Vanessa Van Edwards explains why sticking to a word-for-word script kills your natural tone and personality. Instead of memorizing every line, use bullet points and phrase prompts to stay on track while keeping your voice authentic and cutting down on retakes.
My problem was I was doing a lot of scripting, and when I wouldn't get it right the first time, okay, I'll take the shot again, and I'll take the shot again. Finally, by the time I got the shot right, I'd lost all of my tonality, I'd lost all of my personality. I got the words right, so I was never happy with my end result, even though it was what I'd scripted out before. And so I was losing some of probably that fullness in my voice.
And also you're probably getting frustrated by the 5th or 6th take. It's like you're so annoyed with yourself and the camera and the lighting and the truck that went by, you have to record again. You have like very little space, right? You get like all that frustration. I would try bulleting ideas and phrases. It's really hard to not script. I know. Or script. Script yourself speaking. Try turning on the narration cue and then script that out.
