Category Archives: Acting Skills

Add Negative Emotions to Your Voice Over Performance

Posted on June 24, 2022 by William Williams

Here’s a quick voice over acting tip. When you’re performing a voice over project you are often instructed to be enthusiastic, or upbeat, or friendly, or, my favorite: have a smile in your voice. Well, I want you to sound … Continue reading →

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Reading in Voiceover: Improve Your Speed and Accuracy

Posted on July 28, 2019 by William Williams

If you want to turn in faster and better voiceover auditions and jobs then you need to improve your reading skills. If you find yourself halting, stumbling on words, or mis-reading the copy here’s why that happens–and how to fix … Continue reading →

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Conversational vs Announcer Voice Over Styles

Posted on August 27, 2017 by William Williams

You only need to read through a handful of audition descriptions before you run into the word “conversational”. Or you may find the direction more negative such as “no disc jockey or announcer”. As voice over styles evolve, there is … Continue reading →

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Does Singing Help with Voiceover?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by William Williams

People come to voice over from a variety of different backgrounds. Some come from the broadcasting world. They bring clear enunciation and solid reading skills. Others come out of on-camera or stage acting. They have and edge when it comes … Continue reading →

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Create Winning Voice Overs with Your “Non-Verbal Toolkit”

Posted on August 16, 2015 by William Williams

There’s a myth about speech that has been around since the Egyptians invented hieroglyphics. And that myth is that somehow you can take all of speech and condense it down to written words on a piece of paper. Actually I … Continue reading →

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ADR Automated Dialog Replacement for Film-at Aliso Creek Studios

Posted on January 14, 2015 by William Williams

Ever since the “Talkies” were invented, film has been a combination of the visual element – the film – and audio elements – dialog, ambiance, sound effects, “foley” and music.  The first problem they had to solve was “synching” the … Continue reading →

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Doing Pickups? Do You Match Your Sound?

Posted on March 24, 2014 by William Williams

OK, you finished a long, involved business narration.  You’ve done the slicing and dicing and sent the client flawless edited files.  Maybe you underbid this job a little but you stuck it out and you finally uploaded the files, invoiced … Continue reading →

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Simplify and Speed Up Voice Over Jobs Using Pickups

Posted on November 17, 2013 by William Williams

Often, when you record a job at home you will receive a request for “edits” from your client. Maybe you pronounced a name wrong or didn’t have the right “vibe” on a sentence. These edits can be fixed with pick … Continue reading →

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Fun Improv Class Enhances Your Voice Over Spontaneity

Posted on January 25, 2013 by William Williams

The essence of a great voice actor is the ability to speak the written word as if it was spontaneous. This may seem challenging, but with the fun and exhilarating exercises of Improvisation, not only will you become a better … Continue reading →

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