Just What is a Voiceover? Read on...

• What is a Voiceover?

• What is the voice talent's goal and why?

• How do you do this?

• What does the Producer expect?

• What about the demo?

• Why do you need a professionally recorded demo?

• You've got your demo done - now what?

Test yourself by doing a few of these exercises!

• Breathing Exercises

• Articulation Exercises

• Basic Inflectional Changes Exercise

• Tongue Twisters

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Recommended Reading

• There's Money Where Your Mouth Is : An Insider's Guide to a Career in Voice-Overs    Elaine A. Clark (This is the required text for Acting for Radio / Voiceover 106 at San Diego City College.)

• Art of Voice Acting  Third edition - and excellent book!

• How to Investigate, Break Into and Advance Voice Over Careers  From Edge Studios

• The Voice Actor's Guide to Recording at Home and On the Road   Jeffry P. Fisher and Harlan Hogan

• You Can Bank On Your Voice Rodney Saulsberry

• VO: Tales and Techniques of a Voice-Over Actor  Harlan Hogan

• Word of Mouth : A Guide to Commercial and Animation Voice-Over Excellence    3rd Edition. Susan Blu, Molly Ann Mullin, Cynthia Songe (The first VO book I ever bought)

• How to Read Copy : Professionals Guide to Delivering Voice-Overs and Broadcast Commercials/Book and Cassette   Adrian Cronauer

• Creating Character Voices for Fun & Profit  Patrick Fraley

• Greatest Cartoon Voice Tricks Ever Smuggled Out of Hollywood  Patrick Fraley

• Talking Funny for Money : An Introduction to the Cartoon/Character/Looping Area of Voice-Overs  Pamela Lewis

• Acting with the Voice: The Art of Recording Books  Robert Blumenfeld

• Voice for Hire: Launch and Maintain a Lucrative Career in Voice-overs  Randy Thomas

• Voiceovers: Putting Your Mouth Where The Money Is  Chris Douthitt and Tom Wiecks

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