The Tale of Christopher Carter

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06/09/2009 | 03:32PM EDT

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Almost entirely improvised / ad-libed (except for the opening narration), it's nothing special. Just something I whipped up quickly for the contest, it took less than an hour to make, so I honestly don't expect this to win anything.

I mainly did this because I've always wanted to interpret a utterly mad character and, as I hoped, it's pretty fun to do so. I think it's probably too long, I should have made it shorter, but I was having so much fun that I got carried away.

Oh, and of course, the story is somewhat inspired on the works of Lovecraft.

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Average Score: 9.0 / 10

Score: 7
FatKidWitAJetPak

"__FINAL REVIEW FROM CONTEST__"

date: August 11, 2009

FINAL SCORE: 66/100

A very original story indeed! The acting for the insane man was superb and sounded like he actually was insane from whatever he experienced BACK THERE. Of course he could sound a bit better, but you convinced me. The ending was hilarious and I cant believe I didnt see it coming since it was required that the entries say turtles at the end. Great job in distracting me from that! The only thing I found wrong was that the three characters sounded very similar to each-other, but with slightly different accents. You should improve on doing different characters by simply raising or lowering the pitches. Experiment with different voices by twisting and turning your throat in different and awkward ways. Even if it hurts to do some voices, drink some water to make each voice sound fresh. I gave you a 77 for my opinion.

Thanks for entering the contest. ***Continue reading below to see why your score is the way it is***

NAXSTER SAYS:

Acting 30 / 35
Fit 20 / 25
Originality 14 / 15
Range 10 / 15
Mixing 0 / 10

FINAL SCORE: 74/100

COMMENTS: No noticeable mixing. Chris sounded like the narrator and hat is why range got dinged. Good ending to bring the word turtles into the story.

STALAGMITE SAYS:

Acting - 27/35
Fit - 20/25
Originality - 9/15
Range 3/15
Mix 8/10

FINAL - 67/100

It Sounds like Golem putting on heirs at the Meldwin tea party. :D your Voice acting is superb and unusual, it seems to come naturally to you! However your story didn't move in any direction. Not enough interaction for me.

SCRIBBLER SAYS:

Acting - 20
Fit - 12
Originality - 5
Range - 3
Mixing - 7
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First off, the stuttering was not very convincing at all and every single character had an accent which normally wouldn't matter except that means every single voice sounded like it came from the same person! The story wasn't very interesting at all since it was just a telling instead of a showing. Since this is a voice-acting shtick, I would have maybe actually done the whole, you know, "let's go back and see how it really went down" sorta thing... Didn't happen here, sadly. The character's were not convincing either, especially the doctor/scientist: too calm and didn't seem to give a shit about anything. And the idol (singular) looked like turtles? Didn't like the ending.

August 12, 2009

Author's Response:

Here's a response to each individual review:

Fatkid: Thanks for the compliments! Your not the only one who didn't see the turtles coming, other reviews I've received have mentioned this too and I like that you thought that Christopher sounded mad, he was a very fun character to voice. Regarding my lack of range, well, I don't really have much range in terms of pitch, sadly, but I'll try your other suggestion (twisting my throat around) to see if I can't make different sounding voices, which has always been my biggest problem when I voice act. Thanks again for organizing the contest and for the review!

NAXSTER: Again, my range is really poor, so I make no excuses. When I do voice acting work, I can only play one character because of this, really. Glad you also liked the ending. Concerning the mixing, well, I didn't do much mixing work, for sure, but I did record the voices separately and mix them, but I guess that's basic enough that it doesn't really count. Thanks for the review!

STALAGMITE: What a weird and wonderful comparison! I guess I do sound somewhat like Golem, but it hadn't occurred to me until you pointed it out. =] Thanks too for the compliments concerning the acting, it's a confidence booster. I agree with you that the story didn't have much interaction, but I guess I wanted to avoid making it even more evident how similar the voices were, so I tried to give each character long dialogues. Thanks for the review!

SCRIBBLER: A pretty tough review, maybe a bit too harsh, but with some valid criticisms and good suggestions, which makes for a good review.
I disagree with you all the characters had accents, in fact, Christopher's voice is actually my normal voice, barring the crazy-stuttering-whines. I guess that because my normal voice has an English accent, that you thought I was actually trying to do one, which is understandable. But I make no excuses towards my lack of range, I agree completely.
Concerning the story, you've made an excellent suggestion, I could have taken the action to the mountain itself, as it would have made it all that much more interesting. However, I disagree with you concerning the doctor (he's actually meant to be a shrink), he was meant to sound calm and detached, which is how I remember these sorts of guys tended to act read in old horror stories (like Lovecraft), so as to contrast with the madness, which means I actually succeed. Thanks for the review!

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Score: 10
rednikaiaG

"Christopher, Christopher, Christopher. . ."

date: July 18, 2009

Seek forth to the entries and you shall find, Vert------>
a wonderful submission with a talented voice actor. I'm not the brightest bulb on the string but I could never really figure out WHAT type of accent he was speaking in. I mean, it was fanTAStic, either way though. He had such a deep, predominate convincing accent. Kudos to you Sir. The story was nice as well. It's almost as if he was in therapy or something! Heh heh heh Especially when he revealed WHAT the idol looked like. Ahh, you gotta love those ________ (didn't want to spoil it for the others). You've made me want to go watch LOTR's now. Good Luck with the contest, Man.

..............Take care, be good and give me, My PrEsHeEuSs.period

July 20, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for the great compliments! The reviews I've been receiving are very encouraging and have really made my day.

About the accent, I think you're referring to the narrator, right? For his voice, I wasn't really going for a specific accent, I sort of just tried to mix an Irish/Scottish accent with something else (I can't really say what), with the results you heard. I was pretty satisfied with what came out.

The idea of it all is somewhat close to that of a therapy session, but more akin to that of the interactions you'd see in an old hospice in a horror story. But I'm not quite sure what LOTR had to do with my story... 0_o

Thanks again for the compliments and the review!

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Score: 8
CaptainAwesome121090

"Great Voice Acting,But Couldn't Get IntoThe Story"

date: June 15, 2009

This is very impressive improv/adlib. Although at some lines I felt couldve used more emotion or some lines used a different emotion than I expected. Plus the studdering wasn't very convincing. What was the story about again? I was usually so focused on your voice, that I couldn't focus on the story you were trying to tell (Whether that's a good or a bad thing you judge).

June 16, 2009

Author's Response:

Interesting comments. First off, thanks for the compliments! About the lines needing emotions, if you mean 'the doc', then that's a good thing, as I had wanted to make him as a exaggeratedly impersonal doctor analyzing his patient. But if it's the narrator or Christopher himself, then I'll need to make more effort next time.

Concerning the 'different type of emotions', then you probably mean Christopher and, again, that's exactly what I was trying to achieve, as the utterly mad will have seemingly random emotions towards certain things. But the narrator or the doc, in this case, would be bad. However, if the stuttering was lacking, then I have no excuse, although I can't be sure how I'd do it differently.

The fact you focused on my voice, well, 0_o, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, but I hope so. Maybe that means my voice acting was sufficiently enticing and interesting that you focused so intensely on it. And that makes me very happy! As for the story, can't give it away as I don't want to spoil it for others, PM me if you really want to know.

Thanks for the constructive criticisms and the review!

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Score: 10
AngryNintendoNerd

"Amazing!"

date: June 11, 2009

This is so great! You know, the Voice Acting contest has made it so that, in addition to putting your voice acting talents out there for artists to hear, you wove such a great story, and you really had me engulfed in it! An incredible accomplishment, the protagonist voice was so superbly mad that I forgot completely that I was listening to it on the NG Audio Portal, thinking instead that, perhaps, I was listening to the profesional book-on-tape recording of some fantastic and macabre story.

The doctor, or whomever the second person was, sounded a bit too close for comfort, but you gave him his own unique character, so that was not hindering to the story. The "turtles", however, is what made me love this. I had completely forgotten about that part of the contest, and once he began to ask about what the idol looked like, I found myself intently listening, wondering what it could be. Then...then he said it, and that was all.

Although I plan on entering this contest with almost the same character theme, I honestly think this will be the winner.

June 11, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks immensely for the compliments! It's always very gratifying (and encouraging) for an voice actor to hear that he's managed to make some impact with the listener, as was with your case, and I feel flattered with all the compliments. I wouldn't quite say it was professional quality (on the contrary), but I was quite satisfied on how it came out.

But what really pleases me is that you found the story engaging and macabre. I was going for a Lovecraftian type story, which isn't easy to pull off by any measure, so if you found it as such, then I can feel pretty happy with it. Thanks for the review!

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Score: 10
Stalagmite

"OMG"

date: June 10, 2009

nice man. you sound like the man who did the voice for the Poo moose lol.
wonderful wonderful wonderful! =D good luck dude!

June 10, 2009

Author's Response:

As I have no idea who the Poo mouse is, I'll take your compliments at face value and so thanks!

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