Voice Over contains the following lessons:
Module 1
- An overview of the business
- The changing requirements of the media
- Different types of voicing work
- Finding your strengths and weaknesses
- Overcoming shyness and embarrassment
- Challenges of breaking into the industry
- Meet Emma Davis (Producer & Voiceover Artist)
Module 2
- Recording and listening to your own voice
- Assessing areas you might be able to improve
- Common faults if you want to speak R.P. (Received Pronunciation)
- Finding your range
- How to figure out the techniques of the professionals?
Module 3
- Studio Equipment
- Mic and Mic Technique
- Studios and setting up your own home studio
- Connecting to producers
- Putting together a small inexpensive portable studio
Module 4
- Voicing Male and Female
- Learning to voice to time
- How to alter your delivery for different areas of the business?
- Natural voicing
- Preparations for a session
- Interview with Rachel Knighting (Head of Production & Audio Producer at S2blue)
Module 5
- Recording
- Outsourcing editing
- Processing
- Delivering finished files
Module 6
- Talking books: a new opportunity
- What authors want and dealing with difficult ones - with Chris Brookes' tips (Screen Writer and Author)
- Platforms to audition on
- Technical requirements - with Chris Brookes' tips
- How long does it take to read a book?
- Different deals with authors
Module 7
- Making showreels - Plus interview with Tom Marshall (Voiceover Artist)
- How to market yourself? Plus interview with Tom Marshall
- How to approach producers?
- Running your voicing like a proper business - Plus interview with Tom Marshall
- Voices on demand - Plus interview with Tom Marshall
Module 8
- How to get experience?
- Different audition platforms
- What to say about yourself?
- Clients to watch out for and those to treasure with Tom Marshall
- Building relationships with producers and clients
- What to charge? Plus interview with Tom Marshall
- Invoicing and billing - Plus interview with Tom Marshall
Module 9
- Advertising agency sessions
- Preparing for a session
- Marking up the script
- Dealing with clients
- Dealing with producers - Plus interview with Steve Jones (Director at Spoken-Image)
- Remakes
- Demo reads
- Producing yourself
