Atari

This technical class compares video games, cartoons, and toys and prepares you for the performance and vocal requirements for each style. You'll explore parsing and concatenation, audition prep, and how various genres affect the style.

Uncover the layers that go into building a nuanced and believable personality. Delve into your character's motivations, status, and non-verbal language. Explore what drives them and how they overcome obstacles. Stand out in the booth by building authentic characters from the inside-out!

Create your commercial blueprint by defining your who, what, where, and why in a script. Then use that framework as an acting guide to construct credible and confident reads.

• You've worked hard to develop those VO chops. Now it's time to join us at the Voice One studio and workout in the booth for some in-person, live-action direction! Sally is well known for running you through your paces and putting your hard earned skills to the test. Be ready - she'll make you sweat and like it!
  

Assess commercial copy at a glance by breaking down the script into common copywriting themes, rules you should recognize, and writing hints that reveal the unique message every commercial script contains. Once you develop the technical muscularity required by commercial copy, you'll feel confident enough to tackle any VO script.

Build your book of character voices through the use of creative exercises, acting basics, and impulse. Your unique playbook might include real and exaggerated voices, heroes and villains, celebrity mash-ups, and various archetypes.

Live your dream of working full-time as a voice actor by developing your freelance business skills!

The first part of our Career Core series is taught by Sally who will share a go-to resource grid on who's who in the industry and how they will play a part in your career growth, networking and self-promotion.

Then Voice One alum and attorney, Angeli Fitch, who built her voice over business from student to full-time working actor, will follow up with creating an effective business plan, setting realistic goals, using time tracking and management strategies to stay on target, and conducting focused industry research.

Lastly, Jim Edgar will serve as your fees and finance guide to help you figure out how to set your rates, determine industry standards, and figure out what to charge.

Video Games, Anime, Cartoons, Films, and TV shows need professional voice actors who can add background voices and dialogue to on-screen actors and characters. As the founder of Holly's LG, Ms. Dorff has looped over 600 films, and created a virtual loop group, so you can learn to perform donuts, call-outs, and add dialogue to individual lip-flap from home.

One of the misconceptions about voice over is that it requires proper and polished speaking, when in truth it requires emotionally connected and intentional talking. And since our emotions and intentions arise spontaneously, we must manufacture or “act” the emotion and intention authentically. That's why it's called voice acting, and not voice speaking. In this impactful class, you'll build your foundation of taking an action-based approach to copy. You'll discover your motivation, break copy down into beats, learn how to score a scene, and imbue your copy with meaning, subtext, emotion and intention.

This class helps you identify and deliver different styles of commercial VO: Taglines, Retail, Spokesperson, Real Person and more. You'll learn how to determine the style and how to adjust your timing, rhythm, and energy to match the script.

Time to set up your Home VO Studio! Our incredible instructor will walk you through key essentials in getting ready to record at home and will detail the audio equipment you'll need to capture your brilliant performances. Includes demos of home recording core skills using affordable computer software. Handouts and resources supplied.