Delivery Techniques: Voice for TV and Radio Interviews

Doing Television and Radio Interviews?

Tips! On Your Delivery Techniques

Make Words Stand Out--Use Consonants!

1. Lengthen consonants – to make word stand out

2. Lengthen consonants at beginning of word

3. Lengthen consonants at syllable want emphasized

4. Gloss over filler words: of, the, a, and, that, would, if, etc.

Ie. “You’re grrrrreat!” (when you lengthen a consonant, shorten the word right before it)

Any interruption to the natural rhythm gets highlighted.

Emphasizing consonants at the end of the word is like putting an exclamation point!

Ie. Let’s se-lllllll.

For more go to page 50-51 of Voice Power "Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade and Command Attention"by Renee Grant-Williams

So, throw away filler words and resonate money words.

What are $$$ Words? 1-3 key words in each phrase.

Ie. “Please, help me and make sure I get all my roses planted today, otherwise it might rain and overly dampen the soil then I’ll have to dig up new holes.”

“Please, help” --would probably suffice.

REPETITION + VARIETY = MEMORABILITY

Ie. “Wwww-e are winners.”

“We are wwww-inners.”

“We are winner-ssss.”

Every time you bring up the same point, emphasize different syllables. (I’m checking this, because it seems sound bites are said the same way over and over)


5 Ways to Start a Word

Voiced Consonants: TONE + PITCH + LENGTH
M N L V R Z

Unvoiced Consonants: LENGTH
S F T H SH CH TH(think)

Stopped Consonants:
D B P G(good) C(cook)

Words Starting with Vowels: BREAK + GLOTTAL STOP
A E I O U

Sometimes Y and W act like separate syllables

Study more: Pages 55-58 of Voice Power "Using Your Voice to Captivate, Persuade and Command Attention"by Renee Grant-Williams