Voice Acting for Beginners: Learn Voice Acting from Scratch

Name: Voice Acting for Beginners: Learn Voice Acting from Scratch
Rating: 4.2 (149 reviews)

Learn voice acting for commercials, animations, independent productions and freelance gigs

Created byNader Nadernejad

Last updated 9/2018

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What you'll learn

Learn the fundamentals of voice acting
Learn how to voice act more convincingly
Learn how to start your career as a voice actor
Learn tips and tricks about voice acting

Course content

10 sections • 34 lectures • 1h 5m total length

Introduction1:57
Welcome to the course. Here's a little intro for you before we get started.

Choosing Your Recording Device1:15
This simple, yet important step will determine your experience throughout the course. Get ready to choose your recording device.
Choosing Your Space1:33
Choosing your space is an important aspect of voice acting.
Preparing Your Voice1:43
Let's prepare your voice to perform well!
Maintaining Correct Posture2:41
Maintaining correct posture is hugely important to your sound. Here's how to do it!

Using the Microphone2:27
Using a microphone may sound simple, but there's a technique to it.
Reading Your Script1:30
There's a technique to reading a script.
Enunciation2:31
Enunciation makes your understandable and your words crisp. Here's a technique for enunciation and an explanation of what it means.
Download the Beginner's Practice Script0:46
Now that we've covered the basics, please download the practice script and let's get started voice acting together!

Your First Reading1:51
Attached is your first script. Let's do a natural read of it and familiarize ourselves with the content.
Approaching Script Analysis2:00
Let's analyze a script for the first time!
Writing Down Intentions and Emotions3:51
Let's write down intentions and emotions within the script so we can act it out.
Embodying Your Character3:02
Let's talk about embodying your character!
Using Inflection4:20
Let's talk about inflection, how to use it, and why it generates the response you want within your audience.
Voice Acting Knowledge Quiz

Voice Type2:19
What voice type do you have?
Natural Dialect1:15
What is your natural dialect? Let's find out!
Your Unique Voice Qualities2:41
Explore your unique vocal qualities and learn how to market them for voice acting, from crisp articulate tones to deep baritone and intimate velvety voices for narration and audio books.
What You Can and Can't Do1:21
Discover your natural voice range and focus on the voices you can do, while accepting limits you can’t. Keep practicing, strengthen your strengths, and blow people out of the water.

How to Warm Up for a Voice Acting Session1:57
Discover practical warm-ups for voice acting sessions, from gargling lukewarm water and clearing the throat to sipping warm water and voice range stretches with vowels from low to high.
Download Tooth Popper (Funny Script)0:41
Break down a funny script, read it, prepare, and identify motion to bring to tooth popper. Download free ADOX and PTF file, read once or twice, then move on.
Approaching Comedic Scripts1:34
Learn to tackle comedic scripts using reversals to heighten humor in voice acting. Break down scripts, divide lines, and apply reversal techniques to powerfully deliver punchlines.
Creating Voice Acting Character2:25
Create a fast, infomercial-style character who speaks clearly yet rapidly, with measured pauses and a British accent, using a named persona like Humphrey.
Delivering Your Script3:50
Plan delivery, read the script, and share an unlisted or private YouTube clip for feedback in the course discussion to refine reversals, accents, and voice acting.

Introduction to Accents and Dialects1:21
Explore how to perform accents and dialects for voice acting, learning articulation, mouth movements, and emphasis while understanding a respectful, playful approach to character voices.
What Goes Into Producing an Accent1:11
Creating a UK (British) Accent3:11
Learn to craft a casual british accent by softening r sounds, adjusting vowel pronunciation, and practicing with authentic phrases like blimey and hobnobs. Train with guided drills and feedback.
Creating a South Asian Accent4:34
Master a South Asian accent by shaping tongue placement from front to back, practice believability, and compare two dialects to expand your voice acting range.

Requirements

A recording device such as a microphone, smartphone, tape-recorder, camera or anything that can record audio
A passion for voice acting or an interest in voice acting
An internet connection

Description

Do you want to learn voice acting?

In this beginner's course, I'll teach you everything I know about voice acting. I have worked in radio for over 5 years, staring in radio dramas, performing for paid projects and representing a talent agency in Atlantic Canada as an actor and voice actor. I bring the experience of an actor to voice acting, teach you how to get comfortable with a microphone and how to get into character without feeling any nervousness or apprehension. My goal is to make you comfortable with your voice and what it can do. This course will give you the foundation you need to start your career as a voice actor.

In this course, we'll talk about the voice acting industry and how you can launch your career as a voice actor, but we'll mainly focus on how to improve your skill. Finding work in voice acting is important, so I'll also touch on how to increase your chances of getting hired as a voice actor and how to build a portfolio.

You'll learn things like:

The basics of voice acting and the correct way to speak into a microphone
How to get into character and act convincingly
How to use your voice to generate emotions
How to impress audio producers and casting directors at your next audition
How to build on the skills you'll find in this course to become a professional
Getting work as a voice actor
Marketing yourself as a voice actor
The Do's and Don'ts of voice acting
Useful tips and tricks to help you with voice acting

So, what are you waiting for? Let's get started learning voice acting from scratch! If you have any questions throughout the course, remember that I'm always here (and more than delighted) to help you.

Who this course is for:

Aspiring voice actors with no previous experience
People who want to learn how to become a better voice actor, but don't know where to start
People who know nothing about voice acting, but are interested in it

Voice Acting for Beginners: Learn Voice Acting from Scratch

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Before You Start4 lectures • 7min

Introduction to Voice Acting4 lectures • 7min

Script Analysis5 lectures • 15min

Learning Your Voice4 lectures • 8min

Delving Into Voice Acting5 lectures • 10min

Accents and Dialects4 lectures • 10min

Pitch and Sound3 lectures • 4min

Congratulations and Next Steps1 lecture • 1min

Bonus Commercial Scripts3 lectures • 1min

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