Belle & Sebastian - "Space Boy Dream" (HD)

VOICE RECIPE: "A SPACE BOY DREAM" by Belle and Sebastian

"Faced with the reality of it, in a dream, I was terrified."

1. Tempo- Eventhough the music is grooving behind him, the speaker talks steadily, at a very clear tempo. He speaks very slowly, telling the story percicely and fluently.


2. Rhythm- The speaker speaks very steadily, and his rhythm is pretty much the same throughout the whole piece, eventhough the music starts to pick up at a certain point. But, when the music starts to build dramatically, he stops talking.


3. Articulation- The speaker articulates with the tip of his tongue on the back of his teeth. Eventhough his vowels are slurred together, the consonants really tell the story.


4. Pronunciation- Although the speaker has a pretty thick Irish Brogue, making the listener have to pay extra attention to his words, he is very good at pronouncing every word that he says. The consonants are clear, allowing his vowels to be a bit relaxed, as common in an Irish Brogue. Something interesting about this sort of accent is the fact that the "r" sound is flipped, not rolled, as in Spanish or Italian.


5. Pitch- His pitch is very relaxed, he does not vary his pitch very much, for he does not need to. This relaxed pitch (almost monotone) is soothing, which is fitting because he is talking about a dream, and dreams happen in a state of sleep or relaxation.


6. Volume- The speaker is not speaking loudly, forcing you to listen closely, and to really analyze what he is saying. It is as if someone was whispering to you in a loud room.


7. Qualities- The color of his voice is very warm, which again is fitting because dreams happen in a state of sleep and relaxation. I find his voice to be comforting, but because of the subject matter, mysterious at the same time.


8. Word Choice- He uses very colloquial language, for he is informally telling a story. I am sure that if he was in a public speaking situation, he would speak very differently; maybe louder, or clearer.

9. Non-Verbals- Aside from the music playing in the background, there aren't really any non-verbals used in his speech. His "r" sounds are flipped, creating sort of a click when you listen to it, but aside from that, all his sounds are words.