Excerpt from How to Break into Voiceover:
You have a great speaking voice and you’ve always been told you’d be a great voiceover artist. So now you’re getting serious about starting a voiceover career. The trouble is, you know nothing about what it takes to become a voice actor. Well, the good news is, voice acting is a big business and is only getting bigger. The bad news is, voiceover is a highly competitive industry and voice acting jobs are hard to come by. So you need to be armed with reliable information to have your best chance at succeeding in voiceover.
You have a great speaking voice and you’ve always been told you’d be a great voiceover artist. So now you’re getting serious about starting a voiceover career. The trouble is, you know nothing about what it takes to become a voice actor. Well, the good news is, voice acting is a big business and is only getting bigger. The bad news is, voiceover is a highly competitive industry and voice acting jobs are hard to come by. So you need to be armed with reliable information to have your best chance at succeeding in voiceover.
There are numerous voiceover genres,
including commercial voiceover, promo voiceover, movie trailer voiceover,
animation voiceover, audiobook voiceover and industrial voiceover. What
voiceover genre is right for you depends on your type of voice and performance
ability. Do you have a good narrator voice suitable for audiobook voice work?
Do you have a natural, “regular” sounding voice, best for commercial voice
work? How about a big booming voice perfect for movie trailer voice work? Or
maybe you’ve developed a stable of characters great for animation voice work? You
may already have an idea which categories of voiceover you would be best suited
for. But the best way to be sure you're
right for any voiceover category is to get voiceover training by a seasoned
professional.
For a complete breakdown of voiceover careers and to learn how to become a successful voiceover artist, read How to Break into Voiceover by Christopher Prince.
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