Does anyone here know how to break into doing voiceover work?

Question

I have been told a million times to look into it as I have a natural voice for it but have no idea - I have heard about making demo tapes but I dont even know what the heck to demo or where to make one or who to send it to - anyone with advice would be greatly appreciated!! :)

Answer 1

A demo tape is something that shows your voice off.

Technically it's the best commercial stuff you've done, but if you've done nothing, then a demo tape shows off your voice.

If you're that good you can read from the dictionary and people will find it interesting.

Your voice has to sound good and professional and it should be recorded professionally.

Test at home with anyting, even your computer.

But book time in a studio. An hour will cost you like $25

The studio MUST have an RE20 or D12 if you have a deep male voice. For females or tenors a U89 or U47 Tube or C12 or M50. That's a must. If the studio doesn't have that go to the next studio.

The studio need a dry vocal room. That's requirement #2. A dead, dry vocal room and an RE20.

You go in, your record your stuff, you let them edit it and turn it into a series of wave files onto CD that you can work with on your home computer.

You can do your bio. Hello, my name is and I am available for voice over and narration work, my address and telephone number is...

YOu need to hit ad agencies. Documentary and corporate film producers. Commercial producers. Radio stations, TV stations.

Local ones unless you are willing to travel.

The demo tape shouldn't have and UMMMS, AHSS, OHS. It must be clean and profession.

There should be no hiss. It should be dry between words. It should have pacing, tempo, rhythm. There should be no creaking in the background. No pops. The level of the voice should be consistant. Use a wind screen or pop screen. HAve the studio use a leveling amp like an LA2 or 1173 or DBX 165.

The studio should have one of those too! A high quality leveling amp! A Urie or DBX. The should set it so your levels are hot and consistent.

You're enunciation needs to be good. People must undestand waht you are saying, it should be clean and consistent with an even tone.

YOu can also do scripts. Peter and the Wolf. Tubby the Tuba. Get some PD music softly in the background and have your voice loud and strong. Some classic stuff. Theving Magpie, Sugar Plum Fairy. Tell a bedtime story. Pitch a ficitcious product.

Pitch yourself! Paint yourself to be "god's gift" to voice overs!

If you do characters voices, then do a whole show with mutliple tracks. Narration on one track, one character on another track, one character on yet another track.

THINK ORSON WELLS.

Answer 2

First, you make a tape. How do you do this? Anyway you can at home is perfectly fine. On the tape, you should read a children's book, doing all the voices of all the characters. You should also demonstrate any and all voice characterizations you can do, just by saying a line or two and by announcing what/who it is you are doing. The whole tape doesn't need to be more than about 5 minutes. If you make it too lengthy, no one will listen to it all and therefore they will miss hearing all that you can do. Make several copies.

Second, find an agent. How do you do this? Look in a phone book or search the web. You are actually looking for either a modeling agent, an acting agent, or both. Make sure they are an agent who gets voice-over contracts. They will tell you this info. Give them a copy of your tape.

Third, one thing leads to another. You will get smarter as you go about the business, and how to do your contracts. At first, your contracts are pretty small and very short lived. Also, circulate your tape to local TV and radio stations with or without the agent. Then they can be getting familiar with you.

Answer 3

In regard to demos, tape yourself doing local commercials you hear on your radio stations. Call local radio stations and ask for advice. Keep in mind that you may have the voice, but training is the most important component. Without the proper delivery your voice doesn't matter. This can be learned by doing though. You could also try a part time shift on a radio station. Most program directors will meet with you once a month to listen to a few airshifts and give you tips on how to be more natural. It's great work and pays really well, voiceovers, not radio! Good luck!!

Answer 4

Check you local area for an acting or talent agency. Often these outfits will be looking for men and female models, actors, singers and voice over talent. The agency will let you know what they are looking for and you can sign up for more than one talent. The downside is that often these agencies will want to pitch you classes that cost mula to get some training but maybe not for voice over work. Also for any work oustide your area, you usually will need to work with a major talent agency such as the William Morris Agency. Check out their website since they have several locations around the counrtry and handle voice over work. I just sent them a short letter two weeks ago myself concerning my interest in singing for movie soundtracks. They are one of the oldest Hollywood type talent agency around. It's worth a try since nothing ventures nothing gained.

Answer 5

bigbaldbroadcast.blogspot.com

These guys do voice over for a living, and this podcast! They said in their most recent podcast that Funimation is releasing a documentary DVD soon on how to break in voice acting. They said it features over 100 different professional voice actors. Their previous podcasts also have sort of commercial breaks with a few minutes talk on "Voice Acting 101" I found it very helpful.

But the DVD link is below.

http://www.bangzoomentertainment.com/adventures_in_voice_acting/

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED LINK.

Hope that helps!

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Answer 7

Move to Los Angeles! Go to one of the many studios and you'll get hired right away.

Answer 8

I have a friend who does this. She started off as a radio DJ and was discovered there.

Answer 9

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