In this informal chat from January 2021 on Clubhouse, I shared how to reset your mind and confidence when auditioning and marketing for voiceover. You can follow me @DareeAllen on Clubhouse and other social media platforms. In This Episode… Key Points Learning to manage your mind will help you cope with your feelings and ultimately […]
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In This Episode… Connect Andrew Lander is an award-winning African American voice actor based in Atlanta. Born and raised in DC, his passion for voice acting began behind a podium rather than on stage. He\’s voiced e-learning modules for Coca-Cola and PsychHub, articles for Apple News, and commercials for Pandora. Original podcast interview Website Instagram
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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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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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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 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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