I Want To Be A Voiceover Artist, Where Do I Start?

Contents Page 


What is Voiceover all about

Get a Voiceover Coach and advice

Is Health important for a Voiceover Artist

What are the best things to eat and drink as a Voiceover Artist

How much should I charge for my Voiceover Work

Be hungry to learn daily

What equipment do I need to get started

How do I get work as a Voiceover 

Scripts for a Voiceover

Demo

My last thoughts

A few tips


 

Voiceover is basically acting with your voice.  There are a huge amount of voiceovers being used absolutely everywhere, there are: voices for adverts, E-Learning, Explainer videos, Ebooks, Courses, Gaming, Animation, In-show Narration, Presenting, Cinema Trailers, Infomercials, Dubbing, Phone Prompts, Audiobooks, voices for toys, podcasts,  websites, and In-store display units. This list is not exhaustive either as there are new areas springing up all the time.

A Voiceover Artist has to be able to add life to a script, put a little umph in it kind of thing. Also it is essential for a Voiceover Artist to lift the words off the paper and have the ability to create a real character in your mind and in your heart.  A great Voiceover Artist is able to think on their feet, interpret the words into a realistic character, and to be able to give a real heart filled with passion to voice  the script.

It's not all glamorous though, some parts of the work are less attractive.So for example if you are doing an audio book recording you are standing or even sitting for hours and hours of recording often in a dark room with no natural light in a Studio or in your home studio. So not ideal circumstances but it's the end result that you're focusing on. It is the same type of set up an environment if you're recording for online E-Learning programs often for Medical, or Legal scripts which can be long, technical words, reading for hours on end.You still need to keep the passion the drive, the enthusiasm, the character and the heart behind all of your readings. It is no walk in the park , especially if you have the Client listening in via Skype in your headphones.

 

You have got to use your voice for acting it's not just about having a nice voice or someone told you that you sound smoother than honey or you got that Barry White  bass  voice.  It's all about how are you using your  voice to lift the words from the script, how are you using your voice to move a text into a real character and creating a depth or belief for the listener.

 

You need to also think as well where does your voice belong ?  What type of voice do you have?  What's your age reading range? Do you sound like a teenager or  a woman in their 20s? How long can you do a French accent for ? Also think about other Industries that your voice may be useful for  as not everybody is going to be the cinema movie trailer voice. Some people need to go and do animation characters some people need to go and do gaming characters how many voices do you have in your repertoire? Can you be a child or a woman of 18, someone in their 60s? How far can your range of voice go?  You need to think about these things when you're trying to think of going into the Voiceover industry...

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