What Is the Optimum Way of Forging a Career in Voiceovers
Chances are somebody has said to you, “You have a great voice, you should do commercials!” or some variation of that. The fact of the matter is, having a great sound is like having a great piano. It’s nice, but will do you no good until you learn how to play it! One of the greatest myths about voiceover acting is what we like to call the myth of the Golden sound. Do you have to sound hugely resonant and deep like James Earl Jones, or authoritative like Don LaFontaine to make money in voice over acting? As a matter of fact, you do not.But first before I give the step-by-step guide to a career in sound over, in the commercial world all kinds of voices are needed~ low voices, whiny voices, gravelly voices, flat voices and even average voices. So, even if you do not have a classic ?good phonation? you can enter the field if you have determination. When you are trying to learn sound-overs or improve your sound over skills the first step is usually to take a class.
phonation Over work is an exciting vocation for sound-over talent but you need training to develop professional sound-over skills to participate effectively in this industry. One of the particular challenges of this job of ours is that there is indeed a very highly paid and highly visible tip of the iceberg in almost every branch of the profession. This can either be very daunting for everyone else, who is not experiencing such fame and fortune, or worse, can be the kind of carrot which encourages beginners (and sometimes people with more experience who should know a lot better) to hold out for the glamour jobs at the expense of getting busy with the day to day gigs. Appropriately in a piece on sound-overs, it is now time for me to shut up and hand over to two very authoritative voices, speaking from both the artist and agent side of the microphone.
You can never read enough books, news clippings, pieces of ad copy or audition scripts. The more you practice reading a range of scripts, the wider your vocabulary will become, and the more versatile your voice acting skills. Diversify the material you are reading with regard to content, application and style to tone up your reading skills. Nurture a voracious appetite for reading.
