Subj : What's happening with onscreen talent?
To   : All
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue May 21 2024 09:45 am

I'm shocked these days at the state of some on-screen and voice talent.
I mostly hear people in Podcasts, and man, if I were going to be on a
podcast as a subject matter expert, I'd work a little bit on my voice.

This whole dropping mid-syllable "t" sounds done by younger people
("Impor-Int") drives me crazy.

Adult women speaking on subject matters where they're brought on as an
authority, with vocal fry? Similar levels of frustration.

After seeing Katie Britt's rebuttal to the US "State of the Union"
address and hearing what sounded like emotional, breathy
"voice-cracking", I just heard a middle-aged teacher describing how Khan
Academy helped engage her students.

None of these vocal habits tend to instill trust or confidence in
people, unless the only game now is to mirror your audience's style.
I've noticed some people who I've followed for years dropping their Ts
may be evidence of this.

I don't want to go back to 1960s voice talent or Katherine Hepburn's
mid-atlantic accent,, but there's got to be a better way of engaging
with your audience.






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