Voice Over auditioning - Tips and tricks to improve bookings
Winning the audition
Created by Mike Elmore
What you'll learn
- Improve Booking to Audition ratio utilizing tips and tricks during the process
Requirements
- A desire to start booking voice over jobs or already be doing that
Description
Auditioning isn't the ONLY way to secure paying VO jobs...but it plays a huge role in your day to day activity as a working or hobbyist voice over talent. Here we discuss the art of auditioning and talk about how you can THINK about your auditions with a process that resulted in a booking explosion for me.
Who this course is for:
- Someone that has just gotten into the world of Voice Over or is thinking about it
Course content
1 section • 22 lectures • 1h 49m total length
- Preview06:03
- 06:24Understanding why people want auditions...helps you do them better
- 11:05Undestanding and interpreting specs
- 08:24We love SIDES
- Preview04:19
- 03:06"Voice Seekers" make QUICK judgments
- 08:20TRY THIS PROCESS when auditioning
- 03:19There's a good dose of Acting in...voice Acting
- 04:58Breaking down, asking questions and making determinations about a script/read
- 03:22What is the intended broadcast medium and why does it matter?
- 02:47Some words will suggest how you should say them
- 03:28Weeeee MUST uncover the Copy Points!!!
- 07:14Lets do an audition read together and seek out..AGAIN...Copy Points
- 05:08Microphone technique and proximity. Mess this up and it will KILL the audition
- 04:22Head Slate? Tail Slate?....What the Slate??
- 02:30File naming conventions. Pay Close Attention!!!!
- 02:22Timing is Everything! "WHERE'S THAT AUDITIONNNN!""
- 02:55The audition should have the same sound quality as the actual BOOKING
- 02:54Sloppy editing and NO editing is prohibited
- 02:05Be Picky. ~Certain auditions and you just weren't meant for each other~
- 01:57Not sure about something? Do a minute or two of research. You'll be glad you did
- 12:47How do I find and also GET auditions sent to me by "Voice Seekers"?
Instructor
Voice Actor, Audio producer, Voice Over coach
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Mike Elmore here. I am a National level VO talent. You can hear me as the radio promo voice for television show MTYH BUSTERS. Past and present radio and television voice over clients include PROACTIV, Food Network, SPIKE TV, FOX Sports, Taco Bell....and 100's of other promos, commercials and narrations