Focus on Nailing your VO Audition with Lili Wexu | Booth Junkie

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For my videos:

00:01 Introducing Lili Wexu
01:43 Coaching, another set of eara
03:20 Slow it down
04:33 Find the Pauses
07:09 Fix pauses and attenuate breaths
09:17 Reinvent the punctuation
15:07 Lead-in your auditions with an activity.
19:24 Find where your voice works best
22:12 How many takes?
23:49 Thoughts on Slating
25:50 Don't "take the casting director out of it."
28:26 Watch your voice levels and peaks
32:48 What about Demos?
40:06 Outro

Thanks!

[BoothJunkie]

Wanna get better at recording and editing voiceover?

[davidbourne]

“ Go slower it goes faster “ that is VO gold! Great interview Mike, Lili and yourself are so generous in your giving advice and guidance thanks Booth Junkie ❤️👍

[vanderavortdebije]

Dear Mr. Booth junkie,
A curious person never stops learning. That's why I watch your videos again and again.
They help me to improve myself.
Kind regards from the Netherlands.

[quilleymemory]

I worked in TV promotion for around 20 years. Not once did I put punctuation in a script. At first it was because I’m bad at it. I quickly realized it was FAR better to let my VO interpret the script. Often times improving on what I had written.

[jsbx]

i can’t tell you how enormously helpful this was! i’m grateful that resources like this exist. solid gold!

[themindunset]

She's SO good. Mike, you're videos are so freaking great. Thank you.

[VoiceOverGuy]

Awesome! As a radio production director, I’m listening to all the talk about breaths saying “Yes, yes, yes!” Great video, Mike! Thanks to you and Lili.

[poggerzloggarz]

Timestamps:

0:08 - Foreword
1:26 - How do you know you've nailed an audition?
5:49 - Pauses
9:05 - Sounding Natural
15:10 - Activities/Ad-Libbing
19:28 - Finding your Niche
22:12 - Takes and Slating
28:56 - Audio Range
32:50 - Demos
38:40 - Outro (Lili's links + Coaching)

This was a fantastic interview and I'm definitely going to be revisiting it from time to time to rediscover some of the gold nuggets in here. Hopefully these references can help others who want to revisit certain parts of it!

@CS1 (re comment for personal notes)

[mitchellmarcmedia]

So great! Thank you Both
My Old man used to say: "When you are in a hurry, you better have a lot of time."

[GrnEyez]

Fantastic interview filled with all sorts of nuggets with a generous and engaging guest. "Go slower, it goes faster." And "luxuriating in the words." Gold.

[JosephAlanMeador]

Thank you so much! Like you said Mike, lots of gold in here. Especially the reminder to SLOW DOWN. I made my last edit much more time-consuming because I could tell that my cadence was rushed and I had to add space in post.

[scottburns]

I'm at the wash plant now...the Trommels are full, the Screen Decks and Hopper are BULGING with GOLD!! I agree with everyone in these comments...this has to be THE best podcast in the VO Genre EVER! Thank you Mike and Lili! Such great and detailed advice!

[punknugget]

I don't know why I decided to watch this videos, but this is one of the BEST Voice Over Tutorials that I've ever seen! Thank you for doing this essential video!!!

[robert_starling]

Wow! What an amazing and informative interview!

[ACS]

Wow...look at this. My two favourites together! What a treat. I love Lili Wexu's work. Absolutely invaluable tips and advice.

[SyeedAli]

For the audience, I believe her headphones are the Beyerdynamic DT770 Pro 32 Ohm with velour pads.

[davidjohn_va]

28:15 "too good" is an understatement

[GeorgeTheTech]

Lili Wixu is an incredible and talented woman! I loved working on her home studio.

[johnheiser]

Magnificent. Thank you both. Lesson number one. S-L-O-W D-O-W-N. I was told that in 1979.

[JimMcNicholas]

Missed this one, just saw it today. WOW! Great video.