Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired…

Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired…
The story was fine for what it was, at least Link didn’t just collect 3 thingies get the sword and awaken a few more dudes liek he did in the past few games.

The music did it for me, I thought it was fine

Voice overs would have been a nice touch, but as long as Link doesn’t talk.

Organic Food in Social Media
What is the talk in social media when it comes to ?organic food??

Table 1 shows how often a set of words typically used in connection with Organic food were used. (All data relate to 90 days prior to March 18th 2007).
According to Table 1 the word ?healthy? had a share-of-voice of 25% compared with the other 4 words analysed.

Buzz 90 728433 Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...Table 2 shows the Share-of-Impact for the same words.

Notice how the share of ?healthy?, ?sustainable? and ?nutritious? drops while ?environment? grows.
The difference between Share-of-Voice and Share-of-Impact is that the latter factors in the topical influence of each voice. This provides a better model of the effects of the conversation.
One conclusion that can be drawn from comparing tables 1 and 2 is that the online media that uses words such as ?healthy?, ?sustainable? and ?nutritious? in the context of Organic food tend to be those with less influence on the topic.
Perhaps this is because there is little actual evidence to suggest that Organic food is healthier, more nutritious and more sustainable than non-organic food.
Impact 90 797423 Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...

Table 3 and 4 slices the data from Table 1 and to into months. Table 3 shows the raw voices whereas Table 4 shows the impact.

From looking at the raw buzz (Table 3) we could easily come to the conclusion that ?environment? is on the decline and ?nutritious? is on the rise.

However, when looking at Table 4 we can see that ?environment? is pretty stable and the growth of ?nutritious? is nowhere near what Table 3 suggests.

Time Buzz 90 714551 Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...

Time Impact 90 714651 Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...

All pictures are from the Onalytica InfluenceMonitor and © Onalytica

Voice123 Updates Document About Hiring Voice Over Talent
Voice123 offers updated recommendations and advice for those in search of professional voice talent online for their voice over recordings and projects. [SANEPR 14 May, 2007]

Voice123 Presents Business Development Program
Voice123 launched a Business Development division to let companies create partnerships with the largest online voice over marketplace. [SANEPR 9 March, 2007]

More panel pops from Instantaneous
More pics courtesy of Simon Grey fom the Instantenous Exhibition @ the Grace Emily.

You can sort of see people’s art in the background.

jesse Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Jesse – Pulp Fiction Comics website comic reviewer

erin mcgregor Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Erin McGregor – artist and Harley Quinn

kamahl coker Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Kamahl – artiste

leon bellamy Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Leon – non-writer and musician (don’t take that as non-musician, becuase he IS a musician)

matt Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Matt – Star Wars Character

vincent Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Vincent (tho his piece had no dialogue nor caption – and according to THE RULES not a comic panel, he did bring a cute lady friend which makes it okay)

stephen hall Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Stephen Hall – I think i know this guy but maybe not

stephen Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...
Stephen (tho i swear that this is dave hodson – but it could mean I’ve been calling Stephen, Dave for 4 years now. i think i might start calling everyone ‘mate’ and ‘buddy’.)

Voice123 Voice Acting Webinars Available in the Resource Center
Recordings of the online seminars for voice over talents are now available at the website’s resource center. [SANEPR 20 April, 2007]

don’t do peter steele!! you’ll end up sounding lik…
don’t do peter steele!! you’ll end up sounding like some cheap dracula impression. but if you could look like Steele… uh.. call me. lmao!! ;p jk

dude you should just accept who you are.. girlyman voice and all.

Voices in the Dark
I feel weak, famished, done…

What am I doing here? Where am I?

Oh, if only I could move my hands and legs! Voices, I can hear voices, strange and familiar. I know that voice. Whose’s it?

Dark, it is dark here. If only I could open my eyes!

Voice Acting Blog VOX Daily Reaches 1000 Comment Milestone
The voice over community is alive and well at the VOX Daily blog, powered by Voices.com, with over 1000 comments from voice professionals around the world. [PR.com - March 11, 2007]

Promo & Imaging Voice Talent Matt Williams Rocks the VOX Talk Podcast
Voices.com recently hired voice talent Matt Williams to record a new show intro for their podcast, VOX Talk, the #1 voice over industry podcast. [PR.com - May 12, 2007]

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Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired…

Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired…
The story was fine for what it was, at least Link didn’t just collect 3 thingies get the sword and awaken a few more dudes liek he did in the past few games.

The music did it for me, I thought it was fine

Voice overs would have been a nice touch, but as long as Link doesn’t talk.

IV Podcast by InteractiveVoices.com Accepting Talent Content
Voice-over talent can now submit audio or news material to the IV Podcast, a podcast produced for voice actors and voice-over professionals. A newswire and informative podcast about voice-over and news related to voice-overs, the IV Podcast is the voice talent?s weekly guide to the voice-over marketplace and lifeline in the world of voice-overs. [PRWEB Aug 24, 2005]

Voice Overs & Voice Over Talent Message and Music On…
Professional Voice Talent Mark Roberts providing industrial narration and voiceovers for radio, television & media, Voice Overs and Voice Over Talent with Music Message On Hold Voice Recording Services. Includes music on hold messages and on hold messaging. Provides professional voice over quotes from some of the best male and female voice talents.

What are Watermarks and Why are Talent Using them in Custom Demos?

Greetings, Have you ever received a demo of your script from a talent only to find that there are beeps or sound effects included in the recording? These added audio clips are called “watermarks”. Many voice talent add these short sound bites with the intention of protecting their work while providing their sample at higher quality. Variations on Custom Demo Protection include:
  • Slight script alterations
  • Names changed or mispronounced on purpose
  • Music beds and sound effects
  • Communicating to you directly in the recording as well as reading the script
  • And rarely, submitting lower quality audio files

Although these may seem annoying, even distracting, they are in place for a good reason. While the Internet provides many opportunities for securing work, it has also unfortunately been used as a means of stealing creative products, including voice-over demos. This is particularly true of custom demos of shorter scripts such as telephone voicemail boxes and commercials. People who steal work are only a small margin of Internet users, but over the years, voice talent and other freelance creative professionals have learned the hard way, often by hearing their audition pieces used commercially without being paid for their services. sun block lady 730156 Re: Great game, but what happened to the music/sound and story? They leave a bit to be desired...Now keep in mind that the use of demo protection techniques does not reflect how talent feel about you as a person or about your job, it’s merely a professional decision. This is a very important distinction. What can you do about this? Don’t judge a talent by their demo recording alone if they took precautions. Take time to consider their voice type, interpretation, quote and proposal. Think of it more like them wearing a hard hat at a construction site or applying sun block while outdoors in the summer. If you need to present the audio submitted by talent to other decision makers, these precautions may make or break whether the talent qualifies to be presented as an option. If this is the case, contact the talent and share your situation with them and ask for another sample without alterations. I hope I have shed some light on why talent may incorporate these watermarks or script alterations into customized versions of your scripts. Does this give you a different perspective? How do you feel about watermarks or script alterations in custom demos of your script? Leave a comment! Best regards, Stephanie

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