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The Art of Voice Acting: The Craft and...

The Art of Voice Acting introduces performance techniques and offers many useful tips, emphasizing that the performer must see him/herself as an actor, and all material as a story in which he/she plays a role. Included is a large section presenting a variety of scripts for the reader to practice with. This books takes readers step-by-step through a taping session, discussing the wide variety f equipment set-ups, and some of the difficulties they are likely to encounter.

Most importantly, this book introduces performers to the business of voice work, working with talent and casting agents, preparing the demo tape, and getting that tape into the hands of those likely to be hiring. This book discusses the variety of work available and how to find it. It also offers career management tips, such as working with a personal agent and keeping detailed records.

Making Money in Voice-Overs : Winning...

From Rugrats to Big Macs, voice-over careers are the best kept and highest paying secrets in the world. Most voice-over sessions last only ten minutes to an hour. Teri Apple's book helps the actor, radio DJ, vocal impressionist and amateur cartoon voice succeed in voice-overs, no matter where you...

So You Want To Be A Voice-Over Star

So You Want To Be A Voice-over Star is an introspective look into the voice-over industry written by a national voice talent, Sandy Thomas, the National Voice of MSNBC. Sandy is a highly respected voice talent that can also be heard on ESPN & ESPN2, HBO, VH1, MTV, A&E and more including Local Radio & TV stations and National and Regional Commercials all across America.

Youll have all your questions answered likeHOW DO I GET INTO VOICE-OVERS? WHERE DO I TRAIN FOR THIS FIELD? HOW DO I GET

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Put your money where your mouth is

Put Your Mouth Where the Money Is : How...

Sunny Quinn, radio and television personality and voiceover talent, recently authored Put Your Mouth Where The Money Is, a voiceover training program. It comes with three audiocassettes and takes you step-by-step through the process of creating and building your own freelance commercial voiceover

There's Money Where Your Mouth Is: An...

Aimed at seasoned actors as well as vocal talents who lack show-biz experience, this career manual offers the most complete guide to a lucrative field.

Voices are increasingly in demand for commercials, cartoon characters, announcements, and other voice-over spots. This outstanding handbook

Word of Mouth : A Guide to Commercial...

Here in Los Angeles the streets are lined with people who can "read copy," but the choice voiceover assignments go to the select few who add something more to the work - believability, personality, and a strong one-on-one connection with the audience. "A camera does not lie," say the authors, "and neither does a microphone."

That's why this book is so valuable. Although trying to teach voiceover skills through a book is inherently challenging -- sort of like trying to teach driving, or violin-playing, that way -- this book is the most successful one I am aware of. It is without doubt the best single resource on voiceover work in print today.- Geoffrey L Bryan.

Voiceovers: Putting Your Mouth Where The...

There's relatively little information available on this form of making money, so Douthitt's title is especially valuable to any who have heard about voice-over potentials. Tom Wiecks edits a fine guide which covers not only money-making potentials, but the mechanics of how voice-over operates. -Midwest Book Review

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The American Accent Guide: A complete...

This guide to american accent is simply amazing. I had previously tried different methods to improve my pronunciation but none of them worked. This book contains the essential information that is needed in order to understand all the facts of the american english pronunciation and intonation. Very simple, very easy to work with. I strongly recommend it!-Ana Presedo Rodriguez

American Dialects : A Manual for Actors,..

This standard text, now in paperback for the first time-- the companion volume to Foreign Dialects-- American Dialects offers representative dialects of every major section of the United States. In each case, a general description and history of the dialect is given, followed by an analysis of vowel...

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Accents and Dialects

Foreign Dialects : A Manual for Actors,...

Most actors and directors have struggled with the problem of needing to imitate foreign dialects. Marguerite and Lewis Herman have created an essential tool for actors, directors and writers aiming toward the most authentic performances possible. Foreign Dialects contains an extensive repertoire of...

Accents : A Manual for Actors

Wow, when I went looking for a book to help me learn how to do accents I had no idea I'd find this. It seems to cover just about every American accent you could want. The CD that is included with it is invaluable. Within just a few days I was speaking like an English Gentleman. I have been trying to get that accent down for years. I work in a popular cafe here in Hollywood. We get many customers from London. I can even fool them. They ask me what part I'm from. They are amazed when I turn the accent off. Then, just for kicks, I'll start talking like I'm from Kentucky or the Bronx. This book is great for everyone who wants to add spice to their personalities, not just actors. Did I mention I get more dates when I use the accents I learned from this book?-Guy D Wells

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Commercials and Technique

How to Read Copy : Professionals Guide...

This book covers all essentials for any voice-over artist to know before getting into the business of actually reading copy for a variety of voice over needs. Must for every multimedia producer's library.
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Breaking into Commercials : The Complete...

The wisdom of a veteran casting director and the viewpoint of a photographer-writer mix well to give newcomers to commercial acting all the how-tos, tips, and references to break in. After all, the reasoning goes, more than 60,000 commercial roles are cast each year, so why not get in on it?-Booklist

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Voice-Over Tales and Biographies

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Vo : Tales and Techniques of a...

One of the country’s top voice-over talents shares his secrets to success in this insider’s guide to the voice-over industry! Not only does veteran actor Harlan Hogan offer a fascinating personal account of the crazed clients, practical jokes, and amazing coincidences encountered during his 25-year career . . . he also provides a wealth of tested tips for surviving and thriving as a voice-over actor! This indispensable guide features dozens of techniques to help readers train their voices, gain experience, make a demo, join unions, get an agent, and more. It also includes strategies for finding work in venues outside film and television, including games, automated telephone systems, and even websites. Actors, broadcasters, and anyone else who longs to make money speaking into a microphone will cherish this informative, insightful, and often hilarious glimpse at the business-book description

Invisible Storytellers : Voice-Over...

"Let me tell you a story," each film seems to offer silently as its opening frames hit the screen. But sometimes the film finds a voicean off- screen narratorfor all or part of the story. From Wuthering Heights and Double Indemnity to Annie Hall and Platoon, voice-over narration has been an integral part of American movies. Through examples from films such as How Green Was My Valley, All About Eve, The Naked City, and Barry Lyndon, Sarah Kozloff examines and analyzes voice-over narration. She refutes the assumptions that words should only play a minimal role in film, that "showing" is superior to "telling," or that the technique is inescapably authoritarian (the "voice of god"). She questions the common conception that voice-over is a literary technique by tracing its origins in the silent era and by highlighting the influence of radio, documentaries, and television. She explores how first-person or third-person narration really affects a film, in terms of genre conventions, viewer identification, time and nostalgia, subjectivity, and reliability. In conclusion she argues that voice- over increases film's potential for intimacy and sophisticated irony.-