Voice Acting

Quick: Make your multiple audiobook characters interact with expressions of fear, anger, sadness, tenderness – and maintain your narrator neutrality – all in the same scene. It’s a challenge that voice talent / instructor Monique Sacay-Bagwell met with a technique that lets her create and move between emotional states quickly and naturally. It’s called the Emotional Body Method – a valuable tool for many types of VO copy, which Monique details here …

Your voice over clients “need you tell the story. If you don’t know the story, you’re of no use,” says top voice over talent and trainer Pat Fraley. Here’s how to find the story and describe it in the briefest of terms – in a Log Line …

What if you could listen to a voice over casting team while they were reviewing your audition? You’d learn a lot! David Goldberg, CEO (Chief Edge Officer) at Edge Studio, a major voice over training company and recording studios based in New York City, details a free way to learn how to predict how VO casting teams and directors will react to your auditions …

You catch a mistake in the voice over script – maybe a grammatical error, something that doesn’t sound right in English. Or you’re challenged by multiple ways to pronounce something. What to do? Top voice talent/coach Tom Dheere explains ‘coverage’ …

Should you jump right into a voice over script when you grasp the first few words, or take some time to study the words for a road map to emotionally connect with your listeners? VO pro/coach Dan Friedman advises to “think before you speak.” Here’s why and how …

Voice talent/coach Tom Dheere admits he does something that he advises voice over newcomers NOT to do – yet: Give recording session clients options they didn’t ask for, or suggest script corrections. It’s called ‘collaborating’ with your clients, but done only in a trusting relationship …

“Wow, this was not what we were looking for, but it’s EXACTLY what we need!” That’s what you want to hear a client say after they’ve listened to your audition. And how do you make that happen? “Dare to be you,” says VO pro/coach Paul Strikwerda. Embrace the scars, bumps and bruises that let your authenticity speak …

Have you ever had a shaky voice in a voice over audition or at a gig because you were anxious or nervous? Or do you get tired after a short time recording? Prep your pipes! Top voice talent and coach Shelley Cohen reviews why and how learning to breathe properly can dramatically improve your voice over performances …