The Art of Voice Acting: the art and business of performing for voice over Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00AC2HU72 | Format: EPUB
The Art of Voice Acting: the art and business of performing for voice over Description
Are you just starting in Voiceover? Do you have some experience, but aren't getting booked? Are you a working pro who wants to expand to new areas of VO work?
The Art of Voice Acting is a must read if you are serious about a profession in voice over and looking to maximize your efforts for success in the business.
Packed with basic acting techniques in The Art of Voice Acting, you will discover
* All new scripts
* 20 more pages of new and updated information
* A completely new chapter of studio stories and 'tricks-of-the-trade' from professional voiceover talent around the world
* Updated information for voiceover demos and marketing
* A comprehensive index that makes it easy to find what you're looking for
* More voice and acting techniques
* Contributions from some of the top voice talent in the world
* Audio content with the actual audio for every script in the book, http://voiceacting.com/aovaextras/
* PLUS: exercises, demos and more!
Written in an accessible and engaging style Alburger shares his experience as a performer, producer, director and performance coach to give you a clear no nonsense introduction to the business and art of voice acting.
Audio content and images from the books are available at http://voiceacting.com/aovaextras/
- File Size: 3152 KB
- Print Length: 431 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: B00879YVVA
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
- Publisher: Focal Press; 4 edition (September 1, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AC2HU72
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
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There's no doubt that someone looking to get into voice acting will find a lot of useful advice in The Art of Voice Acting. The content is there, and as someone who is not a professional voice actor I will defer to the author as to what is essential knowledge in the field.
Ironically, where the book stumbles is in all the throat clearing that precedes anything useful. The initial chapters seem to drone on about how important it is to get a coach, for example, and I have no doubt that it is. But someone who bought this book presumably wants to just get on with it and cover the basics without being told every other page that this will be difficult and that he or she needs a coach. This may be true, but after the eighth or twelfth time reading it it starts to feel as though the real goal is to sell coaching sessions.
It is also a bit of a frustrating read when it lapses into common sense for pages at a time, for example spending several pages on the definitions of practice, rehearsal and performance. The author seems to find nuance where there needn't be any. A good editor could easily knock 100 pages off of this book.
On the plus side, if you can make it through the self-indulgent prose, the techniques in here are helpful. For example, the approaches to creating a back story to copy can change your perspective (and performance). Finding the music in a script can also help. Similarly, the CD contains some excellent examples and wisdom -- from pronunciation to enunciation to facts about the voice in general -- that are very welcome. (On the downside, the woman doing the reading on the CD has a noticeable breathing problem.) Especially good is the section about selling versus informing, which is a persistent problem with written as well as spoken compositions.
I first found out about voice over work in college when taking an advanced elective for my degree. The professor did voice over work and somehow this got mentioned in class. He said he'd get checks in the mail periodically for work he had done years before - royalty check magic anytime a commercial aired on radio or TV that he had done work on. I was in awe, but when I asked him how to get into such a business, he was elusive and made it sound like your only way to get into it was to have started 30 years earlier.
This book is written by an insider - one who has been deeply entrenched in voice over work - and now that I'm better educated, voice ACTING work. I never had really thought about it before - but this is definitely acting, not just voicing. Many people have great voices, but could lull a hungry bear to sleep with their reading of any copy.
The book has a realistic take - this is not a get rich quick scheme. The author lets you decide - do you want this as a hobby or a full time job? He goes over what the obstacles are, how luck is involved and how to present yourself professionally on the first go.
The included CD brings to life the examples in the book. There are times when the book tends to ramble, but considering the value of the content, it's worth it. It's like sitting in the classroom of a wise sage and having to indulge in their occasional random segues into stories about how they first met their next door neighbor - but worth it for the years of experience & wisdom they have acquired and are dispensing. The book could have been edited down quite a bit without losing any relevant content - but it's still a great book on how to break into this field.
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