In ep 105 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Danny Watts joins Sam and Mark to talk about dialling up and down the brightness for a corporate script, getting historical clues from within the script, and why getting together for drinks can enhance your voiceover career!
Our VO question this week is all about the voiceover socials - what they are, where they are and why they are!
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Script 1
To modulate their brightness, LEDs are typically pulsed on and off at regular intervals. This approach is called pulse width modulation, or PWM for short. When an LED is asked to operate at a much lower brightness, it ends up being off more than it is on, effectively limiting the amount of brightness levels it can create, thus reducing the effective bit depth of the video being displayed. The result is noticeable banding and visual artefacts on the images being shown on screen. To alleviate these issues, we have introduced Dark Magic on all our Tessera LED processors.
Script 2
A fine morning sir and isn’t that the most precious collar I’ve ever seen on a Barker. I wondered what would it take for you to part with such a handsome coat? I know the value of such a garment - I have a keen eye and a heavy pocket - and I deal in the finest accessories sir. Why, just the other day I sold the smartest hat to a lovely young lad. You wouldn’t be in the market to sell, would you?
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About our guest:
Danny Watts has been a voice actor since 2012, in all genres from commercials to film, video game to IVR. He claims he was too shy at college to do drama, but opted for music instead... became a singer, and loved the limelight when standing behind a mic.
In his spare time, Danny writes, performs, produces and distributes his own music under the pseudonym “Downtown Patriots” a fictitious band consisting of one member - him!
In 2019 just before lockdown, he somehow managed to volunteer himself to organise a London VO social event, and has been doing that ever since.
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