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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0372 - When You May Change Your Reading Rate
Description: 2022.01.07 – S2007 – 0372 - When You May Change Your Reading RateFor example, a weather script on a sunny summer’s day may be quite rushed – listeners are expecting it to be blue sky and high temperatures. But tell them about a forthcoming storm and your speed will slow (and your tone will also change) to reflect the severity of the situation. A lighter story can be read more quickly than a serious one, a complex story will be presented more slowly (although not patronisingly so) than a straightforward one, breaking or surprising news may also be read more slowly...