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July 23rd, 2010

Learning foreign accents for voice overs

Learning foreign accents for voice overA buddy of mine tipped me off to these four videos on YouTube about how to learn foreign accents for voice overs. While I'm not yet at a level in my voice acting journey to delve into practicing foreign accents (I'm still working on mastering my own accent! :wink: ) these videos are still a great learning tool. If anything, they will help you to better understand your own accent just as much as other accents.

Click the "Read more" link below to check out the foreign accents for voice over videos:

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June 15th, 2010

The voice actors behind the Transformers…

I love looking behind the scenes at voice actors in the studio. Here's a video of the voice actors who did the main characters in the first Transformers movie. (Gotta love Peter Cullen's voice!)





June 15th, 2010

Darth Vader recording for TomTom GPS

Here's another great commercial featuring the voice of James Earl Jones:





June 15th, 2010

Hamsters are voice actors, too!

Here is a video containing a few spots for the Minnesota State Lottery. I love these not just because the voice acting is spot on, but also because the hamsters are so darned cute!





April 18th, 2010

Tongue twister warm ups with Amanda Sellers (PLUS transcriptions!)

Here's a tongue-twisting video by Amanda Sellers that contains some really good tongue twisters for voice-over warm ups or practice. I went ahead and transcribed the tongue twisters. They are posted below the video, so make sure to click on the "Read more" link below the video to see them.





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April 16th, 2010

The Faces Behind the Voices

Here's a replay of the segment called The Faces Behind the Voices - CBS Sunday Morning that appeared on TV just recently. (My kids loved it because they could finally see who does the voice of Dora the Explorer!)




(Thanks Bobbin for posting this first! :D )

February 15th, 2010

What you need to become a voiceover actor

If you're interested in becoming a voice actor but not quite sure what you need (as far as abilities are concerned), then check out this video by Blair Hardman called Everything You Need to do Voiceovers, and One Thing You Don't. Some of them might seem obvious, while others might just make you stop and say "Hmm..."
(Special thanks to the Such a Voice blog; it's where I came across it.)



January 4th, 2010

Vocal warm ups with Rodney Saulsberry
(+ transcriptions!)

Vocal warm up exercises by Rodney SaulsberryLooking for some good vocal warm ups to get your voice ready for your next big (or medium or small) gig? Well, voice over talent Rodney Saulsberry put together three fantastic videos of tongue twisters that he personally recommends. As a bonus, I've included a transcription of each of the tongue twisters from all three of the videos! Just copy and paste them into your favorite word processor app and print those puppies up!

Click on the "Read more" link below to watch the three videos and get the transcriptions:

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December 16th, 2009

Does Santa really need direction?

Have you ever had a session like this?





December 9th, 2009

Merry (voice over) Christmas!

Here's wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year -- voice over style! This collection of famous and well-known voice actors have banded together to tell the popular Christmas poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas".

So sit back, relax, and pour yourself a glass of eggnog (as long as you don't have a voice over gig ;) ) and enjoy!




PS
A special thanks to Voxmarketising for first introducing me to this video! :D

PPS
Bruice Miles sure looks like Santa himself! :D