In This Episode… Key Points Be Prepared and Take Time to Relax If you have to travel or take a vacation, be prepared and stay ready to work because you will often get booking requests during that time. Pack a travel rig of equipment so you can record wherever you go. And also decide how […]
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In this Episode Whether you are recording for podcasts or voiceovers, sound quality is everything. Jean-Francois Donaldson @thedeepvoiceguy is a voice actor, demo producer and booth builder, so he knows a little something about booths and sound isolation for VO. We had a chat on Clubhouse about it and discussed: Note: This was my first
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In This Episode… Key Points Andrew made a business plan and noted his time limits as someone who works in the corporate world and doing voiceover part-time. He assessed the types of VO work that he booked throughout the year, as well as the things that took more effort. He decided to only invest time
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Presented by Jessica Bulavsky at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain Jessica is an agent and director at SBV Talent Agency. She gave us a lot of behind-the-scenes info on the world of promo—so much so that, we didn’t read any scripts! We just wanted to learn 🙂 We talked about the inner
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In May 2024, I attended the week-long Euro VO [voiceover] Retreat in Barcelona, Spain, put on biannually by Anna Collins Events & J. Michael Collins’ team at JMC Demos. I registered a year in advance, after missing it for several years. The setup The event is held in May and October, in various rotating European
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Presented by J. Michael Collins at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain JMC discussed some changes and trends in commercial VO. You could hear a lot of them during the Super Bowl. The typical script direction of “conversational” is shifting to a more “I don’t care and I’m not trying” type of read.
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Presented by Brigid Reale at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain Non-Broadcast VO refers to things like explainer videos, corporate narration, and e-learning. The project featuring the VO is not aired or distributed on TV, radio, social media, or cinema, which are broadcast channels. First, Brigid talked about the importance of understanding client
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A wrap-up of the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain In this closing session, each panelist answered questions and gave some remarks about the event, their observations of us as attendees and pros, and advice. (Like the sections above, these are highlights, not exhaustive comments, so I didn’t capture notes from every speaker here.)
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Presented by J. Michael Collins at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain In political advertising, there has been a significant increase in spending, with a growing importance of regional targeting and careful marketing to avoid offending potential clients. Inclusivity is increasing in political voiceover as well, where non-white voices have a major advantage
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Presented by Andia Winslow at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain One of the things we learn as new voice actors is that even though the audience can’t see us, we are still actors, and the best actors, seen and unseen, use their bodies and facial expressions in their craft. (For me, it’s
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