It’s time for another round of voice over script analysis. To book voiceover jobs, you MUST know what you are talking about, and more importantly, HOW they want you to talk about it. As usual, we will cover both these areas….the BIG picture being the tone they want you to evoke, and the LITTLE picture being all the keywords on each line that support the...
If you want to book voice over jobs, you need more than just a pretty voice. Way more. Acting chops. Good timing. Articulation (but not too much). And an understanding of the voiceover script. This tells the writer or producer that you GET IT. How exactly will they “hear” that you “get” the script? You tell them in each and every sentence by...
Today’s top voiceover tips for honing your technique come first from Anton Chekhov. There are so many to choose from that we will only dissect a few here, but the lessons from each are each a gold mine of treasure The shortest and simplest is one I was recently reminded of while re-reading Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. If you haven’t read this book...
There is constant evidence in voice acting that a person's "history" is getting in the way. (These are the in-trained actors, of course). A believable voice over performance requires a clearing of sorts to happen, which can be done in many ways, but must be done. One way is therapy. Another is suspension of disbelief. And the list goes on. Take the...
I've been trying to find the best way to incorporate (into voiceover training) what I recently learned in an incredible communication course I just took. What started as me thinking I was going to learn how to make myself more clear to people quickly turned into an incredible journey of emotional self discovery and how our human struggle translates to...