All voice over has some element of acting but the level ranges from performance to performance and genre to genre. The goal in voice acting is to authentically capture a story and character through vocals only and to hint at physicality and movement through tone, pitch, and delivery. Imbuing the … [Read more...] about Which Came First? Voice Acting or Voice Over
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4 Keys Successful Voice Artists Use to Unlock The Perfect Delivery
As a voice over artist, what do you do with a script when you get one? Other than just read it cold into your microphone. Do you analyze it for meaning? For nuance? What about its message? The writer of your script definitely spent much more than a few minutes putting it together, so you as the … [Read more...] about 4 Keys Successful Voice Artists Use to Unlock The Perfect Delivery
How Improv Can Make You a Better Voice Over Actor
Have you ever taken an improv class? My first improv teacher, Diana Mady Kelly (University of Windsor, School of Dramatic Art) blew my mind wide open early in my career by introducing me to the power of “yes, and…” A student of both Viola Spolin and Uta Hagen, the grounding in “working in the now” … [Read more...] about How Improv Can Make You a Better Voice Over Actor
Voice Acting Is At the Core of Human Oral Tradition
“Once upon a time…” In every culture, throughout the history of human-kind, knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material has been received, preserved and transmitted orally from one generation to another. This oral tradition or oral lore is human communication handed down over time in the form of … [Read more...] about Voice Acting Is At the Core of Human Oral Tradition