Fundamental Course - Marking Your Page

Name: Fundamental Course - Marking Your Page
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Our Fundamental Workshop Series is dedicated to refining essential script interpretation techniques.

Created byVoice Acting Institute

Last updated 8/2024

English

What you'll learn

The Voice Acting Institute provides education for seekers & doers that support successful voice acting careers.
Our industry-leading voice acting coaches want you to thrive in the industry.
We provide on-going online, in-studio, and traveling workshops in a creative, fun, inspiring, and safe space.,
Our Lead Instructor Stanley Fisher: with nearly two decades of experience with voice acting, audio design, and voice-over coaching.

Course content

4 sections • 21 lectures • 1h 9m total length

No Expectations3:35
In this module, we will chat about how we approach script interpretation and how actors typically come at this dysfunctional. Checking yourself before you begin and resolving any negative tension or expectations can help the actor connect to the script and start their process with more stability as they layer in other concepts.

Marking Your Page - Breathmarks4:38
In this module, we will go over the proper way of marking your voice-over scripts. Marking your page helps you identify the meaning of each sentence and allows for you to connect to the scripts.
Marking Your Page - Stress Words3:28
In this module, we will go over the proper way of marking your voice-over scripts. Marking your page helps you identify the meaning of each sentence and allows for you to connect to the scripts.
Marking Your Page - Adjectives1:58
In this module, we will go over the proper way of marking your voice-over scripts. Marking your page helps you identify the meaning of each sentence and allows for you to connect to the scripts.
Marking Your Page - Upward And Downward Inflections3:55
In this module, we will go over the proper way of marking your voice-over scripts. Marking your page helps you identify the meaning of each sentence and allows for you to connect to the scripts.
Marking Your Page - P.O.P. Pride on Product2:00
In this module, we will go over the proper way of marking your voice-over scripts. Marking your page helps you identify the meaning of each sentence and allows for you to connect to the scripts.

Creating a Moment: Talk To One Person/Bring 1 Person Into The Room6:48
In this module, we will cover bringing someone into the room in our imagination. This will help connect for a more conversational read.
Creating a Moment: My Environment6:39
In this module, we will talk about the environment your character is in and how it can help ground you into the moment.
Creating a Moment: Defining My Character2:36
In this module, we will talk about the environment you character is in and how it can help ground you into the moment.

Prelife2:44
In this module, we will talk about the prelife to your character and how it motivates what your character is saying.
Leaving Doubt Behind3:04
In this module, we will talk about how your focus will create your reality, especially doubt. Leaning into what you want to create will leave your doubt behind.
Modes of Awareness1:57
In this module, we will talk about the different modes of how we are aware in a given moment.
Fail Forward3:42
In this module, we will talk about failure and how failure is part of the creative process.
Emotion Drives Creativity2:16
In this module, we will cover how emotions are the driving force in the moment of your life and the character.
Know Your End Result2:36
In this module, we will talk about the importance of your end result. Without an end result the actor doesn’t know where to go in their creativity.
Not Needing To Know1:46
In this module, we will talk about how needing to know creates stress, doubt and how it takes you out of creativity.
Focus On What's Working3:22
In this module, we will talk about how people focus on fixing issues and how it neglects what is working.
Don't Take Things Personal2:20
In this module, we will talk about how taking things personally creates separation from what you actually want in your voice-over career.
Unpacking A Sentence4:06
In this module, we will talk about how sitting with a sentence and unpacking it allows you to sink into the moment and the emotions of your character.
Commercial Advertising Solves Problems3:13
In this module, we will talk about the purpose of commercials and how it helps the actor understand the writer.
Toleration vs Acceptance2:43
In this module, we will talk about the difference between toleration and acceptance and how we tolerate things we don’t want to deal with.

Requirements

Whether you are new to voice acting and looking for a career change, or a veteran of the voice acting community looking to hone your skills. This course is for you!

Description

ABOUT THIS COURSE:

Our Fundamental Workshop Series is dedicated to refining essential script interpretation techniques. Learning how to 'Mark Your Page' enables you to define the meaning of each sentence and effectively convey your message to the audience. By mastering these key concepts, actors will transition from merely reading scripts to fully embodying their roles, delivering more authentic and impactful performances.

ABOUT US:

At The Voice Acting Institute, we firmly believe in the transformative power of leadership, recognizing that everyone possesses the ability to shape their desired experiences in both life and career. Our unwavering commitment is to empower ambitious voice actors on their journey toward building prosperous and sustainable careers in the dynamic voice acting industry, infusing our mission with the essential element of leadership.

Our overarching end result is to provide education that seamlessly integrates leadership, personal development, and business and brand development, and traditional acting techniques, fostering the growth of individuals within the creative voice acting realm. We adopt a multi-tiered approach to character and business development, enabling creatives not only to sculpt their on-screen personas but also to cultivate their own leadership qualities, their brand, and a healthy approach to facing everyday challenges in their business and life. This unique approach results in performances that resonate with authenticity, truthfulness, and empowerment and instill greater self-reliance, preparing individuals for any challenges they may encounter in the industry.

Who this course is for:

Regardless of where you are with your voice acting journey, we know you want to create something magical in the voice acting industry.

Fundamental Course - Marking Your Page

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Marking Your Page5 lectures • 16min

Creating A Moment3 lectures • 16min

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