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Voiceover – The Importance of Training

By on Friday, February 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Voice over teacher, coach and performer Marc Cashman talks about getting the required training you need to succeed.

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Voice Acting and Script Context

By on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 | No Comments

The last time I worked on an animation project the director stood just a few feet away from me in the booth.  Unusual, I thought.  But as we moved from scene to scene he continually filled me in on the setting and the back-story,  making  sure I understood the context of the lines I was [...]

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In Search of The Next Billy Mays

By on Monday, January 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Tangentially related to voice over, the call has gone out to find a replacement for hyper-pitchman Billy Mays who unexpectedly passed away in 2009.  The joke around our house was that when one of  Mr. Mays’ TV spots came on, you could hit “mute” on the remote and still hear him. Trade publication Advertising Age [...]

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Faux Audition Finalists Fronted

By on Friday, January 22nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

Voice over actor and fun guy Peter O’Connell has announced the finalists for the “just for fun” auditions for the voice of the ABC Evening News with Dianne Sawyer. Visit Peter’s blog and vote for your favorite finalists. Remember, it’s all just for grins and aside from a little notoriety and maybe some link love, [...]

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What is the Context?

By on Monday, September 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Been thinking about the word “context” this morning. It’s one of the lenses through which we should see the script as we prepare for the job or an audition. It helps us determine choices. I think language scholar Oscar E. Nybakken has a very useful take on the word “context” for the voice actor: Context [...]

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Creative Slating

By on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

My agents have a rule about slating which is short and sweet. Name only. Not even the role. Put that in the file name. The intent is to curb the behavior of some actors who think that rude noises, mini-biographies, or lame attempts at being funny during the slate will make them more memorable when [...]

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Should I slate in Character?

By on Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | No Comments

That’s one of the questions that floats up during the four part podcast interview Voicebanks’s Tracey Patton has with Bob Bergen and Bill Holmes.  Both are busy voice actors and teachers. So when auditioning for character or animation roles, should you slate in character. Some say yes. Bob says “no” for a simple reason that [...]

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