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Podcast: Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice
Episode: 0388 - Talking To Time
Description: 2022.01.23 – S2023 – 0388 - Talking To TimeOne of the skills of a broadcaster is being able to talk to just the required length of time to ‘hit a junction’ (for example, a news bulletin or commercial break), up to the vocals in a song introduction or before a ‘music bed’[1] runs out.Similarly, a commercial voice over artist must be able to talk to time, to fit the approved copy into the time allowed for that commercial, while keeping correct characterisation, inflection, phrasing and pausing and so on. In a script that is a minute or tw...