Voice Acting skills can take a back seat to the nice weather this time of year. I know that it’s tempting, but don’t stop with your training and marketing of your services to spend time having fun in the sun!
Actually, there is a way that you can kind of have your cake and eat it too. Simply stick to a simple schedule….nothing fancy or complicated. Literally block out specific time during the day when you work on your training or marketing….Then go out and have fun in the sun…AFTER you’ve finished your work.
I’m working on a simple scheduling technique that I’ll be releasing soon (maye today or tomorrow,) that will increase your productivity by at least 400% AND give you plenty of free time! Don’t believe me? Well, just check back….
AND….Be sure to sign up to the newsletter on this page to keep up to date and to get free videos, tutorials and reports that I don’t always put on the blog. Maybe this scheduling technique/report will be one of those bonuses.
There was an interview recently on moviefone.com with Spike Jonze, Director of the hit movie “Where The Wild Things Are”. He talked about the way the voice acting process went to record the voices for the monsters in the movie. (The question and his answer are right below this.) It will be interesting to see if the industry starts moving toward this process, or stays with recording each voice seperately. We’ll keep our eyes on it!
The actors who voiced the monsters acted out the roles on stage together; that’s an unusual process for voice acting, isn’t it?
We worried about the traditional way — that it would become staid. I wanted them to be together, because when you have two actors going in a scene together, they affect the other one. It just sounds different, it feels different, there’s something more alive in it. That was the real goal, to get them in a room and let it come to life, from the spontaneity that can happen when you have great actors acting in the moment together.
Interesting post from over at videovoicebank.net… I LOVE his reasons for why he prefers voice acting! See…everyone has a different reason and passion for doing what they do! haha
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Eugene LevyLive with Regis and Kelly today promoting the film. When they asked about which he prefers, on-camera acting or voice over? he said, “With voice over there’s no shaving, no memorizing, you’ve got your copy and you go. It’s a great way to work!”
voices the character, Orrin in the animated feature, Astro Boy. He was on
Hey… Sorry we’ve been a bit out of touch lately, but we’ve been swamped with your questions and comments and have been putting together video and other resources to answer your questions.
One of the biggest questions has been about voice and character development…as in how to do it and how to manage your voices. So, take a look at this mini lesson on how to create a recipe for characters and voices. Then after watching this video, put what you learned to the test by watching the next video with a bit of a quiz…And as always, please leave a question or comment and we hope you can put it to good use!
OK…Now that you’ve got the general idea on creating individual recipes for each of your voices, check out this video and put the knowledge to the test.
Eugene Levy