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An activity coordinator hosted       again to play a horror-themed                   terms  used  in  the  field,  his  someone else who can.” If one

        the  first  ice-breaker  game,       “complete the story” game.                      humorous       and    charming     were interested in a head start, Mr
        which    involved     members        Participants took turns telling                 tone     keeping    participants   Ho recommended investing in a
        doing self-introductions and         a story while using a randomly                  engaged throughout.                cheap microphone for RM400-500.

        calling  on  others  of  different   assigned word or phrase, and
        schools    to   continue    on.      had to undergo a punishment if                  Following that, he pulled up   Mr Ho’s talk ended in laughs with

                                             their story was not scary enough.               some sample voice-over scripts  the four camp counsellors trying


        After  that,  participants  moved                                                    of different natures and invited  out another voice-over script.
        into breakout rooms based on         With the conclusion of that                     participants to lend their voice

        their pre-assigned groups to         game  came  a  lecture  by  Mr                  to them, subsequently providing  Afterwards,     the   main    camp
        play more games led by their         Ho Soo Wei, an experienced                      pertinent     feedback      and    counsellor revealed the graduating

        group  leaders.  These  included     vocal coach and advertising                     explaining requirements behind  assignment of the camp: each
        a spin on the famous Chinese         voice-over,    with    previous                 different  forms  of  advertising.  group had to provide a voice-over


        children’s game “Radish Squat”       work  experience  at  Ai  FM.  He                                                  for  famous  silent  animated  films,

        and a story sharing session          is the founder of Voice Story                   A short Q&A session was  include  at  least  five  other  sound

        regarding    various     topics.     and is currently running the                    held,  followed by  Mr Ho  effects, then edit it over the original

        Laughter was prevalent among         “Dakids  Speech  and  Drama”                    talking about working in the  film to be presented the next day.
        the participants when creative       Facebook  page,  both  being                    voice-over industry, notably

        punishments     were    carried      platforms aimed at training                     recollecting the memory of an  Group        leaders    chose    their
        out for the former game and          youth     voice-over    talents.                unreasonable  client  he  had.     desired  film  and  went  into

        when embarrassing stories                                                                                               breakout rooms to discuss job



        were  shared  in  the  latter  one.  Mr Ho opened his lecture by                     Then,  he  talked  about  the  roles  with  their  members.  This
                                             talking about the status quo of                 skills one would need to get  marked  the end of  day one, and

        Each group then collaboratively      voice-overs in Malaysia. “Being                 involved in this industry. “Your  participants  logged  off  at  4pm

        designed  their  group  flag         a  voice-over  is  a  pretty  ’niche‘           eyes will need to be faster  to  work  on  their  final  projects.


        via Miro Whiteboard before           job, since in Malaysia, you can                 than your lips, and accurate
        an hour-long lunch break.            really only see it in advertising,”             pronunciation        techniques    Day two kicked off at 10am with a

                                             He  then  listed  the  different                must be second nature”, he  quick dance-along session to wake

        After  the  break,  participants     kinds of advertising voice-overs                notes, “because if you can’t  everyone up, then participants


        went into breakout rooms once        and explained professional                      do  it  right,  they’ll  always  find  went into their group breakout
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