Voice: Acting

Are you most comfortable voicing from your home studio, rather than face-to-face in auditions and jobs at professional studios? Consider breaking out of that shell. In-person auditions and sessions can be very intimidating, but that’s normal and they are a necessary part of your growth, says veteran voice talent and coach ‘chef’ Deb Munro – who whips up this ‘Out-Of-The-Egg Surprise’ recipe …

Situation for a bilingual voice actor: A video has been produced with a narration in English – and now you’re asked to voice the script in another language, matching the video, of course. As Bahasa-speaking voice actor Jamie Zubairi finds, the timing of it gets ridiculous. What will help?

Video games and animation aren’t the only voice over genres requiring original characters. Commercials, audiobooks – most any job will task you to create a living, breathing, believable character. Voice talent and coach Gary Terzza explains the qualities and talents to develop to please your producers …

Here’s a simple voice over tag from auditions casting director Hugh Klitzke. He asks: What word would you stress?

We can’t avoid bonehead moments – those times when we do something stupid, only to wonder WHY? J. Christopher Dunn shares 15 of his bonehead moments from 2013 – and invites you to admit that you, too, are human …

Mike Broderick, an American voice actor living in the United Kingdom misses his “zees” – but recognises (without a “z”) the importance of voicing words and phrases correctly in our international voice over markets. Follow these tips and you won’t drop a clanger …

Do you strive for perfection in your voice over auditions? Screw that, says voice over casting director and coach Hugh Klitzke. WHAT? WHY?

Rejection is dispiriting and demoralizing – and welcome to the world of voice over! Your auditions will be rejected often, warns voice talent- coach Gary Terzza, who explains why we lose so many bids – and how to cope with those setbacks …

Bilingual voice talents – who voice in two languages (not to mention multilinguals) seemingly have it ‘double easy’ – “But we actually often need to work double hard to gain a client’s trust in each language,” says Linda Joy, who voices in both English and German. “The path requires patience, and solutions can be surprising,” she adds, in sharing tips for voicing in a double-lingual world ….

Are you endlessly recording take after take – seeking to “get it right” for a client or audition? Conventional wisdom puts us on that path, but voice actor / TV news anchor Dave Courvoisier has another take on that …