As a voiceover artist, I supply audio narrations for videos every day for multiple companies. Whether the project format is explainers, ads, corporate or training videos, creating the audio component for videos gives me a unique perspective. Vital to that …
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Finding and Using your Authentic Voice
There’s been a seismic shift in all voiceover genres. Roughly eighty percent of current casting specs whether for commercials, corporate narrations, eLearning, or explainers reference a “real person” as the sound of the character they’re looking for. They want the …
How to Write Narration or Anything That Will Be Spoken Out Loud
As a voiceover artist I narrate words that other people have written everyday. Some of the narration scripts I’m hired to read are excellent and translate very well to being spoken out loud. Others? Not not much. Sometimes the grammar …
Spotlight on Voiceover for Localization
Living in a bilingual city (as I do), dubbing and localization are a big part of the work that’s available for voiceover artists. With the growing number of global streaming services, limits on production because of the pandemic and the …
Cold Prevention and Other Vocal Care for Actors
If the global pandemic has taught us anything it’s the importance of health. The old adage if you don’t have your health you ain’t got nothin’ has taken on a darker sense this past year. Taking care of your health …
Approaching Character Work In Voice Acting
When we think of character work in voice acting, obvious genre choices like animation and gaming rise to the surface. Jumping in to the concept of character work from here, “characters” (not to be confused with character actors) refers to …