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Friday 14 October 2011

no19. WRITE THE VOICE & ACTION - THE X-FACTOR

EVERY UNIQUE CHARACTER 
HAS A UNIQUE, IDENTIFIABLE
VOICE OR ACTION (Audio & Visual)

Can you think of some well-known "Voices"?

Can you identify some of these Voices? see below...

"What's up, doc?"
"I thot I taw a putty tat..."
"DUH!"
"Stupid Dog! You make me look bad!" / "The things i do for love."
"To infinity and beyond!"
"Scoooooby Doooby Doooooooooo!"

SOME UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS THAT HELP KEY CHARACTERS STAND OUT:
sometimes creators use a combination of the below...

1. Unique "Voice"
eg "DUH!" - homer simpson

2. Unique Action / Behaviour
eg Wonder Woman - swirls around to "change" from ordinary lady to Wonder Woman
eg. powerpuff girls to the rescue - the 3 girls fly off in formation, with graphics & music/sfx

3. Sound Effect(s)
eg. "Beep Beep!" - road runner
eg. spongebob's (irritating) laugh

4. Jingle/Music
eg. popeye the sailor man
eg pink panther


WRITE THE VOICE & ACTION!
>> THE "X-FACTOR"
>> IDENTIFIES KEY CHARACTER 
>> IDENTIFIES YOUR SHOW

 
Sitcom - Mind your Language - S1, Ep1, 1977
please note that this episode is all about this sitcom's setup and introducing all the unique characters - notice their unique "voices"!
 
 



Class Exercise: MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
In your Blogs,
1. List all the characters in this show.
2. For each character, note their unique "voice" and traits/behaviour.
3. Look at each voice/trait/behaviour unique to the character. which are considered "typical/ stereotyped" and which are considered unique "personality"?


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