A 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! ) 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:
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!)
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!
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.
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!)
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.)
Looking 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:
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!
A 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! 
) 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.
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Looking 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!
