6th Voice Acting Contest Final Results!
The Snowman's Lament Final Score: 82
FatKidWitAJetPak's Final Judgment:
Acting: 27/35
Fit: 22/25
Originality: 15/15
Range: 10/15
Mixing: 9/10
Final: 83/100
I found the whole concept of a snowman not realizing he will melt hilarious. "Go ask Mr. Owl" Oh my god. LOL. I can't tell if you realized I made a large, over exaggerated skit completely revolving around the tootsie roll pop commercial or not. Related or not, it made me laugh. You managed to mix the background music with the voices very well. It made your low quality microphone practically unnoticeable. You should invest in a better microphone, however, since white noise makes it difficult to get your part into an animation. Animators usually want a good quality microphone, so the audio is easier to work with. I recommend the AT2020 microphone. It is cheap, durable, and easy to work with. *$70*. Your choice of music was great. It was a great way to make things serious, and then lulzy at almost an instant. The same song being played over and over again, surprisingly never got annoying. In fact it got funnier every time. The ending was hilarious. I loved how you broke the fourth wall by having the snowman talk to the narrator, go crazy, and then made it winter forever. This is where you acted the best I feel.
Your acting was a bit off at points, but I think that was because you got very consumed by the whole lulzy comedy idea. Always remember, just because the skit is a comedy, doesn't mean you cant have good acting. Always, always, always get into your character! Getting into character also makes it much easier to act, and you can improv like no tomorrow. I started out just like this actually, going crazy with my voices without thinking about it needing to be serious because it was a comedy. Sometimes it is alright to act like this, but in the future when you try out for animations and games, try to be YOUR BEST in acting, even if its a large exaggerated scream for some game called, "There's No Time To Explain".
The characters all had fairly similar voices, but you can work on that by improving your range. I find that the voices matched the characters pretty well, but you can easily create more voices by working on the "old and young" sounds of your voice. If you wanted the dad to sound different, you ghouls have made him sound like an "old" redneck by making your voice more raspy. Without that raspyness, it seems like the dad is only a more angry version of the kid. Try practicing on different pitches, work with the ones you are most comfortable with, and then develop a character based around it
The ending was hilarious.
JaShinYa's Final Judgment:
Acting: 33/35
Fit: 19/25
Originality: 15/15
Range: 9/15
Mixing: 6/10
Final: 82/100
Major issue was the range of voices. They were all pretty much the same, just slight changes in the texture of voice. Also, the mic picked up a lot of dead air and the background music/sounds were a bit loud. The voices themselves didn't fit that well, such as the mouse's voice and it seemed that they changed at points even though it was still the same character. Lastly there were a few parts where the acting slipped, but it mostly very good. This skit was very original and probably one of the funniest in the contest. Nice job!
SimCorder's Final Judgment:
Acting - 31/35
Fit - 21/25
Originality- 13/15
Range - 7/15
Mixing - 10/10
Final: 82
The only major flaw I can find here is the similarities in the voices.