Voice Actors Notebook
So you wanna become a voice actor, huh?
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Voice over opportunities abound! – Voice Actor's Notebook
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When most non-voice actors hear the term “voice overs”, they think of the funny voices found in cartoons and in animation. A few might make the leap to radio and TV imaging, promos, and commercials. And a few more might even realize that the voices floating over the scenes in a documentary are not…
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Tongue twister warm ups with Amanda Sellers (PLUS transcriptions!) – Voice Actor's Notebook
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Here’s a tongue-twisting video by Amanda Sellers that contains some really good tongue twisters for voice-over warm ups or practice. I went ahead and transcribed the tongue twisters. They are posted below the video, so make sure to click on the “Read more” link below the video to see them.
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The intention behind the words – Voice Actor's Notebook
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In a previous post about acting emotions, I gave a list of the most common emotions that any actor worth his or her proverbial salt should be able to produce at the drop of the proverbial hat. But being able to authentically act out emotions is only the tip of a very proverbial iceberg.…
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List of acting emotions for practice – Voice Actor's Notebook
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(Note: Due to the popularity of this post, I’ve moved it from the archives to the home page.) Voice over acting is just that — acting. Which means that you must have the ability to express a myriad of emotions through only the sound of your voice. And it must be done in a…
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Voice Actor's Notebook – Page 2
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A great voice over warm up! – Voice Actor's Notebook
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While checking out the Voice-Overs Forum I came across a very cool warm up idea posted by one of the members (I won’t say who because I’m not sure about privacy issues — better safe than sorry.) It’s the NBC announcer test. The test originated at Radio Central New York (NBC) in the 1940s…
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Voice over scripts for free! – Voice Actor's Notebook
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(Note: Due to the popularity of this post, I’ve moved it from the archives to the home page.) Anyone looking to become a voice over actor needs scripts to practice with. And since you can’t just walk into any bookstore and pick up a collection of scripts complete with radio, television, telephony, narration, video…
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Videos – Voice Actor's Notebook
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Another radio announcer test – Voice Actor's Notebook
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If you’ve already mastered the NBC radio announcer test that I posted earlier, then here’s a new one for you to wrap your tongue around: Penelope Cholmondely raised her azure eyes from the crabbed scenario. She meandered among the congeries of her memoirs. There was the Kinetic Algernon, a choleric artificer of icons and…
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A few voice over tips… – Voice Actor's Notebook
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Here are a few quick tips from voice over legend Bob Bergen (the amazing voice of Porky Pig plus many many more.) Don’t do a demo until you are ready! When it comes to cartoons, every character has a voice but not all voices have character. If you physically play the character the voice…