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How to practice Sound effects
« Thread Started on Sept 10, 2012, 1:24pm »

I'm completely new to this kind of thing, so how would I go about practicing all the different sound effects? So far, I have only been reading scripts and trying to throw them in where they make sense with the emotions, but I kind of need to work on practicing them on their own.

By sound effects I mean stuff like, whistles, grunts, yells, laughs, sighs, etc.

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Re: How to practice Sound effects
« Reply #1 on Sept 11, 2012, 4:14pm »

The only thing you can do is to practice them. Don't hold yourself back because you're scared parents/roommates/neighbors/whatever will hear you...you'll never sound genuine if you do.

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Re: How to practice Sound effects
« Reply #2 on Sept 18, 2012, 7:36am »

Prreeeeetttyyy much. You just gotta practice them until they're organic and consistent with the character's personality, voice, etc.

Just remember that even though they're non-verbal, they have motivation and reason like any other line so they don't sound like flat sounds in an empty vacuum with no discernible source. If you want a challenge, try going through a whole scene with no words, just sounds to indicate how you're feeling, what you want, what's happening to you, and so on.

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Re: How to practice Sound effects
« Reply #3 on Sept 18, 2012, 1:12pm »

Okay, thank you both. : )

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