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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Presented by Kay Bess at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain This session twisted us mentally. The techniques Kay taught go against everything we normally do in commercial VO. We’re not selling anything, or emoting with our voice. We let the music/sound design and visuals do the work. What distinguishes a brand imaging
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Presented by Jessica Bulavsky and Andia Winslow separately at the 2024 Euro VO Retreat in Barcelona, Spain This is my favorite VO genre, so I attended two sessions on it by different presenters. For both, the discussion centered around crucial factors to consider when negotiating audio recording requirements with production companies or networks, narration techniques
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I love me a good conference, but I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect for VOcation, since this year was the first one (September 13-15, 2019). The conference was conceived and run by voice actors Carin Gilfry and Jamie Moffett, exclusively about the business of voiceover. I was surprised to hear at the closing when
