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WordPress smilies (or emoticons) – Voice Actor's Notebook
Whether you call them smilies or emoticons one thing is for sure: they are everywhere! Some blogs and forums use one system while different blogs and forums use slightly altered systems. Voice Actor’s Notebook is a WordPress based blog. That being so, you can use the WordPress smilies (a.k.a. emoticons) when you comment on…
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Making the copy your own – Voice Actor's Notebook
One of the most challenging, and in some cases confusing, aspects to the voice over beginner is the concept of “making the copy your own”. I had heard this expression many, many times from various sources (books, blogs, voice acting coaches, etc.) and it baffled me to no end for quite a long time.…
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Volunteering your voice – Voice Actor's Notebook
In two previous posts (one titled Wanna become a voice-over actor? and the other titled I really hate to scare you but…) I threw down two challenges to aspiring voice actors; challenges that are meant to get VO beginners into the habit of acting like, well… actors. Working on the two challenges is all…
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New list of voice over books – Voice Actor's Notebook
Here’s just a quick announcement to let you know that I just finished putting the “beginning” touches on my list of the best books on voice acting and doing voice overs. I say “beginning” because this list is by no means complete at the time of this writing. How can I make it more…
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The voice-over, script-analysis river – Voice Actor's Notebook
When I prepare a script, I always begin by analyzing each and every sentence. I look for clues as to the emotional tone of the script. I dig into the “meat” of every word and phrase to see how they relate to each other. And then finally step back in order to take in…
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My “high-tech” voice over home studio – Voice Actor's Notebook
Ok boys and girls, it’s time to open myself up to you, bare it all, to “show you the goods.” Yep. It’s time to pull back the curtain (literally) and give you a sneak peak into my utlra high-tech voice over home studio! Now I warn you, if you are a beginner to voice…
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Really nasty “tongue twisters” for voice acting practice – Voice Actor's Notebook
I’m not sure if these could be classified as tongue twisters or not. They’re really not that hard to say from a diction point of view. But they are challenging in a completely different way — and that difference makes them excellent “sort of” tongue twisters to practice your acting. Here’s the first little…
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Vocal warm ups with Rodney Saulsberry(+ transcriptions!) – Voice Actor's Notebook
Looking for some good vocal warm ups to get your voice ready for your next big (or medium or small) gig? Well, voice over talent Rodney Saulsberry put together three fantastic videos of tongue twisters that he personally recommends. As a bonus, I’ve included a transcription of each of the tongue twisters from all…