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One of the most important – and easiest – things you can do to sound conversational in your voice-over read is to start the conversation beforehand – establishing a back story. VO pro/instructor Marc Cashman explains the three steps to creating an effective lead-in to telling the script’s story …
As a voice actor, are you playing like basketball great LeBron James? Or are you shooting wildly at auditions, hoping something will go in the net? VO pro/coach J. Michael Collins tells how to make calculated decisions that have realistic opportunities for getting the jobs …
When winter’s cold dry air infiltrates the vocal cords, VO pro Rob Marley relies on a hot technique to warm up the cords – and continue voice-over learning at the same time. Get ready for hot steam and a cold read …
We humans love story. “We swim in it, soak in it, eat it up daily,” says VO pro Kim Handysides. So: what’s YOUR story? To make our voice-over messages memorable, Kim urges us to pack them with emotion from our singular perspective …
Why bother to learn the three common elements of a voice-over commercial script? It will improve your delivery of what the client wants. VO pro Rob Marley details what to recognize in a script …
How often have you heard – or thought – that the voice-over session director doesn’t know WHAT he or she wants? Probably, too often. One solution is for the director to more thoroughly understand acting, in order to make the session a collaborative event. Producer/coach Rudy Gaskins explains that approach, preparing to teach it at the SCAD Animation Fest in late September …
You certainly don’t want to annoy your eLearning listeners, but poor decisions about audio can ruin the project. VO pro Dan Hurst shares five tips – from audio quality to choice of voice and music – that will help connect with your audience …
Yes, our voices change with age – but that’s not a bad thing. And training overcomes some barriers, observes VO pro Kim Handysides. Plus, as the consumer population grows in age, so too are the calls for ‘senior’ voices …
It happens to the best of communicators – tensing up at the microphone. Call it Mike Fright – and in voice-overs, it’s a condition to avoid. VO pro and coach Paul Strikwerda digs into the roots of Mike Fright and suggests this cure …
In a voice-over recording session, do you sometimes UNprofessionally act out inner diva (male or female) dramas? Admitting he’s been guilty of these errors, VO pro Christian Rosselli shares this list of “Things to make sure a producer or director never hears during a session” …