HERE IS WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN OUR VOICE OVER WORKSHOP

WHAT IS VOICE ACTING!

A quick history

• Steamboat Willie to Mel Blanc to today

What are today’s opportunities? You would be surprised how many there are.

• /e-learning/movie trailers/audiobooks

Commercials/Audiobooks/Animation -the big 3

• How each is a differenty type of VO
• What skills are needed for each style

Websites vs Agents vs DIY – Which route to go?

• Benefits (or not) to each path
• What are your goals?

What does a VO Coach do?

• Who am I, what do I do?
• Services Iprovide at the Lucky Horse Studio
• Why do you need a VO demo?

THE VOICE

Warm ups

• Getting your instrument in tune
• Introduce and practise a number of techniques
• Practise, practise, practise!

Neutral Read – The Starting Point

• Where to start and understand the script
• Problem Words/Sentences

Punctuation Read – The power of punctuation

• Pause for effect
• Periods, commas, elipsissis oh my
• “Billboarding” a word

Script Review – What are we looking at?

• 5 different scripts for read aloud practice
• Understanding the differences in the reads

Interpretation of a Read – the 3 questions

• What’s the message?
• What’s your role?
• What are the emotions?