Voice Over Talent on Twitter

The social networking giant, Twitter, continues to mystify some and make money for others. Heck, even the money-makers are mystified. Yet the ones who have tackled the site head-on continue to bring in revenue in their desired fields - and voice-over talent is no exception. Are you on Twitter? Have you signed up and then abandons the account after two "tweets" citing an excuse of something like, "I just don't get it" or "it's a waste of time"?

STOP!

The Internet is an amazing thing, and some voice talents still don't grasp the plethora of knowledge just waiting to be found ... when you ask the right questions. All of the social networking sites are connected. We're only going to talk about Twitter in this article, but by using once you will learn how to use the others!

Spend just one hour on Twitter and you'll begin to see the enormous potential. Don't know what to talk about? Just be yourself! Make jokes, ask questions, and talk about your everyday life -- both personal and business.

As voice talent, we're not always selling our voices - we're selling ourselves, as people. When we're real and interactive, people will respond, and will want to "follow" you in the Twitter world. Even if you don't have a lot of followers, you can still find jobs - again, just use the search engine for the site! If you're searching for VO jobs anywhere else, you already know how to use a search engine. Step outside your comfort zone for one hour and see what happens.

Visit our twitter at : http://www.twitter.com/VoicesOnlineNow

Written by Trish1

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Voice Over Industry

Great VO Industry Story:

A professional VO walked in the studio and laid down the perfect read in the first take. The client exclaimed, "We paid him $400 for one take?!" To which the producer replied, "That's why you paid him $400.

New Update for Voices Online Now's New Building

Metropolis Integrated Media, a full service media production company, recently began construction on a new facility at 352 South 500 East. This decision to relocate comes after Salt Lake City officials chose the block between 400 and 500 South as the location of the new Public Safety and Emergency Operations center.

While a number of businesses are veing uprooted by this deal, the owner of Metropolis is making lemonade out of the situation. They're using this as an opportunity to expand into a larger, state-of-the art audio and video production center complete with a film and TV sound stage as well as additional recording studios and post production equipment.

The building that Metropolis has occupied for th epast 22 years (445 South 500 East) is around 9,400 square feet which has always been an ample size for their operation. Now that they're moving into a 16,500 square-foot building with 18-foot ceilings, they will be able to move ahead with expansion ideas that were once just "what-if's" because of space limitations.

Read the whole article at http://www.saltlakedigs.com/2010/public-safety-center-means-new-home-for-metropolis/

Voice Overs

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning." ~Maya Angelou

Right Personality, Right Voice

Multiple personalities on a stick - that's what I call it! Being a voice over artist is all about bringing in different personalities or as others like to refer to them as - characters to each voice over job you do.

In a recent voice coaching session I went over my usual information regarding creating personalities and came to the realization that readers/voice talent may be very confused as to what type of personality or character to create. Do they mean over the top and cartoony, realistic, stylized? With all these choices how do you know what to do?

My method for creating personalities or characters is adapted through a variety of coaches, but James Alburgers' method; with his crafty character breakdown sheet is one of my favorites. This sheet is an in-depth look into a voice artist's character and can be a life-saver for many reasons; the most important, consistency and continuity.

This worksheet is incredible when creating in-depth stock characters (characters you will draw from several times in your career). Did you know that many professional voice talents only have about 10 solid characters and they manipulate those characters into several variations, making hundreds? This gives them several characters to choose from. If you haven't started creating characters to choose from. If you haven't started creating characters or personalities then this is something you can begin doing now. Learn everything about these characters inside and out so that you can read any script in their personality (notice I don't say VOICE - there is a huge difference between creating character personalities and creating character voices - that's what training is all about - learning the differences)!

Written by Debbie4
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The Man of 100 Voices

Authentic Voice Over

Good radio commercials are stories which all take place somehwere - in a car, by a lake, at a breakfast table, in a bathroom, kitchen, field, forest - so go there. The sound will be more natural. It'll stand out on the air because it won't have that dry "studio" sound.

Your voice actors will sound more authentic. The ambiance of the location will affect their performances.

Whether your voice talent is in a shower stall, sitting on a couch or standing on a step ladder pretending they're painting - each position places the diaphragm in a different position, so the voice will sound different.

If the place has background noise, you'll have to monitor your takes carefully, so the ambient sound doesn't overpower the voices.


Written by Jeffrey1
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