Tips for Growing into the Growing Audiobook Field. NOTE: This is a multi-installment article.
Stay tuned next week for Part 2. Audiobook production and sales have swelled lately. Which is, indeed, swell for the similarly growing number of actors and hopefuls wanting to work in the genre. Because, as in any acting field, typically there are more actors than acting job opportunities. So every actor needs to explore every avenue available to his craft – especially considering that not every actor is a good match for audio book narration, even within the community of trained voice over artists. WHAT IS STUDIO SUIT? AMAZING! Why Competition is a Good Thing. Working as a voiceover artist is great!
Growing up if someone had told me I’d be earning money for talking I would have thought they were having me on. Black Friday 2013. Dreaded Ambient Noise. Nov18 Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast) Ambient noise can spoil the work of any voice-over artist.
Noise is as mysterious as water: it can easily penetrate the space where you record, you might not hear it, but your mic will capture it. Israel Voiceover Organization. ארגון הקריינים בישראל. Recording Voice Overs on your iPhone. Name the number one electronic gadget you can’t live without.
To me this is a no-brainer. It’s my iPhone 5. It goes wherever I go. Thanks to audio editor Twisted Wave (one of MacLife’s 29 Web Apps We Can’t Live Without), it’s also my portable recording studio. The iPhone 5 comes with three microphones. 1. I Know That Voice - A documentary that puts a face to the voices we all know and love - iknowthatvoice.com. בלה בלה - בית הספר הישראלי למקצועות הקריינות. Voiceover artist Anna Parker-Naples - British Voice Over. Three Easy Things You Need to Know About Editing in Your Home Studio by Scott Harlan. Knowing when and how to make basic audio touch-ups can make using your home studio a lot less intimidating, even fun.
It also pleases clients. Girls Guide to Voiceover. My dog, Banjo who didn’t actually eat my SAG card, but he did encourage me to join RTC because money doesn’t grow on trees & peanut butter doesn’t buy itself.
Recently we reached out to producer, director, mover, shaker & all around great guy Jim Kennelly, from LOTAS Productions (NYC) and Real Time Casting. Finding Voice Over Jobs Online and How To Get Them. Finding Voice Over Jobs Online and How To Get Them How does one find voice over jobs?
How much work is out there and how do you get it? Ken Theriot shares his perspective and tips for auditioning as a working voice actor who uses the voice over marketplace to promote himself and do business online. Download Podcast Episode 127 » Listen to Melanie - About Me. The Short Version Melanie Ehrlich is an intuitive, versatile and passionate actress, whose creative work spans multiple disciplines and countries.
Her naturally fun, energetic demeanor and keen sense of comedic timing lend themselves well to quirky, comedic roles; her acute awareness of human nature, however, makes her equally skilled in dramatic contexts. Melanie also has 200+ voiceover credits in animation, video games, commercials, documentaries, educational media, and even in-flight videos, for internationally renowned clients including Japan Airlines, Samsung, LG, Ebay, and Johnson & Johnson. She also plays a mean kazoo. Melanie is thrilled to be reprising the lead role of Mimzy in the short play "One Last Box" at The Network NYC's One-Act Festival in February, and can also be seen in an upcoming episode of the popular Investigation Discovery series "Redrum" scheduled to air in late January!
The Full Story So, what am I doing now? Understanding Voiceover Jargon and Buzz Words. Understanding Voiceover Jargon and Buzz Words How can you tell what clients want in a read? Oftentimes, producers will include tags or "buzz words" to describe what they are looking for. J. Michael Collins explores the most common tags he's seen on Voices.com auditions and identifies buzz word categories, explains what many of them mean and guides you on how to use buzz words when auditioning for voiceover work. Download Podcast Episode 132 » Links from today's show: JMCVoiceover.com J. Your Instructor this week: Voice Talent J. Throughout his career as a broadcast and print journalist, educator, and corporate trainer, J. How To Quickly Choose an Animated Character Voice in the Booth.
Think fast!!
Who are you?? When you're auditioning on-site for a cartoon or other character voice over job, before entering the booth you'll probably have at least a few minutes to think about who you'll portray. But maybe not long. And at the mic, often the director will challenge you to come up with a character in the spur of the moment. Five Web-Based Tools for the Voice-Over Kind. There was a time when I thought the only software tool worth having was one that I installed to my computer’s hard drive.
Using a tool through my browser seemed lame and I always believed that they would be slow and useless. Really, how many online calculators do I need to bookmark? At some point, I made the decision that internet centric tools were not a bad thing.