How To Practice Voice Acting.
We want to give you some first hand examples of how to practice voice acting. It can be fun, sometimes frustrating but so rewarding and fulfilling. As you learn you to master your voice, you will gain confidence and start to realise the endless possibilities of a career in voice over. In this post from our series on how to become a voice actor, you will learn the essentials of how to practice voice acting.
Now is the time to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. Yep, it’s time to discover the incredible, amazing instrument called your voice.
What You Need To Start Practicing Voice Acting
First of all, let’s take an quick overview of the skills you need as a voice over actor. Peter Dickson and Hugh Edwards cover these in this short video taken from our Voice Over For Beginners Course.
How To Practice Voice Acting – Some Essential Mic Skills
In this video, Peter and Hugh give you some essential tips on how to use a microphone. If you’re not familiar with using a microphone, you can easily develop some bad habits.
How To Practice Voice Acting – Homework!
No no no…. that stuff from school and we promise no detentions!
We want you to practice and discover your voice. To find out about your amazing voice and what it is capable of, you will need to practice, practice, practise. We call it the three “P’s”
There are of course lots of ways to do this, but to help out we are going to give you some scripts to try.
Some Free Stuff – 5 Practice Scripts
Commercial TV
Interview Trailer
Fibre Bars
Commercial Radio
Car Loans
Finders Keepers
Corporate Narration
Executive Search
Character Narration
Ghost Story
We have lots more scripts on our site, but these will help you to get started and give a you a variety of voiceover styles to practice.
Practicing The Art
When you voice, your job is to communicate the message contained within the words, and bring them to life – make them sound like they are your own words and not something you are just reading.
Different scripts will require you to interpret them differently. This is one of the first areas you need to focus on. Learn how to interpret and deliver a script. Bear in mind that eand give meaning to those words.
Another Give Away
We want you to get off to the right start. To get a solid understanding of the steps you need to take to develop your voice skills.
We’re going to give you a some of the high quality content we produce for our members, it’s taken from our “Voiceover For Beginners” course. Of course we have lots more to offer than this course. We have over 100 hours of content to help you learn everything, from basic voiceover to advanced techniques and then on to specialist courses on gaming and audiobook narration. We’ve done this, so you can develop your voice and work in the part of the industry that your voice is best suited to.
How To Practice Voice Acting – FREE VIDEOS
FREE VIDEOS FROM OUR VOICE OVER FOR BEGINNERS COURSE
In this video, Hugh and Peter explain who they are and why they teach the Voiceover For Beginners course. They also outline what you will learn within the course. This is then followed up by this example video of Peter in the booth.
Some great extra resources to read:
The Secrets of Preventing Mouth Clicks in Voiceover Recordings
Debreath Your Voiceovers the Human Way
For more information on voice acting visit our series of posts on how to become a voice actor
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