One of the most lucrative jobs for an actor is a voiceover. I love voiceover work because you don’t have to memorize lines or care about what you look like. Plus, unlike camera work, doing a voiceover doesn’t usually limit your ability to do conflicting commercial products. In contrast, once your face is seen for a specific product on camera, you are associated with it and can’t do other similar products.
Anytime you aren’t seen on camera, it’s a voiceover. Examples would be anime, announcers on commercials, anything on the radio, websites, narrators for documentaries, audiobooks, GPS and other electronic voices, movie promotions, promos for television shows, video games, etc.
So, how do you start practice? When rehearsing voiceover, I highly recommend that you record yourself. Your recorded voice will sound quite different from what you hear in your head.
I always start newbies by training them to underline the words that they want to hit and putting a forward slash where they need to breathe. Breathe a lot. You will phrase better and keep more energy in your voice. (This trick works for Shakespeare and poetry, too.)
Here are three quick tips for creating voiceover magic!
1. Get your energy up!
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