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Post by Lumisau on Dec 13, 2018 16:07:42 GMT -8
Hi there! This doesn't belong in this section as you haven't actually given us a link to your work.
Furthermore, the thing about Disney is that they want to have as few people voicing Mickey at a time in order to prevent confusion and maintain brand integrity. Currently, Mickey has two voice actors - Bret Iwan (for a more Wayne Allwine take) and Chris Diamantopoulos (for a more Walt Disney take). Unless something happens to these two actors, it is extremely unlikely that they would be replaced and your best bet for voicing Mickey would be in comedy parodies like something out of Family Guy or Robot Chicken.
Moving on from that, impressions are not widely sought out unless you can do a celebrity voice match. If a casting director got a demo reel which contained nothing but regurgitated lines from Mickey, Gollum, Kermit, and other recognisable characters with official voice actors they would throw it in the trash. A voice director wants to know how well you can voice your own characters, not mimic someone else's. Impressions like that are a party trick and will not get you cast. Since I can't see your video I don't know if you're doing original lines or just mimicking lines already done by Allwine, but here's a good thing I've heard from a professional impressionist. Can you recite Shakespeare in your character's voice and personality? If not, it's a pure party trick.
I recommend skilling up on other areas of voice acting and forget all about the Mickey aspect. Learn your own voice, your own characters, your own unique brand. Once you become successful therein, maybe there will come a day when a voice director's like "Hey, do you know anyone who can do a killer Mickey Mouse? I've got to cast this parody project...". But until then, keep it stashed away. Practice it, but don't flaunt it. It won't get you hired. Your own uniqueness will get you hired.
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Post by mickeymouse88 on Dec 14, 2018 0:21:06 GMT -8
Thanks for your feedback Lumiasu, I did wonder if it's just new stuff that casting directors are interested in. I will take time out and reassess what I can come up with myself rather that which someone else has done. There's so many different sites out there offering different pieces of advice that it's difficult to know which to follow. Thanks again
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