Narration – Problems I Had & How I Overcame Them (LO2)

As narrating a story is a huge part of this project and given that I have never done anything like this before, I wanted to make sure that I don’t run into any of the common problems that can occur when recording narration.

  • Initially, when recording my narration, I was not very comfortable doing it and this was made worse by the fact that I don’t like my own voice very much, so to combat this, I started to play music in my headphones, whilst recording, so that I couldn’t hear my own voice, which actually led me to be more comfortable doing the narration.
  • Something that I originally thought would be a good idea was to change the way I said certain words or add inflection at the ends of words, however Emily said that it could come off as almost parodying the way that narration is done or could take away from the scary effect that I am trying to put across.
  • I found that speaking clearly and not too fast, was one of the hardest things to do. I would often pronounce things incorrectly, either due to my accent or rushing over the words. It took me some time to get used to speaking slower and pronouncing words clearly.
  • Something that became apparent when recording the voice over was that if I recorded each piece the same way, it could become boring for the listener. So I decided to experiment with the way I recorded certain pieces, to make them more interesting to listen to.