Voiceover Instruction

 

All private voiceover classes are geared towards intermediate and advanced study. All lessons are recorded on microphone with headphones. This allows the student an opportunity to focus on the nuances of their read. Each class is recorded on CD, for home study.

Beginning Students:

Each student begins class study with a private consultation, lasting one hour. The cost of this lesson/consultation is $95.00. During this consultation, the individual student's level and abilities are evaluated. Each student is given several pieces of voiceover copy to read, along with direction and the basic tools of effective copy reading. All the basics are touched on in this first consultation.

The purpose of the initial consultation is to clarify for the student, as well as the teacher, in which direction to focus, in order to help the student get the most out of their private class work. (In other words, is the student strongest with straight ahead announce, conversational announce, character voices, etc.?) Once the student's primary direction is decided, copy is chosen and copy reading technique becomes the focus. Occasionally, a beginning student may be directed towards a group class, which may be more beneficial to the individual.

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Private Consultation and Study for Beginning Students will cover:

• The fundamental building blocks of reading copy
• Understanding how copy is written and what the copywriter had in mind
• Discovering the "money words"
• Breaking down copy into understandable "beats"
• Visualizing copy
• Personalizing copy
• Discovering your individual voiceover direction, niche and style
• How to breathe life, believability and authenticity into your read
• How to take and interpret direction
• Microphone technique
• Studio Etiquette/Audition Technique
• Self-Marketing tips

Group Classes:

Group classes can serve several purposes:

• Students can broaden their ideas of how copy can be approached by hearing what others do with it.
• The group class not only allows each person the chance to read the same piece of copy, but also copy that is more specific to each individual.

Focus is paid to:

• Reading in pairs and groups
• Slating and audition technique
• Taking Direction

Intermediate/Advanced Students -- Private Instruction:

Once direction and basic technique have been established, further attention is then paid to maintaining consistency and learning how to compete in a professional market. For the student who has completed the beginning course of VO study, focus is paid to the techniques involved in effective cold copy reading and communication of text.

Professional Students-- Private Instruction:

For the Professional student who is a signed client but finds that they may not be booking on a consistent enough basis or their reads lack a certain believability, we focus in on solving their specific problems and providing them with tools they can use on a daily basis.

Private Instruction for Intermediate/Advanced/Professional Students will Cover:

• How to make copy sound completely natural- on the first take
• Perfecting the subtle yet considerable differences between "Announcer", "Conversational Announce" and "Promo" reads
• Nailing the "cold read"
• Personalized preparation for auditions
• Getting it right on the first take
• Understanding the read that books the job
• Maintaining consistency
• Self- Marketing Strategies
• Helping your agent work for you

 

 

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