How does a person go about getting into doing voice overs or voice modeling? Thanks for the help?

Question

I have been told ever since I was young that I have a great voice or I should be on the radio, or do commercials or voice overs. I am now 35 and really interested in pursuing this opportunity. Please share any experiences or references that you might have. I am in the Denver area, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The guy above makes some good points, but in addition...

Try to get into a workshop for voiceovers. They're run by people in that line of work and usually by people who cast projects. They also give you a demo when you're done with the workshop. You can also look into looping. Often times when you watch a film and you see a crowd at a party, it's a looping group that made the noise and not the actual crowd. It's just another 'in' :-) Anything can help especially since so many VO jobs are taken by 'name' talent these days.

Answer 2

go about it the same way as any model or actor. you'll need a portfolio of work on cd and on the internet. this doesn't mean the work has to be real work. simply set up your own scenarios and do the voice overs. maybe you can make a "better" spongebob voice. take the video and do the voice over. or maybe you think the moviefone voice sucks. record a typical movifone call and redo the voice. read a book like green eggs and ham. it's for sampling purposes. so people will need to see your ability and range. after this, you'll pretty much have to shop yourself around. this means you'll need to send out cds and such to tv networks and radio stations as well as advertising agencies. oh and movie studios.

start with this. make a 30 track album. 2 min each track. offer plenty of samples of your voice reading or redoing different things. show off. don't be afraid to try different things. remember send at least 5 to each of these larger companies. they'll burn your cd anyway which is what you want them to do. it'll cost money to do this of course but you know the reward.

oh and video game companies too. those video game characters don't have their own voices ya know. lol