Dec 22, 2016 | Blog, directing, voice over, voice talent
So, here’s the scenario: after three months of struggle, you’ve got a product, and an actor, with just the right tone to voice it… And only an hour in the booth to get the performance you hope to capture. You expect your voice over talent to communicate...
Oct 14, 2016 | Blog, politics, voice over, voice talent
Here’s the setting: You’re a working voice-over actor with a meaningful portion of your income based on the hopeful assumption that a modest stream of work will continue to come in – at least enough to pay the bills your job-job doesn’t cover – because you really are...
Jul 29, 2016 | Blog, politics, voice over, voice talent
OK, trick question. In today’s culture, there’s none. The best VO in a political commercial comes via its drama and delivery, and nowadays, gender is a non-factor. What is, is believing what the voice artist is saying. And more importantly, whether he or she is making...
Mar 22, 2016 | Entertainment Industry, voice over, voice talent
With the arrival of the talkies in the 1930’s, LA became a magnet for a torrent of movie actor wanna-be’s, which, according to my ol’ dad, literally upped the gene pool in the resulting proliferation of pretty people. Surely, he was talking about me – I just wish he’d...
Mar 3, 2016 | Entertainment Industry, voice over, voice talent
Let’s eat Grandma! Hmmm, didn’t you mean, Let’s eat, Grandma!? Yes, commas save lives, and emphasis is another way of describing interpretation. Once you find the right voice over talent for a project – just the kind of combination of vocal qualities, age-range and...
