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Has anyone ever done any voice over work?

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imported_Tomato

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A friend gave me the number for a voice coach recently... has anyone ever done any voice over work, and if so how was the experience?

My supervisor at the suicide prevention center is an actor, and has been doing voice over work for the past 20+ years as well. He was responsible for 12 lines in the animated movie "Pocahantas," and said his first residual check (after they released the DVD) was in the amount of $40,000 (!!!). He said he still gets checks on occasion, from a few hundred to a few thousand (!!!).

I guess it couldn't hurt to try?
 
You must have a nice clear voice, though, and be able to read well. 🙂

I haven't done any voice over work, but I did work for a year using different accents over the phone. That was fun.
 
I did all the voiceover work for a short film the Ugly Baby Studios team did back in February for the Almost Famous Film Festival. Pretty easy, really.

Jason
 
Originally posted by: DragonMasterAlex
I did all the voiceover work for a short film the Ugly Baby Studios team did back in February for the Almost Famous Film Festival. Pretty easy, really.

Jason
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All the voiceover work... did you do all the different characters?

Have you ever been to a voice coach, or have you been an actor for awhile?

Do you mind if I ask how much the gig paid?

I've heard it is pretty easy work, just extremely competitive since everyone wants a piece of the pie.
 
Originally posted by: RaDragon
You must have a nice clear voice, though, and be able to read well. 🙂

I haven't done any voice over work, but I did work for a year using different accents over the phone. That was fun.
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I can read well, and I think I have a nice clear voice. I tend to speak too quickly sometimes though, maybe a voice coach would help.
 
Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: RaDragon
You must have a nice clear voice, though, and be able to read well. 🙂

I haven't done any voice over work, but I did work for a year using different accents over the phone. That was fun.
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I can read well, and I think I have a nice clear voice. I tend to speak too quickly sometimes though, maybe a voice coach would help.
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Diction/enunciation is also important. Pronounciation of words that's non-Regional would also be good, unless the work calls for a different accent/dialect.

Let us know how it goes!
 
Pick up a book, spam emails (no joke), or something of the sort and start speaking recording into a mic. Do this on a daily basis and your speaking should improve as you listen to yourself when you play it back.

Don't expect this to be fast or easy, it will take lots of time and effort. Remember, if it was easy many other people would have done it already.
 
Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: DragonMasterAlex
I did all the voiceover work for a short film the Ugly Baby Studios team did back in February for the Almost Famous Film Festival. Pretty easy, really.

Jason
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All the voiceover work... did you do all the different characters?

Have you ever been to a voice coach, or have you been an actor for awhile?

Do you mind if I ask how much the gig paid?

I've heard it is pretty easy work, just extremely competitive since everyone wants a piece of the pie.
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The only "training" I ever had was just when I took drama for 4 years in high school eons ago. It wasn't paid, we were doing a short animated film for the festival 🙂 I voiced all the characters (there were 3, if I recall). I'm looking forward to doing more, but we've got to get a bigger crew together to work on the next animation.

Jason
 
Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Pick up a book, spam emails (no joke), or something of the sort and start speaking recording into a mic. Do this on a daily basis and your speaking should improve as you listen to yourself when you play it back.

Don't expect this to be fast or easy, it will take lots of time and effort. Remember, if it was easy many other people would have done it already.
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Thank you for the tip, I'll definitely try that before I go for any classes if I do end up going that route. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: DragonMasterAlex
Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: DragonMasterAlex
I did all the voiceover work for a short film the Ugly Baby Studios team did back in February for the Almost Famous Film Festival. Pretty easy, really.

Jason
Click to expand...

All the voiceover work... did you do all the different characters?

Have you ever been to a voice coach, or have you been an actor for awhile?

Do you mind if I ask how much the gig paid?

I've heard it is pretty easy work, just extremely competitive since everyone wants a piece of the pie.
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The only "training" I ever had was just when I took drama for 4 years in high school eons ago. It wasn't paid, we were doing a short animated film for the festival 🙂 I voiced all the characters (there were 3, if I recall). I'm looking forward to doing more, but we've got to get a bigger crew together to work on the next animation.

Jason
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Heh... well, it certainly sounds pretty cool. How long did it take to do all the voiceovers? You should have plenty of material for your reel, at least. 🙂 (if voiceover actors have reels? 😛 )
 
Yeah you really have to have a midwestern accent. I've done some VO work in the past, nothing too big but I've done some work. (I did announcements at the Fox Theater in Atlanta) I really want to get ino VO acting but I dont have the capital right now to produce for myself a good demo. I have the talent and the desire, just no money. demo: http://s90522714.onlinehome.us/demo.wma This demo was done with a crappy mic (comparatively) You dont get all the levels you'd get out of a better mic.

EDIT: I also do about 7-10 other voices and am very versitile with my voice.
 
I'd like to do it if I could find a gig. I have a pretty deep voice so it would be easy to understand over audio.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
Yeah you really have to have a midwestern accent. I've done some VO work in the past, nothing too big but I've done some work. (I did announcements at the Fox Theater in Atlanta) I really want to get ino VO acting but I dont have the capital right now to produce for myself a good demo. I have the talent and the desire, just no money. demo: http://s90522714.onlinehome.us/demo.wma This demo was done with a crappy mic (comparatively) You dont get all the levels you'd get out of a better mic.

EDIT: I also do about 7-10 other voices and am very versitile with my voice.
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I grew up in Indiana and Michigan, so I have the midwestern accept down pat. 🙂 Thank you very much for the links, I'm going to listen to them now...
 
an old friend of mine is the voice of General Grievous in the newest star wars movie. He seems to like it a lot.

 
Originally posted by: Toasthead
an old friend of mine is the voice of General Grievous in the newest star wars movie. He seems to like it a lot.
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WOW! Damn, he must have made six/seven figures for that role... good for him!
 
Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: Toasthead
an old friend of mine is the voice of General Grievous in the newest star wars movie. He seems to like it a lot.
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WOW! Damn, he must have made six/seven figures for that role... good for him!
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haha i think they picked him becuase they DIDNT have to pay him that much...he workd as a sound supervisor at LucasFilms and I think they just picked him because he was cheap...he liked it though.
 
I think my voice sucks. 🙁

That said, I used to do radio spots for Ohio State University Extension on one radio station fairly frequently... always got complimented on the way I did it... though I just read the script into the mic like I normally talk. <shrug>
 
Originally posted by: Toasthead
Originally posted by: Tomato
Originally posted by: Toasthead
an old friend of mine is the voice of General Grievous in the newest star wars movie. He seems to like it a lot.
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WOW! Damn, he must have made six/seven figures for that role... good for him!
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haha i think they picked him becuase they DIDNT have to pay him that much...he workd as a sound supervisor at LucasFilms and I think they just picked him because he was cheap...he liked it though.
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Doh! 😛 Well, it's awesome he had the chance to be a part of that, I think he did an excellent job. 🙂 Do you mind if I ask how much he did make for that role? Let's hope he gets some nice plump residual checks when the movie is released to DVD! I'm sure he'll more than make up for his actual salary then (unless they decided not to give him a cut of that in his contract!).
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
has your account been hijacked again?
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It's only been hacked one, and Mill called me to explain how a number of ATOT usernames/passwords were accidentally on display at Fusetalk (?) for some time awhile back. All that's cleared up now, I've moved on and it would be best you did too. :wine:
 
Originally posted by: GeekDrew
I think my voice sucks. 🙁

That said, I used to do radio spots for Ohio State University Extension on one radio station fairly frequently... always got complimented on the way I did it... though I just read the script into the mic like I normally talk. <shrug>
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Do you have any clips online I could listen to? I was impressed with the other ones I just heard!
 
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