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VOICEOVERS
Evaluation
For the beginning student, we recommend a two-hour in-depth analysis
of your basic talent, cold reading ability, interpretive instincts,
diction, and many technical parameters. You will be given 15 commercial
and 15 narration short scripts to deliver; this is an eclectic mix
of most of the bread-and-butter categories that are characteristic
of the marketplace. You will receive a written evaluation, which
will also be explained to you in the last hour of the evaluation.
The evaluation gets you off on a solid footing, as you and the instructor
know your strengths and areas that need work, as well as determining
whether or not you have the basic skills to pursue a voiceover career.
The fee for the evaluation: 200.00.
One-On-One
Coaching
Students
benefit most by beginning with several private sessions to work
specifically on problem areas revealed by the evaluation process.
It is in private sessions that the foundation of interpretive skills
and language dynamics are laid. These skills may be further refined
in the workshops, in a true studio situational environment.
Packages of 12 lessons may be purchased at a discount, for
advance payment.
1-Day Introductory Voiceover Basics Workshops
In the Washington/Baltimore Area:
Saturday, February 9th
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
In the Tampa/St. Petersburg Area*:
None yet scheduled
9:00 am to 1:30 pm
*Note: Classes in the Tampa/St. Petersburg
Area will be held at Ron Rose Productions.
Click here for directions
to Ron Rose Productions.
9:00-9:50 am-Overview of the voiceover industry:
Where the business comes from, skills needed to do the job, the
session do's and don'ts
and how to give the producer what he or she wants. Discussion of
basic marketing considerations. How the process of interpreting
scripts is affected by language dynamics: In-depth discussion of
sentence structure, the hierarchy of parts of speech, and how to
analyze scripts for phrasing and proper emphasis.
10 minute break
10:00-10:50 The Basics of Technique:
The how-to's of microphone technique, explanation of intimate medium
vs. projected medium, volume vs. emotional intensity, mood considerations,
accuracy of the read, how to handle energy, how to breath for proper
emphasis, energy, and endurance.
10 minute break.
11:00-11:55 Commercials-Critique Session:
How to approach commercial scripts. In-depth reading of commercial
scripts by the students, one at a time, one-on-one with the instructor,
who will give in-depth critique for the student and the class. This
will include working with music tracks.
5 minute break.
12:00-1:00 pm Narrations-Critique Session:
Discussion of how narrations differ from commercials in interpretive
treatment. Breakdown of categories of narration, and how to approach
them, In depth reading and critique of of narration scripts by the
students, one at a time, each working with the instructor one-on-one,
who will critique each read for the student, as in the commercial
session. Reading narrations against music tracks.
1:00-1:30 pm Summary, questions and answers, and wrap-up of
the day's events.
Space is limited to 10 students per class
Fee: $95
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