Are you good at doing impressions? Do you find yourself getting laughs at parties with impressions of your family members, friends, or maybe a boss? Is there a celebrity or two that you love to impersonate? This ability to truly capture the speaking mannerisms of another person, whether a celebrity, … [Read more...] about Voiceover Impersonations and Sound Alikes – Selling Your Penchant for Imitation
Voiceover Styles
Voicing Animation – Insight from the Experts – Part 1
Animation is one of the most well-known genres in voice acting. The appeal of being the voice of a beloved cartoon character or the main character in a game is very attractive, especially to newcomers to voice over. Fun and exciting as it is, there is a certain preparation and specific approach to … [Read more...] about Voicing Animation – Insight from the Experts – Part 1
Voiceover Narration for Non-profit Organizations
Voiceover Narration for Non-profit Organizations I’d like to dispel a poor bit of “advice” that keeps surfacing in the VO world: to shy away from voiceover for non-profit organizations. This guidance is, in part, because the remuneration is often low or lower than corporate work or commercial voice … [Read more...] about Voiceover Narration for Non-profit Organizations
How Voice Actors Do Dubbing and How to Break Into It
The first time I saw a rythmo band crawl across the top of a cartoon with words matched in time to the little animated mouth flaps, I was mesmerized, and a little scared. The script scrawled in a racing cursive with weird curlicues and indecipherable symbols which flowed past a black bar on the … [Read more...] about How Voice Actors Do Dubbing and How to Break Into It
How to Nail the Best Voice Overs for Advertising Case Studies
How do advertising agencies sell their services? They create case studies. Meant to gain clients before selling to their clients, (or afterward for followup campaigns) advertising case studies demonstrate how an ad agency or a media company helped meet their marketing objectives, how they overcame … [Read more...] about How to Nail the Best Voice Overs for Advertising Case Studies
How to Approach Voice Over for Family Friendly Commercials
Summer time and the living is full of family friendly get-togethers and outings and commercials offering advice on what to do to keep everyone happy and how to save money doing it. To be able to serve Mom, Dad, the kids, Grandma and the clients as well, we as the voice over actors have a few things … [Read more...] about How to Approach Voice Over for Family Friendly Commercials