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firecatAndy Serkis is livestreaming himself reading The Hobbit for charity.
The GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/thehobbitathoncovid19appeal
The livestream (as of Friday 8 May, 1:30 pm PDT):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOF_r_Y5-A
I often read aloud to myself. I also listen to audiobooks, and I think my reading skills are much poorer than those of the audiobook narrators I like.
I still think that's probably true, but I feel better about my reading, listening to Serkis's livestream. He's doing a great job but it's full of stutters and errors the same way my reading is. (OK he's 11 hours into his marathon, but he sounded similar at the beginning.)
And I have more respect for audiobook engineers and narrators, who probably have to work harder than I realized to put together a seamless, dramatic performance (the kind where the narrator uses a different voice for each character).
The GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/thehobbitathoncovid19appeal
The livestream (as of Friday 8 May, 1:30 pm PDT):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOF_r_Y5-A
I often read aloud to myself. I also listen to audiobooks, and I think my reading skills are much poorer than those of the audiobook narrators I like.
I still think that's probably true, but I feel better about my reading, listening to Serkis's livestream. He's doing a great job but it's full of stutters and errors the same way my reading is. (OK he's 11 hours into his marathon, but he sounded similar at the beginning.)
And I have more respect for audiobook engineers and narrators, who probably have to work harder than I realized to put together a seamless, dramatic performance (the kind where the narrator uses a different voice for each character).
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Date: 9 May 2020 06:31 pm (UTC)