Formant attributes of the voice that can provide identification of a character type:
| Frequency | Bass, baritone, alto or soprano |
| Resonant energy | Range between 1000 and 2000 Hz |
| Peaks | Can give a whiney, infantile sound |
| Sibilance and friction |
Weak (poorly articulated speech) Strong (whispers, giggling, etc…) |
Characteristics:
- Set character and possibly context
- Characters are often designed and grounded on clichés, and therefore can mislead the audience into a non-conventionality
- Depends on culture
- Can be linked with context and its dialogue variables as the voice of a person can change considering the situation
- Does not inherently provide any spatial cues
Related induced effect: Prosody; M.S.I.
Complementary effect: Context variables; Dialogue variables; A.D.R.
(Sonnenschein, 2001)