How do you read a TV news script so it doesn’t sound like you’re reading? The first step, obviously, is to write the way you talk. You can’t read stilted language and sound conversational. But there’s more to it than…
TV narration tips
Tag: Audio
Stop yelling at me
Job applicants, be forewarned. TV news directors don’t want you to shout. They don’t want sing-song delivery, nasality or sloppy articulation, either, according to a 2005 survey by Ann Utterback. But they hear a lot of it. Former news director…
Vocal warm-ups
One way to improve your delivery is to warm up your voice before you record or go on live. How do you do that? A couple of years ago, I sat in on a session at the Michigan Association of…
Use a voiceover, already
Why do so many news Web sites use full-screen text instead of voiceover narration for video and slide shows? Angela Grant, multimedia producer at the San Antonio Express-News, believes “producers are afraid of using voiceovers because they are ‘like TV.’”…