Photo Source: YouTube For decades now, legions of actors have emerged from assorted acting schools across the country harboring a deep aversion to pursuing and accepting commercial work. Yet, if you scratch the surface a bit you’ll probably find this...
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To be clear, it’s still too early to claim how deeply we’ve all been impacted by recent events that has snagged our summer plans and upended most of our lives. No one can tell you precisely what the next week, month, six months or year will bring. What we do...
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Conventional wisdom teaches us that mastering all manner of performance styles and offering the widest possible range of characters are how to be read as versatile. And while that’s certainly true, the fact remains that the most consistent direction you’re...
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As actors we’re generally expected to be versatile enough to play everything. Or at least that’s the general consensus regarding acting as a profession, and not simply from actors and their coaches. Of course, precious few rise to such to the occasion for...
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Traditionally, as a working actor, the week or two following the 4th of July either meant heading back to set (if you’ve been working primarily in television), back to production (if commercial work or film have been your mainstay), or often complete radio...
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Feeling a bit like you’re in suspended animation lately? Maintaining our sanity, let alone our performance skills, has been a real challenge since this crisis started. Nevertheless, we need to remain sharp even when production is down. Truth be told, we...
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If you’re new to voiceover, or returning to the field after an absence, you may discover there are essentially two dominant approaches. Through: – The Actors’ Track, or following… – Radio & Broadcast Culture (as I refer to it) While each...
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You’ve heard it your whole life, “You have a remarkable voice.” Everyone’s told you that you should be in radio. Of course, none of them are in the entertainment business, so you probably never really pursued it. But how do you get started in voiceover?...
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The ‘Sophomore Slump’ is legendary for all manner of business, including voiceover. How well you weather the all-too-common phenomenon as an actor and voice talent can determine whether you will go on to have a career at all. If you’d been blessed with...
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It’s a fair assumption that wherever we direct our thoughts will have an impact on our mindset, our imagination and ultimately, on our performance as voice actors. The same can be said of writers as it is for actors, regardless the genre. And just as writers...
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