I spend a lot of time having voiceover students focus on finding their own inner “magic.” The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron is a great resource for tapping into your own inner "magic."  Everyone has it, and I can see it in every single person I meet.  The problem is that for some reason it all disappears (like magic!) once they start “reading.”  Yes,...

Among the many voiceover techniques I have laid out for you, this is by far the most practical.  Understanding the script and its message is the most important job you have before you start reading the script out loud, or else you will sound like you’re reading the script out loud.  In order to gain an emotional connection with the copy, you must...

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...