VOICE OVER TIPS | NEURODIVERSITY AND VOICE OVER
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Welcome back to Crown Stag voiceover. in this video on VOICE OVER TIPS | NEURODIVERSITY AND VOICE OVER. So first off, what is neurodiversity? Neurodiversity refers to variation in the human brain regarding sociability, learning, attention, mood and other mental functions in a non-pathological sense. the range of differences in individual brain function and behavioural traits, regarded as part of normal variation in the human population (used especially in the context of autistic spectrum disorders) but can include dyslexia and dypraxia as well as aspergers.
I wanted to make this video as I have professional and lived experince in this area and the topic came up yesterday around people in this community failing and / or being blocked from joing the voice over career path. I wanted to make this video to show that it can be difficult but achiveable and you can be a voice over artist.
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Coming from a technical industry I think I've probably worked with an above average number of people who've displayed OCD & Aspergers traits to a greater or lesser degree; & can confirm they/we are often "uniquely enabled" in other ways, rather than being "just disabled". Whilst some were uncomfortable, & even on a few occasions caused discomfort for others, when placed in customer facing & business social situations, their professional input was always welcomed by our client base, & customers very quickly warmed to them because of their abilities & what they brought to the table. However, for these people to really thrive & reach their full potential in any industry requires embracing a fully inclusive enabling mindset at all levels of the business, & sadly I think this is still lacking in many of today's workplaces.
I've had a stutter my entire life and until my 30's or so I've been too scared or anxious to pursue a VO/VA career. My thought process was always "How can a person that has trouble speaking clearly work in an industry that is built on clear speech?"
Over the past couple of years, I've focused on building confidence in myself and my abilities and have very recently taken the plunge into voice work. My experiences so far with the VO community have been nothing but positive and hearing your struggles with neurodiversity and seeing how successful you've become is an inspiration. Thanks for making this video! It means a lot to be represented.
My genuine pleasure
I really like this. I've always felt a bit of an outsider. I've never been diagnosed with dyslexia or ADHD, but probably have both to at least a mild degree. 50 years of life has made it clear to me that my brain and the way it processes experience and outputs expression definitely isn't typical. Part of why VO appeals to me is that it is an atypical career and there is no established path from beginner to success. Whatever path I create will be my own. I strongly believe that the traits that we have that might be considered (and might be in some contexts) liabilities, can be leveraged into being basically you own superpower. We receive a lot of signaling from the world that normalcy is desirable and valued, but I don't think that's exactly right. In a market economy, doing what everyone else does, in the exact way that they do it, is inherently a proposition in devaluation. If you're lucky enough to not work exactly like everyone else, you don't really have to worry about that... and you shouldn't try to (IMO. It's your life, do what you think is best). Every trait can be a strength or weakness. I think this story (which might be apocryphal) makes that point well. www.rockytoptalk.com/2008/9/5/608114/the-one-armed-judo-champio
As a side note, and maybe a little "grumpy old man"ness, I never understood what the addition of the word "lived" to the phrase "lived experience" adds. Why wouldn't a person just say "experience"? Ironically, while I think most people use this language with the intent to be inclusive, it ends up doing the opposite by (very mildly) alienating people who aren't familiar with or comfortable with that particular verbiage.
I found this to be so encouraging, thank you! It actually really helped me feel like I AM already part of a community. My story is that I struggle with depression and I find it so hard to get things done. Even when I'm not feeling depressed I have residual behaviours that limit the amount of work I can do. I enjoy voice over work because it's creative and varied, and so I find it easier to spend long hours doing one of the various tasks that are needed. I had always thought of myself as someone who just struggles with basic life skills, and I thought of myself as an outlier, but your video has made me see things differently, that actually there are plenty of people flocking to voice over because it is something that they can do whilst working with their specific needs. So thank you! This video has really helped immensely!
Thank you for sharing, honestly that means a lot.
As a dyslexic/dyspraxic actor and voice over artist I am always keen to hear about other people's experience in the field as one of the things that I learned pretty early on was that I was going to have to create my own method for working in the industry because of a more typical way wasn't sustainable for me.
The rather clumsy metaphor I used to use was "If I were an athlete and I wanted to compete at the highest level I need to be at least as good as all the other people competing at that level. I can't complain that maybe I can't match them in the 100m dash because I only have one leg. I have to find some way of compensating for that."
After a while though I realised this was the wrong way to think about it and while I shouldn't shy away from things that were difficult I should also capitalise on the things that weren't and find a way of working that allowed me to get the maximum amount of output for the effort I was expending. Essentially working smarter not harder, although it is still very hard and I realised I haven't heard from very many other people with my neurotype in this industry and I'd like to change that.
I clicked on this video while pathologically avoiding your Reaper tutorials, after being in a highly obsessive months-long flight response and now crashing into a freeze. I'm so overwhelmed by all of this, still, after months, especially the engineering part. I was literally just in my VO group's discord saying that I needed structure in order to learn. The universe, interwebs, works in strange ways. P. S. - the link's expired.
If you use reaper it is helpful - for me anyway. Make a list and tick it off and don’t put the pressure on yourself to do more than you are able to deliver
Thank you Neal, I also have dyslexia. And am in the process of being a voiceover artist. I struggle with the understanding of the script. Or maybe I am trying to complicate the process.
Struggled in school. Had to take 4th grade again. Thanks for the video. Really helped me realize that part about myself. Thanks.again. John
Thanks for the honesty. Inspiring indeed!!!! Thank you.
My pleasure
Thanks so much for sharing this Neil! You're amazing. Much appreciated!!!
Thank you
And it all clicks into place... It goes without saying that you are an intelligent, powerful, communicator. There are many with those qualities, however.
With this video, I understand why I, and I’m guessing many others, feel a deeper connection with your vids.
I don’t know that it’s anything you *say* but rather, some level of non-verbal communication that connects with folks like me, and many others, who live in that “outside the norm” realm. (I’d suspect that that realm would be much more densely populated than we’d expect if society didn’t pressure us to hide our differences.)
Anyway, thank you for your wisdom, your compassion, and just being you.
Criminy, sorry for the lengthy blather.
Something ineffable 😊
Ineffable, indeed. And while I *should* be recording more chapters of the Amish romance (?!) that I’m narrating, I instead went down a rabbit hole chasing the following Mark Twain quote about spelling. Your wife might disagree. Lol.
“I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us.”
And now I shall return to work. Lol
Thank you. That’s a lovely thing
I knew there was something I connected with you about. Just got diagnosed with ADHD last year in my mid-thirties.
Oh that’s rough. Glad you have the diagnosis
@@CrownStagVoiceover Life has been an interesting ride, to be sure. Having some information that makes things make sense, has been incredibly helpful.
Very similar lived in experience to myself with education (dyspraxia) a huge amount of social anxiety and depression.
It’s amazing the trauma people can cause through ignorance
You're so amazing. I'm finding my community and it's Amazing 🥰 I have ADHD and anxiety. I learned to read when I was 9 years old, and I live in the US. Yes, finding the right community is hands down the best way to make it in VO. I'm just starting so following people like you helps keep me motivated ;)
I relate to this in almost every way.....!
I am also attempting to become a voice actor.
...and I will!
Yes you will
Just wanted to thank you for making this video! Always love it when my fellow neurodivergents are able to keep up with the others out there.
Well, I figured I keep telling people not to mask so may as well put it out ther
Interesting video and thankyou for sharing. Just a note and you might find this helpful. I noticed I had to turn up the volume of my soundcard to hear you. There also seemed to lack very little bass in the voice over. I am not a sound engineering expert so I am curious if this is a special technique you have used in the recording deliberately for a reason.
Hi steve, not sure on that one to be honest. You are the only person to mention anything about volume or base.
So you're saying... What exactly? I'm looking word for the value here - not disparagingly.