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Valuable Links to Voiceover and Media Resources

Audio Book Information for RTV and DRA 106
Here is a great site for those of you interested in Audio Books/Books On Tape.   There are profiles of many of the books on tape readers with sound clips of some of their work.

Here is another great Audio Book Link – Audio Publishers Association  

Click here for an idea of what one audio book producer wants to hear on a demo.

How much will I get Paid? Here is a page from the Voiceover Resource Guide with the Audio Book rate (scroll to the bottom of the page), as well as a recap of all Union Rates. Non Union rates are whatever you want to charge.

New Link showing well known audio book narrator Scott Brick reading a six minute passage. Please try this at home to see if you can do it!

Articles and PodCasts on and by Voiceover Professionals

PodCasts:

Voiceover Demo Examples AND Critique
Here is a web page that has some specific samples of some of the styles of delivery we will be discussing and using during the 106 class.  scotchproductions.com/voicedemo.html#Styles

Also, check out the professional demos at the following web sites…

http://lotasproductions.com
http://www.voicebank.net

You need to know your competition!!!

Read Critiques of Demos - this is an excellent way to learn what makes a good demo.

The VO-BB.COM has a Critique Section.

Voice123.com has a Critique Section called Critique My Demo.

Full Clip of Narration Sample - MediaCart website - click the video.

Cartoon and Anime Voice Pages for RTV and DRA 106

SEGA and Monolith Productions provide a behind-the-scenes look (or listen) into Condemned 2. The voice over production trailer below shows some of the actors and how Art Currim, Voice Over Director, coaches the actors in key moments of the game. This is a fabulous production! http://www.gamingbits.com/content/view/3580/2

Frank Welker - Man of Many Voices
http://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.01/5.01pages/millerwelker.php3

Story from Animation World Magazine.

Behind the Scenes - Family Guy
http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/14/behind-the-scenes-at-family-guy-video/

See the voice actors in action.

LA Studios - Voiceover Production House - Major Animated Features
http://www.digitalpostproduction.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=28698
This is an article about an audio production house in LA that records the voices for some of the animated features. Read it for an idea of what the business is really like! There are also some video clips with interviews - very interesting!!

The voice of Scooby-Doo
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/31/q.a.scoobys.voice.ap/index.html

Excellent interview with Neil Fanning -- read about what he does to find the voice, how he warms up and what he has to do physically to produce the sound of Scooby-Doo.

Meet the VoiceStarz
http://www.voicestarz.com/
-- When you get here – look for the bar of little boxes titled “Meet the VoiceStarz”. Start with the one on the left and watch all the movies – it will give you a much better idea of the cartoon voice business.

Gurgle from "Finding Nemo"
http://www.dvdtalk.com/cineschlock/austin/index.html -- 
Follow this link to DVD Empire and an interview with Austin Pendelton, who played the voice of the fish "Gurgle" in Pixar's "Finding Nemo." Austin gives a vivid description of what it was like to record the voiceover for his character, and discusses the importance of listening as it relates to performing.

Voiceover Coaches and Seminars

Visit James Alburger's links page -- http://voiceacting.com/links/ -- it is filled with great information!

Voiceover Marketing Resources

Voiceover Message Boards

There are now FOUR places where professional voice talent hang - the VO-BB, the Forums on Voice123 and a Yahoo Newsgroup.

www.vo-bb.com

www.voice123.com click on Forums

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/Voiceovers/

http://voice-overs/forums
http://voiceoveruniverse.com

 

RTV 105 Web Pages for Additional Reading

What TV Ratings Really Mean - Nielson Ratings

Arbitron Radio Ratings
http://www.arbitron.com/home/content.stm

Arbitron Terms for the Trade
http://www.arbitron.com/downloads/terms_brochure.pdf

Information About Agents, Casting and Unions

This link is an excellent overview of the Financial Core option in the unions. http://bizparentz.org/thebizness/unionfinancialcore.html
 

Helpful Links to Improve Accents and Dialects

International Dialects of English Archive
 http://www.ku.edu/~idea/index.htm

The Speech Accent Archive  http://accent.gmu.edu/

 

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