#sorry im watching the new walton files video and the VOs are fucking killing me

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I love all the diy horror stuff being produced online these days but the issue I have with analogue horror, or any type of ARG or indie found footage horror series online, is that as soon as they delve into using actual voice overs or acting 9 times out of 10 I lose any suspension of disbelief because they tend to be amateurish and try hard. I appreciate the hard work that goes into these projects and everyone involved but there also has to be some discernment of "is this coming off goofy and dumb while we're trying to make everything else look super realistic?" I'm unsure if some of the people heading these projects are just getting anyone to do the voice overs, not doing auditions, not properly directing the actors and getting multiple varied takes, etc or what but it's rough to watch. if you're trying to make your horror series seem as real as possible then you need to make sure your VO actors are capable of doing naturalistic readings instead of sounding like 'yandere vampire dd/lg boyfriend ASMR'

#sorry im watching the new walton files video and the VOs are fucking killing me #this is an issue I see with a lot of these projects and it just ruins them for me #and yeah you can argue they have no budget and getting experienced VOs is hard with no pay #but I also think there are probably tons of newbie VOs out there who could do it well if given the chance #but instead they're going with the series creators/writers or their friends #which I get but... jesus christ it's painful #or maybe these creators have no ear for what actually sounds natural idfk