Do you know how to ask a question in voiceover? Do you? Are you sure?

Did you know that voiceover scripts are loaded with questions?

Being able to ask a question as if it's your own—very naturally, very off the cuff, and very believably—is really a lot harder than most people realize.

Do you know how to ask a question in voiceover? Do you? Are you sure? - 3:39

Can I ask you a question? Did you know that voiceover scripts are loaded with questions? Do you know how to pose a question? Do you know how to pose a question when the words aren't your own?Do you know how to do it on mic? Do you want to explore this topic further?

Did you, uh, enjoy the intro? Yeah? Okay. I’ll stop.

Alright, what are we talking about today?

It is naturally posing questions.

Voiceover scripts are loaded with them. It’s actually a really old-school tactic to start a commercial with a question—but it still kind of lingers and rears its head even today. We see it a lot.

Why it's hard

Being able to ask a question as if it's your own—very naturally, very off the cuff, and very believably—is really a lot harder than most people realize.

It's actually one of those telltale signs in a performance of whether or not somebody is fairly new. Because their question will either be asked in a very strange way, or it’ll be a little off, or they won’t give an appropriate amount of pause.

So you have to take some time to really think about and study that asking process. Because even a rhetorical question—right, when we don’t expect an answer to it—still sounds like a question.

Think about it. How many times a day—maybe at work, right—you pass people:“Hey, how’s it going?”You still pause—Whether or not they’re going to answer. It might be for a shorter amount of time—

Practice

But still—practice this. Spend some time with it. It’s something that most beginners don’t give nearly enough attention to. And there are all sorts of acting exercises that you can utilize to help you in this process.

It’s a really, really essential skill to practice if you want to up your voiceover game.

Now, um—certainly I have a lot of tips and tricks like this on my channel and throughout, uh, my website and really all the different things that I do.

But if you aren’t sure where you stand in the asking of questions—and you’re looking for some feedback or you want some one-on-one time to kind of start—

Outro

Figuring out really—yeah—where you are in the grand scheme of your voiceover journey:

Go to my site. Check out my classes. There’s lots of opportunities to work one-on-one.

I can give you insights. I can also give you practical hints and tips and techniques and tricks and all the things that you’re going to need to go ahead and improve on those skills that you already have.

I also have something brand new that, uh, is in its early stages—it’s called the VVE, the Virtual Voiceover Exchange. It’s kind of revolutionary. And it is a chance for you to work with me for as little as $15. You can check it out here.

Thanks for watching guys. See you soon.

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