Deciphering the directions from voice-seekers is a minefield. Reading between the lines can make you go cross-eyed.How many takes? Do I send a processed audiofile...or one that's just bare bones? Should I take the directions to the letter, or give them my interpretation?...and what about that...
Ever been downright confused or flummoxed by the audition directions you get from agents and producers?...then you are NOT going to want to miss this WoVOChat! Not only are the guests at the top of their game, but the topic itself will just be fun to talk about: "Working With "Interesting" Client...
NOTICE...THIS CHAT HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2ndS'Gonna be a good week, what with Thanksgiving and all. But WoVO has a little business to conduct on line before Turkey Day.Our next #WoVOChat is this Wednesday at Noon Pacific. The topic is one of my faves...and something we should all...
With Veteran's Day celebrations, and reaction to World-Voices' statement about P2P's, it might have been easy to miss Wednesday's WoVOChat on the subject of VO Bookkeeping.You're right, it's a yawner of a topic to most people, but this is where the rubber meets the road for your business. It's...
You wanna get paid doncha? Sure you do...and because it's absolutely necessary, chances are you've devised SOME workable method for invoicing your clients for the work you've done, and keeping a record of your payments. Lemme ask you, though. Is your method time-consuming? So much so that you...
Everyone tells me Wednesday's WoVOChat on the topic of narrations was fabulous.I wouldn't know, it was the first WoVOChat I've missed, so I wasn't there...I was HERE:In my absence, though, Pamela Muldoon, Brad Venable, Tim Keenan, and Andy Boyns wow'd the crowd!Thanks everyone!Here is the Storify...
The production of Radio and TV commercials forms the backbone of the voiceover industry. While commercials no longer define the scope of opportunities for voice actors, the medium offers some of the biggest challenges, and best compensation rates for us.As such, the genre is huge...creating a...
When you start out in voice-over work...what's the first demo you put together? Commercial, right? We all kinda want that to be our bread 'n' butter. It doesn't always work out that way...but that seems to be most everyone's hope.So, little wonder that WoVOChats would eventually touch on...
Some voice-actors put audiobook narration at the center of their business. The rest just shake their heads, and are often known to say: "...I just don't know how they do it!..."You could say that about eLearning, and technical/medical narrations, and radio imaging too, but for some reason we all...
Aren't these fun? You could almost forget that a great deal of valuable info is exchanged in the WoVOChats, because there's so much... well.... CHATTING going on.Today's session covered acres of territory on the subject of VO coaching, and brought the added dimension of perceived differences in...