You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 25.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

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In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games, and beyond. And now here's your host,

voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there. My name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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This is the third and final part of my interview with my friend and improv teacher, Melanie Chardoff.

As we wrapped up our time together,

Melanie and I discussed the deep interrelationship between improv and scripted acting. She explained

how improv helps keep a scripted performance feeling fresh, as if you're creating that performance

anew every time. We discussed getting past the words of a script, and instead basing your performance

on the inspiration of a thought or a feeling. We also reaffirmed how important it is to have a

childlike state of mind when you're acting, and to leave all judgment behind in order to fully

play pretend. At the very end, Melanie was kind enough to share with me a personal technique of hers for

alleviating fear when she finds herself in an acting situation that makes her feel nervous.

I think you'll find it incredibly useful.

And now, the feature segment.

Do you feel when you're doing a voice acting gig that you're actually in the studio recording something like the Rugrats?

Does it feel more like improv or does it feel more like a scripted show?

Well, there's always an element of improv in everything we do, even if it's scripted.

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