There are dozens of situations in which a business or other institution might require Male Voice Over Talents. It's not easy to pay the rent doing this work exclusively, at least there isn't any one, narrow way into the field. There is no telling whether one might find oneself playing a character in a novel for an audiobook, recording pages of nonfiction prose for a documentary, or playing some other role.
Slightly faded but yet recognizable stars often accept sound studio acting roles because of their ease, when compared to visual media. There's no need for hours in makeup or costuming in a sound studio. Increasingly, even the biggest stars can be found doing voice for cartoon characters, particularly in feature-length cartoons. For many, the motivation is the pleasure of entertaining a largely child audience, but no one complains about earning a bit extra.
Luckily there aren't enough celebrities in Hollywood to meet the growing demand. This circumstance means there is work for anyone with the right talent. Usually, those with some experience on the stage or even just a good high-school acting class will have an advantage finding opportunities.
Acting comes in many forms, of course. One kind of actor is the everyday telemarketer, working off scripts over the phone, hundreds of times per week in repetition. The sale made over the phone can be thought of as an effective dramatic performance before a live, though remote, audience. The talents of a telephone salesperson translate quite neatly to those needed to do voice work, and there are a great many in that line of work that might need a new income source.
Not only salespeople, but anyone trying to make ends meet while working in customer service, bill collection, or any other telephone-oriented job ought to consider sound work. People with this background learn to recognize when they are speaking effectively, and over time craft their voices to the point where they truly have taken on a wholly different dramatic person.
Some qualities are generally helpful. A rich voice with a flat, "television accent" is usually the most in demand, with the best chance to get work reading previously unrecorded text into audio format. Here, the reader should not try to exude any personality of their own. Only the words of the book or article being recorded are meant to have a personality.
People with appealing personalities can succeed regardless of their accent. No one should be dissuaded because they sound like they came from somewhere rather than nowhere. There is need for those who can speak or at least recite languages other than English, bringing opportunities for Spanish speakers as well as speakers of Tagalog, Chinese, Polish, and several other languages.
A special few work exclusively doing audio work. Doing this calls for much more than a nice voice. Those who have made a profession off audio recording have both drive and attention to objective detail. At the very least, audio work can help one's budget by providing that second income source.
Slightly faded but yet recognizable stars often accept sound studio acting roles because of their ease, when compared to visual media. There's no need for hours in makeup or costuming in a sound studio. Increasingly, even the biggest stars can be found doing voice for cartoon characters, particularly in feature-length cartoons. For many, the motivation is the pleasure of entertaining a largely child audience, but no one complains about earning a bit extra.
Luckily there aren't enough celebrities in Hollywood to meet the growing demand. This circumstance means there is work for anyone with the right talent. Usually, those with some experience on the stage or even just a good high-school acting class will have an advantage finding opportunities.
Acting comes in many forms, of course. One kind of actor is the everyday telemarketer, working off scripts over the phone, hundreds of times per week in repetition. The sale made over the phone can be thought of as an effective dramatic performance before a live, though remote, audience. The talents of a telephone salesperson translate quite neatly to those needed to do voice work, and there are a great many in that line of work that might need a new income source.
Not only salespeople, but anyone trying to make ends meet while working in customer service, bill collection, or any other telephone-oriented job ought to consider sound work. People with this background learn to recognize when they are speaking effectively, and over time craft their voices to the point where they truly have taken on a wholly different dramatic person.
Some qualities are generally helpful. A rich voice with a flat, "television accent" is usually the most in demand, with the best chance to get work reading previously unrecorded text into audio format. Here, the reader should not try to exude any personality of their own. Only the words of the book or article being recorded are meant to have a personality.
People with appealing personalities can succeed regardless of their accent. No one should be dissuaded because they sound like they came from somewhere rather than nowhere. There is need for those who can speak or at least recite languages other than English, bringing opportunities for Spanish speakers as well as speakers of Tagalog, Chinese, Polish, and several other languages.
A special few work exclusively doing audio work. Doing this calls for much more than a nice voice. Those who have made a profession off audio recording have both drive and attention to objective detail. At the very least, audio work can help one's budget by providing that second income source.
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