As we emerge from 2020, VOLA is moving forward, breaking through and thriving! We are super excited to offer an enhanced education program which is setting a new standard of excellence for our industry. We believe that, as a creative services post production company, VOLA is in a unique position to connect our students with …
Oh, what to wear? You’ve been told the best part of voiceover recording is that it doesn’t matter what you wear. You’re not on camera. A-list clients are notorious for rolling out of bed for a session looking like… let’s just say there were no cameras allowed. But there’s one consequence of clothing choice that …
Mouth Clicks on a voiceover or film dialogue track should never interfere with the performance. Knowing why mouth clicks happen, how to avoid them, and how easily they can be fixed is an important part of the audio postproduction skill set, whether you’re an engineer, producer, or the talent. Mouth clicks can be incredibly distracting …
Here at VoiceOver LA, we often inherit TV and commercial location sound that needs a ton of work. Poor audio quality requires more editing and restoration time. Dialog editing isn’t just about editing ADR or voice over and swapping in lines that replace bad production sound. The better the production sound, the easier the ADR …
What is Automated Dialogue Replacement (ADR) ADR – Automated Dialogue Replacement is the process of rerecording production dialog in a professional studio after shooting a film. This is done for a number of reasons. There could be technical problems with the production audio (too much bleed from another actor’s voice). There could be a distracting …
Morgan Freeman’s Voice Over Secret Morgan Freeman’s presence onscreen and behind-the-scenes presence is legendary in Hollywood. He won the Best Supporting Actor Academy Award (2005) for Million Dollar Baby and has received several Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009). He became …
VoiceOver Training | The Engineer is on Your Side Use Your Engineer. Too often, voiceover artists decide to go it alone in the booth. “It’s me against the world.” Brand new script. Critical engineer. Anxious producers. Annoyed executives on phone patch. It doesn’t have to be that way. Don’t forget who’s literally paid to be …
