Ok, I know this is animation and not voice acting but is there any places where I could submit some of my voices in an attempt to become a voice actor?
take a good long look at the programmes on TV today...then ask yourself if you feel like spending the next 40 years reading scripts and doing voices for them....after you've made your decision, come meet me at the bar and get shitfaced...beats working
take a good long look at the programmes on TV today...then ask yourself if you feel like spending the next 40 years reading scripts and doing voices for them....after you've made your decision, come meet me at the bar and get shitfaced...beats working
A tremendous amount of the broadcast voice-work is awful............really awful stuff.
Most of it is due to uninspired scripts pandering to what network executives think is a moronic audience. The directorial coaching of these actors, sadly, often leans towards the shrieking, shrill-glass-shattering variety and very little of the "personality-via-voice" that once was a staple of the profession.
To do this really well.............I mean REALLY well.........you need the acumen of a Mel Blanc, or a John Byner.....or June Foray.......actors who can deliver hundreds of distinctly different voices.
Pros like these can invoke a personality in their characters, and it makes it easy to supply nuances of business ( acting) in animating those characters.
Most voice-work leans towards bland and tepid readings--or work so irritatingly over-the-top you may as well just animate someone screaming.
I've been approached numerous time over the years by people, friends, associates, strangers, etc....who gab about wanting to do voice-acting. I ask them what they can do and they give me their John Lennon, or Elvis or bad John Wayne impersonation.......or something like Dave Allen or Benny Hill.........and that's it.
Their repetoires are tiny, and don't really offer much.
I tell them voice-acting is acting..........its being able to tackle ANY role, not just 2 or 3 roles.
Some actors can make a career with just one distinctive voice (James Earl Jones, anyone?) but they are few and far between..........just like those with a large range of voices.
Please, do the animation industry a favour, if you've got those qualities.......by all means pursue this. If not, take the time to develop those qualities, or pursue something like radio.
And speaking of radio, the best way to get noticed as a voice actor is probably via radio--and public access radio can be a good start.
Like an artist needs to get their work out there so people can see it, a voice-actor needs to get themselves heard.......and that is one route.
Otheewise, look at the advice DSB has given.
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If you don't know the answer to this, you're probably not really ready to look for work doing voiceover. Here are a couple links to voiceover training in the SF and LA areas:
Sue and Sam are excellent at what they do, and if you ARE ready to start looking for voicework, they'll tell you up front. If not, you couldn't ask for better teachers to guide you along the way.
It ain't cheap to train, and the field is unbelievably competitive, but if you've got the drive, go for it.
take a good long look at the programmes on TV today...then ask yourself if you feel like spending the next 40 years reading scripts and doing voices for them....after you've made your decision, come meet me at the bar and get shitfaced...beats working
A tremendous amount of the broadcast voice-work is awful............really awful stuff.
Most of it is due to uninspired scripts pandering to what network executives think is a moronic audience. The directorial coaching of these actors, sadly, often leans towards the shrieking, shrill-glass-shattering variety and very little of the "personality-via-voice" that once was a staple of the profession.
To do this really well.............I mean REALLY well.........you need the acumen of a Mel Blanc, or a John Byner.....or June Foray.......actors who can deliver hundreds of distinctly different voices.
Pros like these can invoke a personality in their characters, and it makes it easy to supply nuances of business ( acting) in animating those characters.
Most voice-work leans towards bland and tepid readings--or work so irritatingly over-the-top you may as well just animate someone screaming.
I've been approached numerous time over the years by people, friends, associates, strangers, etc....who gab about wanting to do voice-acting. I ask them what they can do and they give me their John Lennon, or Elvis or bad John Wayne impersonation.......or something like Dave Allen or Benny Hill.........and that's it.
Their repetoires are tiny, and don't really offer much.
I tell them voice-acting is acting..........its being able to tackle ANY role, not just 2 or 3 roles.
Some actors can make a career with just one distinctive voice (James Earl Jones, anyone?) but they are few and far between..........just like those with a large range of voices.
Please, do the animation industry a favour, if you've got those qualities.......by all means pursue this. If not, take the time to develop those qualities, or pursue something like radio.
And speaking of radio, the best way to get noticed as a voice actor is probably via radio--and public access radio can be a good start.
Like an artist needs to get their work out there so people can see it, a voice-actor needs to get themselves heard.......and that is one route.
Otheewise, look at the advice DSB has given.
"We all grow older, we do not have to grow up"--Archie Goodwin ( 1937-1998)
Hey Dolmus,
If you don't know the answer to this, you're probably not really ready to look for work doing voiceover. Here are a couple links to voiceover training in the SF and LA areas:
http://www.voiceover-training.com/
http://www.blupka.com/
Sue and Sam are excellent at what they do, and if you ARE ready to start looking for voicework, they'll tell you up front. If not, you couldn't ask for better teachers to guide you along the way.
It ain't cheap to train, and the field is unbelievably competitive, but if you've got the drive, go for it.
Hundreds of dollars so that I might get a gig? Thanks for the info.
Hey you could post some samples and offer to do work for cheap. I hate voice overs and would love to find a cheap source for help.
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