How A Voice Actor’s Website Can Tell You if They’re Right for Your Project It’s the internet age, so an online presence is important to any business. When it comes to hiring a voiceover actor, there’s a good chance they will have a website. Here are...
How to Know if a Talent’s Demo Truly Represents Their finished Project One of the most important tools for a voiceover Talent marketing to Buyers is a voiceover demo. For this reason, Talent always want to put their best foot forward in a demo. How can...
Making sure the humor of your script translates to the final project Some people can say anything and make it funny. If you’ve written a fast-paced, witty script, this is exactly the kind of person you want voicing it. If it’s your first time casting...
Getting past the stereotypes to find the right voices for your animation There are certain stereotypes about animation that linger on to this day. Cartoons are assumed to be goofy and childish, with high-pitched, ridiculous voices. Sometimes, this is true; but the field of animation...
The history and sociology of deep voices. A deep voice has long been associated with authority. Having evolved from a more patriarchal society in the early days of broadcast media when it was common for men to smoke cigarettes, the classic old-school announcer or deep voice...
What’s the purpose of the spot? Most often a commercial is demonstrating something people want. What is that? Identify and establish a proper tone for the read. Is this a high-energy read? A compassionate read? Informational? Structure your read. Identify how the phrasing of the script is balanced...
A voiceover demo is meant to demonstrate what someone can actually do. Being ready to produce a demo should coincide with your ability as a voiceover talent to produce out-of-the-ballpark, broadcast-quality reads. All too often a voiceover talent demo is produced in such a way that it...
Voice Over Talent? Voice Over Talent. They are exactly what the phrase says. They are the talent (actor, announcer) that does the voice over-top, often of an image, or a video but sometimes stand-alone such as in a radio spot or an announcement. The myriad...
