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Post by cadwal on Jul 17, 2017 17:27:15 GMT -8
In terms of personal aspirations, I'm looking at mostly anime, audiobooks, industrials, and narration. I see anime as a passion, but the rest as the bread and butter.
This past weekend I participated in Crispin Freeman's script analysis workshop. After completing the workshop I was left feeling a bit lost. Investing in the VO industry is an expensive proposition, something I've known for a while and been a bit scared of as a result. However, I've decided to take that jump knowing in my heart that I want to at least try.
Because it is such a large financial investment, I would like some input on where I should be focusing my efforts. Workshops? One-on-one coaching?
Also: at what sort of a frequency? When I was a kid I took classes weekly at a private acting institute for theatre and film, but weekly seems almost unrealistic for me now. Is once a month enough or should I be aiming for twice a month?
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Post by Rebekah Amber Clark on Jul 18, 2017 7:01:05 GMT -8
Hi, cadwal! Well, my first question would be what sort of experience do you have actually DOING voice acting? I think, before investing in a lot of lessons and workshops, that it would be good for you to dip your toes in the water with at least a few hobby projects, without even worrying about paying for lessons or GETTING paid for pro work to start with. In WWII, my great uncle was given something like 6 weeks of aviation training by the military so he could be a navigator. After they spent all that time and money training him, they finally actually sent him up in a plane, and guess what? He was so severely airsick that he couldn't function, and they had to switch him to another job -- that investment totally wasted. Likewise, if you try voice acting and find out on your first role or three that you hate it, or LOVE it, it would be best to know this *before* spending all the time and money on lessons and workshops. Another benefit is that you'll be able to get valuable feedback on your voice acting talents and skills as they stand right now, and what sort of improvements you should focus on. Think of it as a placement test. Having taken acting lessons in the past, there are surely things you already know that can be applied to voice over. There are, of course, things that are different (I've found that stage projection, in particular, was my worst enemy starting out in voice over), but there are also many things that are the same (such as how to express emotion vocally). Personally, I don't believe that a big expense is REQUIRED at all to get into voice acting. It's like saying you have to by hundreds or thousands of dollars of expensive art tools and take art courses at college to be an artist. Are those great things for SOME artists? Yes. Do some artists teach themselves using nothing more than a cheap sketchbook and some pencils, and possibly some online art tutorials? Also yes.
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Post by cadwal on Jul 18, 2017 19:57:17 GMT -8
Back when VAA was around, I recorded chapters in novels, radio plays, fandubs, and commercials for fun. I'd like to think that I was fairly successful in terms of getting cast, but I don't want to rely on having success as an amateur as a fair barometer for entering the big leagues. I have thought about doing some hobby projects again, specifically audio books and radio plays, but in the past I always felt like there was a stigma against hobby projects in the VO industry. I recently read something on the Voice123 blog about that.
So... I know I love to do it, but I don't know where to go next to improve my technique.
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Post by Kyotosomo on Jul 19, 2017 11:14:19 GMT -8
I don't think it's all that expensive of an investment. It's just $200 and your time. And if you go about things right, there's so much you can accomplish right out the starting gate!
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