VOICE ACTING Not Connecting With The Voice-Over Copy? Here's Why. And How To Improve By Tom Dheere Voice Actor & CoachThis is how I interpret it:
HOW TO DO IT ... To get your performance out of the left column and into the right column, do the stuff in the middle column. Listen: Most aspiring voice talents fail
because they don't know how to listen. More to the point, they're so in
love with the sound of their pretty, pretty voice that they don't pay
attention to the story and CAN'T TAKE DIRECTION. If you can't or won't
listen to your coaches, your demo producers, your fellow voice talents,
or your studio directors, you are ****ed. You have no shot of getting
anywhere in this industry. Study: Like any
business, you need to understand the industry and your place in it.
Specifically, understand the different genres (commercials, explainer
videos, etc.) and which ones you can and can't do. Be realistic! Everybody wants to do cartoons. Everybody wants to do video games. But not everyone is good at it. Practice / Develop Your Technique: Practice your breath control, mic technique, script interpretation, etc. Focus:
Stay focused on the essentials. The fundamentals, as they say in
sports. Practice your dribbling and your footwork, keep your eye on the
ball, all that crap. They call it fundamentals for a reason! Experiment/Improvise:
Improvisation classes are a huge help. They will loosen your reads and
give you license to make stronger choices. Yes, I know that scripts are
set and you can't make stuff up. HOWEVER, good storytellers make strong
choices in the moment. Community colleges and local theater
groups offer these classes, some of them for free. Be Bold: make bold choices when you narrate and commit to them. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT TOM Over more than two decades, Tom Dheere - AKA 'The VO Strategist' - has narrated thousands of projects for clients in over a dozen countries and voiced more than 40 audiobooks. He is also a voice over business consultant, a coach at Edge Studio, was the marketing consultant for the Voice Over Virtual online conference, and is also writer/producer of the sci-fi action comic book Agent 1.22. Email: tom@tomdheere.com Web: www.tomdheere.com Agent 1.22 SEE MORE HELPFUL VOICE ACTING ARTICLES Your Daily Resource For Voice-Over Success
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Linda Joy
12/1/2019 at 1:35 PM
Amazing and brilliant all rolled into one!!!
Mitch
11/29/2019 at 11:06 AM
This chart is a good idea.
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