Jeff McNeal
 
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Member Since: 
09/20/2008

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3,032

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Last Login: 
10/13/2009

General Information
Status: 
Married

Education: 
Some College

Occupation: 
Voice actor/announcer

Hometown:
Los Angeles

Language:
English

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About Me
Born in Los Angeles, grew up in Pasadena, CA, have lived in Monterey, North Hollywood, Santa Monica, San Francisco and San Diego. Literally all of my professional life has been spent in California, talking into a microphone.
I am Here for: 
Interaction with aspiring and established VO professionals. To help where I can, amuse when I can't, make new friends along the way.

Hobbies: 
Restoring and driving sports cars, acquiring and experimenting with audio gear. Grilling out, listening to music.

Favorite Movies: 
The Shawshank Redemption Notorious North By Northwest The Time Machine Back To The Future Big Ben-Hur Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Carlito's Way Cool Hand Luke Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid Road To Perdition Plantet Of The Apes The Outlaw Josey Wales What Lies Beneath Gladiator Sunset Boulevard Die Hard Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid Road Warrior Braveheart The Patriot Bladerunner Original Star Wars Trilogy Air Force One The Fugitive True Romance The Professional It's A Wonderful Life Guess Who's Coming To Dinner A Christmas Carol The Wizard Of Oz The Sound Of Music Somewhere In Time Goldfinger Thunderball From Russia With Love Dirty Harry Alien Jurrasic Park When Harry Met Sally Bullitt The Great Escape Spartacus Angels With Dirty Faces Public Enemy Platoon Apocalypse Now The Godfather The Godfather Part 2 Titanic Saving Private Ryan Apollo 13 White Heat The House of Sand And Fog The Notebook

Favorite TV Shows: 
Seinfeld Everybody Loves Raymond The Office The Fugitive The Twilight Zone The Little Rascals Star Trek (original series) Batman (original series) Judge Judy Dog Whisperer The Sopranos Clean House Everyday Italian The Channel 4 news!!

Favorite Music: 
Too wide and diverse to list.

Favorite Books: 
Too few to mention.

I Love: 
My life. I love my life. Plus freedom, independence, Kimberley and our kids.

I Hate: 
Political and religious fascism or extemism, anarchy, oppression, zealots and fanatics.
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If you happen to catch me in a recording session, here's how I work, just so you know what's going on... I primarily do TV imaging promos and theatrical trailers. When doing the TV imaging, I work on my own for the most part. But occasionally, I will do a live ISDN or phone patch session with a producer or director in a remote studio. If you're not "into" VO and have no idea what these terms mean, login to chat and ask. I'll be happy to answer your questions regarding the work I do. When I record under my own direction, I read the copy once or twice. If I'm satisfied with each line of the script, I will move on until it is finished. If I hear an unwanted noise enter the recording, make a mistake, or otherwise feel that I'd like to do another take, I will immediately re-record the line in question again. If I intend on leaving it in as an alt take for the producer or editor to decide which they like better, I will simply move on. If however, I want to edit out the preceding take because it doesn't meet my standards or to correct an obvious mistake or flub, I will usually follow the blown take with two sharp clicking sounds that I make with my mouth. This is a fairly common trick, but for those who are just beginning their VO careers or just happen to pop in, the reason for the clicks is to create a set of easily identifiable "visual spikes" that will appear in the wave form in the recording software. Then I can easily spot these spikes as a reference point when I go back to make my edit after laying down my tracks. It saves time and makes the editing process fly by pretty quickly. Thanks for watching/listening!
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