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I'm not pretentious about voice acting but...

Posted by Jonas - January 17th, 2010


I am tired of scripts that people don't bother proofing.

Alright all you knuckleheaded would be artists and game makers, let me speak from the bottom of my heart (at little to no charge I might add!)

If you want someone to record lines for you, before you give all of the fine folks on your little email list a script that you hammered out in some throw of passion thinking that everything is kosher, and speaks a novel of your amazing skill as a writer/designer READ YOUR OWN WORK OUT LOUD BEFORE YOU SEND IT OFF.

I'm sick of stopping mid recording because Johnny Noveletta decided that he couldn't be bothered to spell check something, or because he forgot BASIC WORDS IN HIS SCRIPT.

Examples of current idiocy. I'm not singling anyone out, but this is just one script I've received and some of the examples of POOR WRITING SKILLS. I want to record lines for you guys, but I'm not your copy editor, nor is any self respecting voice actor. If you can't get yourself to produce READABLE scripts, you shouldn't be making them.

Original Line -
- I didn't see the world from different point of view than just mine. I was selfish.

Well is it "- I didn't see the world from (a) different point of view than just mine. I was selfish."

or

"- I (couldn't) see the world from (a) different point of view other than mine. I was selfish."

or again for better flow

"- I (couldn't) see the world from (a) different point of view other than (my own). I was selfish."

and even then, being selfish doesn't fit.

See when you have a hot broad and you don't let your friends tap that second, third, or even sixth, that's being selfish. When you fail to listen to other people's thoughts, that's either being stubborn or closeminded. THERE ARE OTHER WORDS TO DESCRIBE EMOTIONS. USE A THESAURUS.

This is just a single line off an entire script, but there's plenty more I could be pressed into sharing, but really my point stands. You should be able to read your own script out loud as should someone else. When in doubt ask your Mom to proofread it. She'll be proud you ain't drawing tits, and are such a sensitive well thought out child.

Anyways, if you want a voice, that's fucking great. I'll be glad to help, but send me a script that actually shows you're serious about what you're doing, I'm serious about what I do.

And now, I'm going to record fart noises.

Oh and bonus line from same script.

"- It's his Tamashii no Ame, Soul's Rain."

If you have to explain the meaning of a word while speaking it, kill yourself.

It's his DICKFUCKMCSPARKLE. Soul's Rain.

I love you guys, let me know if you need some voices.


Comments

derp

See I can read and understand that, completely. You obviously thought that out before posting it.

cool

here is my scripts u make animation now.

emotional/Action
All things said will be in a speech bubble)
(Name of animation)
Characters, RED and Green
Green looks at his fathers grave, tears are coming out of his eyes (the grave stone says DAD on it)
He has a flashback of all the good times he used to have with him*shows flash back of little green playing with his father and his father tucking him in.*
Then blood splatters around the screen and you here gunshots
(flashback) A man that was red and had a hat on killed little blues father and takes the suitcase his father was holding and runs. Then you see little blue crying next to his dads dead body.
(end of flashback)
Then green gets up and feels something cold on his head, he turns around.
He sees the same man that killed his father, RED.
Green is so enraged at him, but he's also very sad. Then he gets the gun Red is holding and pulls it to his head.
(in a speech bubble) go ahead shoot me, shoot me you pig.
Red says (in speech bubble) No, I need you. You father left behind his fortune.
He hid it somewhere and only told you.
Green walks back
Green says " what! how did you know about that"
Red " don't worry, tell me or die"
Green is so enraged, he takes a shot to his arm and punched red in the face. Then he sees reds mob. Red gets up and says, KILL HIM and runs behind his mob
*This is where animator will create a very action fight with many characters and weapons. Be creative!*
*This where the animator will have to be creative and make a fight that's really cool and action!*
After the fight, green is out of breath and only red is standing
(zoom out and show all the dead bodies and blood)
Red is so afraid, he runs
Green runs after him, wanting to kill.
Red runs into a store, he gets a chainsaw, and fires it up.
Green gets a bat
Red makes 3 attempts to chainsaw greens head off
Then green takes red down and his about to smash his face in with the baseball bat.
Then he drops the bat, gets up and says in speech bubble " I'm gonna kill you slowly, come on, fight me."
*animator will make a creative fist fight*
Then red was on the floor, green got the chainsaw on the floor and chainsawed greens head.
THE END

I don't animate other people's work. I just talk into a can, and make half assed projects.

I think you should just say the lines the way you interpret it and let the artist know that it works better this way since it's obvious they have no idea what they really want. Even if they proofread the script, I'm sure they will probably still come to the same conclusion that it sounds perfectly fine to them and send it on over to you anyways.

The problem is when they are missing basic words and shit from sentences. It can stop lines cold during a read. Again, if they take the time to read shit, it'll either sound kosher or it'll sound terrible.

i'm sure there has to be at least one 10 dollar book on amazon about the format of script writing

Basic K-12 schooling should take care of most of it. I mean IT SHOULD.

I'll have you know my mother is very proud of the tits I've drawn. Thank you very much.

I'm proud of your tits too, son.

MY NAME IS JONAS

No I am Jonas!

Thank you, I cannot tell you how many horribly scripted videos I've seen.

beware the ides of march

Genderess PM me I do scrip

Jeeeessus Christ, get off your high horse.
Voice acting on Newgrounds is NOT serious god damn business.
My god, every "voice ACTOR" on this website (who thinks they have talent because they can make noises into a microphone) is so full of themselves, it's disgusting.

My horse is like three feet tall, what are you, some kind of midget?

Hey can you pay me to spell check my own work and give you the final product to record?

That just makes sense to me :)

I either a) ask the artist if what they've written is accurate, b) edit the line to make sense if I'm sure I know what the artist was getting at, c) eat a peanut buter and jelly sandwich :T

Mario: Oh My God Amy Can I Fuck You?
Amy:
Mario: Lets Fuck! :D
Sonic: HEy What The Fuck! Thats My Girl! Faggot!
Knuckles:
Mario: I will Kick Ur Ass Bitch!
Sonic: Bitch I Do Crack! Im Crazy! ]:)
Mario:
Thank u

I've been faced with material akin to this, if not much worse, many times in the past -- oftentimes from some very skilled flash artists. It's forgivable when english is their second language, but when it isn't, it's just lazy. ...And then I often end up rewriting their entire scripts anyway, because I'm a sap.

Oh. And another MexicanMuffinMan tirade against the entirety of online voiceover. Hurray. I don't really see the "high horsing" here. Regardless of the medium, if ever a would-be actor desires to give their best effort, is it really too much to ask for scripts that show a decent amount of care by their writer?

wise words from a wise man

Writing down words does not make you a writer.

You have to CREATE God Damn it.

Spend a week with a book on writing techniques if you want to be an amateur. Study it for your whole life if you are serious about it but don't JUST FUCKING THROW WORDS DOWN ON A PAGE.

Just do a voice as dumb and slack jawed as the writing suggests. Stupid people writing stupid things deserve stupid voice acting.

Your name is Jonas.

: i did it for teh lulz!

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