The most misguided question in voiceovers has got to be a combination of timing and naivet\u00e9. It is the one that comes before any training at all has ensued: \u201cDo I have what it takes?\u201d Granted, when most people think about the voice\u00a0 over industry they naturally assume the talent, the skill, the \u201ceverything it takes to make it\u201d is all in the actual existing qualities of the voice itself. But there\u2019s a reason they call it voice acting. I would say the voice itself factors in only in certain specific genres such as animation and perhaps when the copy is so short you can\u2019t help but notice the voice. When storytelling is involved, when acting is involved, when relating on a human scale is involved, only a sense of authenticity and dynamism will engage the listener \u2013 fabulous voice be damned.<\/p>\n
So, when I am asked right up front before any commitment to learning the craft is involved whether they should pursue voiceover or not, I gently remind my prospective students that voiceover is actually no different than any other field \u2013 it is a skill that must be learned. I, nor any coach out there cannot predict one\u2019s propensity for learning the skills involved upon an initial conversation because again, this is one of learning, not of voice quality. In a way, it\u2019s no different from piano lessons. You cannot ask a teacher if you have what it takes by just showing them your long, strong, and elegant hands. Imagine a football player walking onto the field and throwing the ball for the first time. It could very well be a terrible throw. But wait! Show that guy how to grip the ball properly, show him the proper way to extend his arm before, during, and after releasing the ball. Now let him try it again and again and again. Now you may tell him whether he might have a shot in this sport. There are no guarantees of success in any field you choose to pursue, but at the very least there must be some TRYING first before you\u2019ll be able to gauge your chances, yes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The most misguided question in voiceovers has got to be a combination of timing and naivet\u00e9. It is the one that comes before any training at all has ensued: \u201cDo I have what it takes?\u201d Granted, when most people think about the voice\u00a0 over industry they naturally assume the talent, the skill, the \u201ceverything it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-voice-over-gurus-blog","tag-voiceover"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":389,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions\/389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceovergurus.com\/guru_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}