bm casting call critiques - Page 6

darkt0aster · 12-11-2003, 04:00 PM

now for my extremely long (sorry) review post

fade: there's a bit of static distortion and popping, but as far as the voice acting goes, I can't say I'm a big fan of the style of speech, but the tone and pitch is right on (6.5/10)

cosmicspider: they're improvements from your first one, each had their pros and cons. 3 sounded like a falsetto deep voice, but the other aspects were good. 4 had one of the best "hubba flubba..."etc parts i've ever heard, but I'm not too fond of the voice. On both you kinda put too much air into the mike and it kinda gives a FBFBBFBPFPBFBF sound every so often, try backing off the mike a bit or move it to the side of your mouth, it helps(5.5/10)

MC43: the "why don' yo wach wheh you go...go...haehheh" was awesome, i think it was mentioned in the original post that they were kinda looking for a voice that kinda sounded like white-trash-gangsta (i mean this as a compliment, sorry if it comes off otherwise) when needed, this was a great application of it. the rest of it was great as well, but like i said for cosmicspider, try moving the mic away from your mouth or off to the side to avoid the FBFBBFBPFBPFBFPP that happens when you accidentally blow into the mic. (8/10)

Wetflame: @#^%ing scary as usual. I like this one alot better than the older ones (excluding the BOOOM + "mwahahaha" fusion, which was in the first one, but not this, it was a nice touch). If they're looking for a psychopathic-evil-bm this was an excellent entry (8.7/10)

Apletto: It was good you included the wm part, but the quality of {brit} sounded like you were talking through a drive through speaker almost, {normal} had better quality. I liked {brit} more than {normal} for the voice acting quality. {normal} seemed a little rushed at the beginning and end. just record {brit} the same way you did {normal} and it'll be much better (7/10)

MY DISCLAIMER
these are my opinions and are not to be subsituted for what TLF is looking for. I try to be critical and not too "yeeaaa! this was the bestest one ever!" for everything. If you didn't like what I gave you, keep trying again, practice makes perfect, and good recording quality doesn't hurt either

darkt0aster

Deckmaster · 12-11-2003, 06:05 PM

I have a great Black Mage voice!!!

Unfortunately, I do not have a microphone.

However, I can give advice as to what I think Black Mage's voice should be.

1. It should be British
2. It should be deep.
3. It should be dripping with sarcasm.
4. On the "Hubba Flubba Wubba Zubba" (or however it goes) line, it should totally change and became really dumb-sounding. It should sound the same on the "I am the Black Mage" line.

That's how my Black Mage voice sounds.

deaner05205 · 12-11-2003, 07:35 PM

Fade: add some 'raspyness' to your voice. You interpreted how BM said the lines perfectly, your voice just isn't black magey like. Deepen it a tad, and add some 'raspy' sound in it. You acted(?) it out perfectly, your voice's pitch just didn't fit. Otherwise, that would of been very good. All the lines were nailed.

12-11-2003, 07:36 PM

[FONT=Arial Narrow]Wooow ... I like Wetflame's. He'd make a great Garland, honestly, when he says it hurts to use his evil voice. He gave me too many chills up my spine. To be honest, I don't really feel Black Mage. *A* black mage, yes, but not the one we're talking about, here. Considering BM's a stabby idiot (not in a bad way - he's a cute idiot), I picture him with a bit of a lighter voice, like a normal guy. Perhaps a little raspy and sinister, but not SUPEREVILGOD, and such like that.

... Yeah, I've done a bit of voice acting ... both male and female voices. My voice is a tad masculine for my feminine shell of a body. Le sigh. Perfect for a good list of voices, though! I just wish my computer wasn't so old - while everyone has shiny new compies and great parents, my parents give me bruises and beat more on when I get simple B-minuses.

... It's stupid to ask if WAVs would be accepted, huh? God, I hate myself. I'd have been great, too ...

deaner05205 · 12-11-2003, 07:40 PM

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Hey guys,I added another audition so please let me know what you think of My fourth impression of bm. Thanks
http://www.geocities.com/cosmic_spider2054

The 4th audition is by far the best, and I saw a whole ton of improvement. Slowing down how quick you read the lines made you literally 10x better there. You're also getting his 'voice' down, the way he says the things. Like said already, those bursts of air (when your breathing maybe?) distort the audition a bit, try to fix that just to make the audition more professional sounding. One last thing, this doesn't really affect your BM audition itself, but just to have the whole thing soudn better, add an extra second's pause in between the frames. Like, in the frames where BM doesn't say anything, just give a little break for whoever's going to be judging the audition to make better sense out of it.

As I said, great improvement, keep it up.

Wetflame · 12-11-2003, 07:56 PM

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When he says it hurts to use his evil voice

Heh. That voice comes scarily naturally which is why I find it hard to make it sound "put on".
I know what you meant. My original view of Black Mage was a bit dark but not like mine, but I kinda thought a little more.
I thought Black Mage should sound kinda cool and deep, I can just imagine him saying those lines when he stabs all the people in front of Onion Kid.

I don't know about Garland, beecause he IS an idiot. I'd be perfect for Drizz'l, shame they might never get that far!

THanks very much though all of you for your positive feedback on this one

I just discovered my fortunecities site has like over 90 megs free, so if anyone wants any uploading (I intend to do anothr version or 2 tomorrow or sometime) I might be able to do it as I'm sure Antonio must be incredibly busy!

You made me all so happy ^-^

I'd like to thank the 8 Bit Flash team for all their hard work and patience. I'll be deahtly disappointed if I don't get it but I'll still be extremely happy when the next flash comes out.

I wish whoever gets it luck.

Oh and deckmaster.

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Originally Posted by Deckmaster

Unfortunately, I do not have a microphone.

You should get one, never know when it might come in handy! Also if you have very good headphones/earphones you can actually use them as a crappy Mic by plugging it into your Microphone port. Don't worry a lot of Mics people were using are probably pretty crappy anyway.

MC43 · 12-11-2003, 07:59 PM

Hey... I probably have the worst mic out of all of you. I don't know how old it is, but it does get the job done when I need to.

deaner05205 · 12-11-2003, 08:06 PM

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THanks very much though all of you for your positive feedback on this one

I just discovered my fortunecities site has like over 90 megs free, so if anyone wants any uploading (I intend to do anothr version or 2 tomorrow or sometime) I might be able to do it as I'm sure Antonio must be incredibly busy!

Your most recent version is amazingly great man, I really really have no idea how you can improve on it. I have nothing bad to say about it, nothing. Wow. You definatley have a chance, and a good one IMO.

I would love that space, I've been annoying Taco sending them to him because I don't have a site. I was using my 'normal' voice, but a bit deeper, but it was only 'ok'. I think if I add some raspyness I can do better, and although I really didn't want to try out again, because my recordings were getting no better, I think I need to try again.

If I can have that space, then message me on AIM, I'm Deaner05205.

Thanks a lot in advanced if I can have it, if not, then good luck.

EDIT: if anyone wants to hear my audition, to critique, i/m me.

darkt0aster · 12-11-2003, 08:39 PM

I dont kno if this is any better than darkt0aster8.wav, but i'm posting it anyways, somebody mentioned that i sounded like an old brit, and this is kinda to sound younger (but it's a bit more brit because of it)
www.geocities.com/darkt0aster/darkt0aster9.wav
Explination of the ending: my psychotic cat attacked me and the mic, I didn't edit it out because everybody needs some outtakes
enjoy!

darkt0aster

deaner05205 · 12-11-2003, 08:46 PM

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However, I can give advice as to what I think Black Mage's voice should be.

1. It should be British
2. It should be deep.
3. It should be dripping with sarcasm.
4. On the "Hubba Flubba Wubba Zubba" (or however it goes) line, it should totally change and became really dumb-sounding. It should sound the same on the "I am the Black Mage" line.

Why should it be British? I don't see it like that at all... is it 'cause I'm...I'm...well...American...

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I dont kno if this is any better than darkt0aster8.wav, but i'm posting it anyways, somebody mentioned that i sounded like an old brit, and this is kinda to sound younger (but it's a bit more brit because of it)
www.geocities.com/darkt0aster/darkt0aster9.wav
Explination of the ending: my psychotic cat attacked me and the mic, I didn't edit it out because everybody needs some outtakes
enjoy!

Maybe it's just me, but darkt0aster9 isn't very...evil.......
You have everything perfect IMO, minus the lack of evilness. The ending got me a good laugh, that was really funny.

12-11-2003, 04:00 PM	#51
darkt0aster Toastdoken! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The middle of everywhere and nowhere at the same time: Rolla, MO Posts: 768	big review post now for my extremely long (sorry) review post fade: there's a bit of static distortion and popping, but as far as the voice acting goes, I can't say I'm a big fan of the style of speech, but the tone and pitch is right on (6.5/10) cosmicspider: they're improvements from your first one, each had their pros and cons. 3 sounded like a falsetto deep voice, but the other aspects were good. 4 had one of the best "hubba flubba..."etc parts i've ever heard, but I'm not too fond of the voice. On both you kinda put too much air into the mike and it kinda gives a FBFBBFBPFPBFBF sound every so often, try backing off the mike a bit or move it to the side of your mouth, it helps(5.5/10) MC43: the "why don' yo wach wheh you go...go...haehheh" was awesome, i think it was mentioned in the original post that they were kinda looking for a voice that kinda sounded like white-trash-gangsta (i mean this as a compliment, sorry if it comes off otherwise) when needed, this was a great application of it. the rest of it was great as well, but like i said for cosmicspider, try moving the mic away from your mouth or off to the side to avoid the FBFBBFBPFBPFBFPP that happens when you accidentally blow into the mic. (8/10) Wetflame: @#^%ing scary as usual. I like this one alot better than the older ones (excluding the BOOOM + "mwahahaha" fusion, which was in the first one, but not this, it was a nice touch). If they're looking for a psychopathic-evil-bm this was an excellent entry (8.7/10) Apletto: It was good you included the wm part, but the quality of {brit} sounded like you were talking through a drive through speaker almost, {normal} had better quality. I liked {brit} more than {normal} for the voice acting quality. {normal} seemed a little rushed at the beginning and end. just record {brit} the same way you did {normal} and it'll be much better (7/10) MY DISCLAIMER these are my opinions and are not to be subsituted for what TLF is looking for. I try to be critical and not too "yeeaaa! this was the bestest one ever!" for everything. If you didn't like what I gave you, keep trying again, practice makes perfect, and good recording quality doesn't hurt either darkt0aster __________________ Fun Jack Thompson Links: His website: http://www.stopkill.com (good for a few laughs). Hie e-mail: jackpeace@comcast.net (good luck!) His phone number: 305-666-4366 (I'm wondering about that middle bit :bmage: ) A comparison between Jack and a sane human being (Tim Buckley of Ctrl+Alt+Del). An odd e-mail exchange between him and Scott of VGcats. Apparently, he has a history of insanity.

12-11-2003, 06:05 PM	#52
Deckmaster General Nerd Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Grayling, MI Posts: 60	I have a great Black Mage voice!!! Unfortunately, I do not have a microphone. However, I can give advice as to what I think Black Mage's voice should be. 1. It should be British 2. It should be deep. 3. It should be dripping with sarcasm. 4. On the "Hubba Flubba Wubba Zubba" (or however it goes) line, it should totally change and became really dumb-sounding. It should sound the same on the "I am the Black Mage" line. That's how my Black Mage voice sounds. __________________ [insert witty quote here] Visit my forum, Geekery!

12-11-2003, 07:35 PM	#53
deaner05205 Sword Chucks, Yo! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Long Island Posts: 180	Fade: add some 'raspyness' to your voice. You interpreted how BM said the lines perfectly, your voice just isn't black magey like. Deepen it a tad, and add some 'raspy' sound in it. You acted(?) it out perfectly, your voice's pitch just didn't fit. Otherwise, that would of been very good. All the lines were nailed. __________________ "There is a positive message in my music, and its 'F*** YOU!'" ~Eminem

12-11-2003, 07:36 PM	#54
TempestRiptorian Guest Posts: n/a	Whoa .. [FONT=Arial Narrow]Wooow ... I like Wetflame's. He'd make a great Garland, honestly, when he says it hurts to use his evil voice. He gave me too many chills up my spine. To be honest, I don't really feel Black Mage. A black mage, yes, but not the one we're talking about, here. Considering BM's a stabby idiot (not in a bad way - he's a cute idiot), I picture him with a bit of a lighter voice, like a normal guy. Perhaps a little raspy and sinister, but not SUPEREVILGOD, and such like that. ... Yeah, I've done a bit of voice acting ... both male and female voices. My voice is a tad masculine for my feminine shell of a body. Le sigh. Perfect for a good list of voices, though! I just wish my computer wasn't so old - while everyone has shiny new compies and great parents, my parents give me bruises and beat more on when I get simple B-minuses. ... It's stupid to ask if WAVs would be accepted, huh? God, I hate myself. I'd have been great, too ...

12-11-2003, 07:59 PM	#57
MC43 Offically "Down with the Sickness" Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Check local lounges... I'm somewhere... Posts: 1,415	Hey... I probably have the worst mic out of all of you. I don't know how old it is, but it does get the job done when I need to. __________________ [insert witty or humorous quote here!]

12-11-2003, 08:39 PM	#59
darkt0aster Toastdoken! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: The middle of everywhere and nowhere at the same time: Rolla, MO Posts: 768	I dont kno if this is any better than darkt0aster8.wav, but i'm posting it anyways, somebody mentioned that i sounded like an old brit, and this is kinda to sound younger (but it's a bit more brit because of it) www.geocities.com/darkt0aster/darkt0aster9.wav Explination of the ending: my psychotic cat attacked me and the mic, I didn't edit it out because everybody needs some outtakes enjoy! darkt0aster __________________ Fun Jack Thompson Links: His website: http://www.stopkill.com (good for a few laughs). Hie e-mail: jackpeace@comcast.net (good luck!) His phone number: 305-666-4366 (I'm wondering about that middle bit :bmage: ) A comparison between Jack and a sane human being (Tim Buckley of Ctrl+Alt+Del). An odd e-mail exchange between him and Scott of VGcats. Apparently, he has a history of insanity. Last edited by darkt0aster; 12-11-2003 at 08:42 PM.