Many months back I talked a lot about voice over script analysis as the key to winning the job(s).  Not much has changed in my belief that understanding the script is more important that anything, but there are certainly plenty more key pieces to actually executing that and making it a reality.  There are many ways to reach a destination, many strategies...

Voiceover Marketing is not something I have spent any time on.  At all.  This is pretty simple because I am not a voice actor.  And yet, with all those well-intended “putting the cart before the horse” students of mine, it’s the first thing they ask, even before they inquire about training.  “How can I get voiceover auditions?”  “How will I get a voiceover...

The best voice over techniques all cover the same ground – whether it be using your pitch over your volume, choosing a “down” inflection more often than an “up”, or most importantly…understanding the voice over script and thus the writers’ intentions on what should be done with it.  There is one technique so simple however, that it almost seems arbitrary. ...

I offer a free voiceover consult on my website for an obvious reason, to gain new potential students.  But I also believe that I can spot major problems or potential by hearing someone read one script, and this way I get to immediately encourage them or scare them away.  But another reason I offer this consult is that most people are way more comfortable...

Last time we discussed developing your character voice we focused on analyzing voice over scripts and helping to possibly flesh out a background story for your character.  These things form the base work for your character, but they’re not the end story.  A character should be like any real person you know – full of life and personality.  There are two...