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0:06 Quick Recap About Emotional Recall in Commercial Voiceover
1:20 How Emotional Recall and Pre-lives Fit into Sanford Meisner's Quote
1:41 I Now Offer Performance Coaching in Commercial & Corporate Narration :D
2:25 What is a Prelife?
3:16 The 3 Pillars of an Effective Pre-life
3:36 A Common Newbie Performance Mistake
3:49 This is the wrong way to read a commercial script
6:38 Help! I keep losing the feeling while reading the script!
8:32 Where are you?
10:48 Who are we talking to?
14:54 What is the Obstacle or Conflict?
17:06 How Changing Your Prelife Can Change How Your Reads Sound
17:42 Using Pre-lives to Voice a Different Take 1 and Take 2
19:55 It takes a long time to get good at building pre-lives
20:03 Why you need to become proficient at building pre-lives quickly
22:37 The Crucial Connection Between Emotional Recall and Pre-lives
23:46 Approach every audition as an opportunity to improve your acting
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Why I Quit Using Fiverr for Voiceover
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My Secret to Awesome Commercial Voiceover Auditions
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5 Tips for Better Corporate Narration Reads
https://youtu.be/RvWz42Q2dvI
How I Handle a 6-Figure Voice Acting Career from South Korea
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Shop my gear
— Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun mic: https://amzn.to/3VVSbOw
— Sennheiser 280 HD Pro Headphones: https://amzn.to/3BQfL8L
— Focusrite Solo Interface: https://amzn.to/3pvn6V8
— Mac Studio M2 Max: https://amzn.to/3VTNR2v
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