As a casting director, I got to be a fly on the wall when the writers, directors, and producers wanted to listen back to the casting sessions in my office.  They could have listened to it in their cozy offices back at their own workplace – but why choose that when you can have a field trip and escape your boss for a few hours . . . and order free sushi for...

Voiceover technique comes in many shapes and forms.  Use your inflection to emphasize a point or to sound more upbeat or more commanding, underline words that help you to connect to the points you are making, define who you are talking to, etc.  Here’s another strategy:  take a break.  Ever wonder why some of the best actors out there also seem to have...

Analyzing voiceover scripts, as we discussed last week, is the most important key to your performance.  It makes sense that an actor can only fully express the character he is portraying if he has all the information on this character.  The same is true for any voiceover jobs.  Understand the script, the character, the motivation, the mood, the word...

Analyzing a voice over script can be the the most important part of winning the job.  Do not underestimate the process of staring at the words until you are blue in the face and can fully grasp the writer’s intentions.  I often tell students that I believe script analysis accounts for 75% of how you win the spot.  If you know what the writer wants, and you...