchemix Narration Environments :
A narration environment is where a narrator is located during recording sessions. It is a room / sound booth, that meets physical, acoustical electrical, lighting, and ventilation requirements considered important for the task of narration.
Enclosures used as narration environments are protected from outside noise.
Sound isolation is the degree of acoustical separation between two locations; the degree of isolation for a sound-isolating enclosure is the difference between sound levels outside and sound levels inside.
A typical enclosure used as a narration environment is a single-wall enclosure, at Alchemix we use a double-wall enclosure.
Some of the Responsibilities we at Alchemix apply to your project:
- Reviewing recordings step by step for artistic and technical quality.
- Verifying that side announcements, duration of sound tracks, and record level comply
with established
procedures.
- Making sure that sound tracks are free from any audible disturbance.
- Noting mispronunciations, omissions, substitutions, and transpositions.
- Verifying consistency of characterisation, pronunciation and narration style; and noting changes in energy level pacing, recording level, background ambience, and any other
audible characteristic.
- Making observations on artistic and technical qualities of the recording that could be improved, and suggesting these improvements..
- Alchemix Biz can provide ::
suitable voice over talents for specific narration needs ..
composing services ..
studio musicians ..
huge libary of sound effects ...
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