“Voice Acting Academy”
Welcome to my virtual “Voice Acting Academy.”
Tuition is free. There is no campus, no room or board and we’ve no teachers to report to or books buy.
Classwork focuses on mostly talking to yourself. The home study portion of your education consists of reading, watching TV, movies and plays and maybe playing video games.
Extra-class stage time is highly encouraged.
There are no grades, but feedback can be provided by an audience or a casting director.
Your application has been accepted. Let’s get started:
Here are the five areas of focus at our school (also accessible from the drop down menu above):
1. Develop your acting and VO skills:
* Click for: at-home voice acting practice
Click for: at-home study materials (practice monologues)
Click for: acting practice exercise
Click for: dynamic acting exercise
*Click for: workout in the car
* essential field work: get in front of an audience
2.Click for: Study the masters.
3. Learn how the biz works and prepare accordingly (most of my site is devoted to this).
4. Click for: Load up your “inner database“ with movies, TV, books, theater and video games.
5. Click for: Expand your knowledge with outstanding outside sources as well.
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[Does] reading comic books help you to develop the voice of a character?
I don’t look to comics or graphic novels to develop a specific voice, but they could be a way to explore or find new voices.
Do you have any suggestions on exercises one can use to develop better diction? I know this is an area where I struggle and I’m constantly looking for new ways to help get myself warmed up better.
All I do is read out loud to myself a lot- books, plays, texts that I like– but lengthy stuff. I’m reading “A Christmas Carol” right now- just walking around and reading it when I’ve a spare chunk of time. The more you read well written words, the better you get with wielding words with purpose and precision.
Do you have any tips for a high school student who is interested in voice acting? How best to start, and where to look for auditions, especially in a town that offers little to no opportunity?
See my FAQ #4.
Does reading lines/voice acting lines out from [a video game] and uploading it for critique to Youtube would that be a good way of practice and to see what others think about your voice acting skills?
See FAQ #3.
Hi, I just came across your website as I was looking up on how to because actor or voice actor and I wondered if i could ask you a question.
I’m 19 years old […] I [am] extremely shy [and] nervous.
1. Am I too old to start acting?
2. How do you overcome being nervous?
3. Do you have to have a certain voice for voice acting? (because I’m a little worried my voice is a little odd).
1. No.
2. See my Afraid of Acting page. Also FAQ’s # 6 and 10.
3. No. You have to be a good actor. It’s not about having a certain kind of voice. Everyone (including me) starts out lacking confidence and a grasp of your abilities. You find it by trying it.