Voice: Acting

VO pro Dave Courvoisier notes a new “cryptic” request appearing in audition calls: “We’re looking for some African American voices, or ‘ambiguously ethnic voices.'” Anyone figure that out?

Sometimes you can think a word or insert a phrase in your mind as missing text to create specificity in the voice over script you are about to read. Casting director Hugh Klitzke demonstrates how this changes your delivery …

We all get ’em – bad days or a couple hours when nothing goes right. And what? You forgot to edit out that expletive from the recording before sending to your client? Rob Marley knows the drill, and here’s what he does to snap out of it …

What would you say to a voice over producer who asks you for tips in bringing out best performances in voice actors? VO pro J. Christopher Dunn surveyed voice actors for suggestions and shares many here … plus asks you for more!

A process for analyzing a voice over script removes anxiety and fear of getting it right. Casting Director/coach Hugh Klitze offers tips to get you thinking about what will work best for you …

Valentine’s Day has come and gone – but voice actor Dan Hurst surveyed clients to learn how to keep the love (and jobs) going year-long. And he shares these keepsake nuggets …

“Announcers are the zombies of the voice over world,” observes veteran voice actor and TV news anchor Dave Courvoisier – in other words, the “announcery” style of delivery is increasingly VO taboo. The often called-for alternative is to sound “conversational” – but what’s that, really?

Voice actor Elaine Singer rejects assumptions and stereotypes of the so-called “mature voice” – as scripts seek it for 30-year-olds to”frail grandmas.” More accurate, she finds, are these mature views of the mature voice …

Voice actor Laila Berzins shares a critique she’d received early in her voice over career: “That was a good read, but it needed more energy.” Well, she took the solution to heart, and now along with director/producer/coach ‘Uncle Roy’ Yokelson, Laila tells how to energize our reads to book more jobs …

Looking at old copy is like trying to get back together with your ex: You’re never going to get everything you want out of it. Good or bad, right or wrong – it just won’t ever be the same. Maybe you said the wrong thing …