Jonathan Kydd: The one with the Panoply of Characterisation!
In episode 97 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by Voxbox, Jonathan Kydd joins Sam and Mark to talk about creating characters, a beloved little bear with a marmalade sandwich, and what to do with a list!
Our VO question this week is all about how the industry has changed, and what you definitely should do when you're in a live session!
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Script 1
Let's start by accepting and highlighting three basic, concrete, and absolutely undeniable premises:
1. Everyone, without exception, has felt fear at some point in the past.
2. Everyone, without exception, continues to feel fear, often and on many occasions, in the present.
3. Everyone, without exception, will continue to feel fear in the future. All human beings (in fact, all living beings) feel fear.
Fear is absolutely necessary. Repeat after me: Fear is absolutely necessary.
Script 2
PADDINGTON
Er, hello. I’m Paddington, Mr Curry’s neighbour.
He isn’t here right now. And, uh…
BILL
(can’t believe their luck)
The house is empty? Why, Fred, it’s perfect!
FRED
Perfectly bad luck, you mean.
(to Paddington)
We’re Mr Curry’s distant cousins.
We’re paying him a visit.
PADDINGTON
Oh, what a relief! Uh… I mean how nice, do come in.
This is the sitting room.
Here.
I’ll go and make some tea.
You sit down and make yourselves comfortable.
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About our guest:
Jonathan Kydd has been voicing since 1986. He's done over twenty thousand ads, corporates, documentaries, video games and animations. He played Hagrid in all the Harry Potter games, played Paddington in 79 Episodes of Paddington Bear, was the voice of L’Oreal for seven years, and the voice behind the iconic Fererro Rocher Ambassador ad!
Jonathan's worked for the BBC, Pepsi, Shake n Vac, the Guardian, ... the list of blue chip clients goes on and on... He's voiced hundreds of documentaries including 8 series of Airport Security and lots of dinosaur and shark specials for Nat Geo. He's been the voice of quite a few inanimate objects, and also hosts a podcast about football!
Resources:
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Jonathan's book can be found on Amazon here!
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