There is nothing worse than low-quality and boring voice acting lessons. Voice acting is a practical and applied skill. For this reason, you need to have good quality demonstrations and be shown how to practice your skills. Most top-notch online voice over lessons share some common traits. In this article, we’ll cover what makes a great learning experience and how to get the best out of voice acting lessons.
TABLE OF CONTENTS – VOICE ACTING LESSONS
STRUCTURE OF GOOD VOICE ACTING LESSONS.
HOW TO GET THE MOST OF VOICE ACTING LESSONS.
WHY CHOOSE GRAVY FOR THE BRAIN?
Generally speaking, creating a course, or class takes time. It requires expert knowledge and experience to put it together. However, having experts produce and deliver a voice over lesson is only one part of how you provide a good class. A good structure, interactive content, videos, exercises and resources to guide you, are just some of the other components. At Gravy For The Brain, we have spent years refining how we build and deliver voice over classes.
If you’re new to voice acting, you want to invest in some good quality voice over classes. You need to consider how to spend your hard earned money carefully. Furthermore, you want to get the best return on your investment. In other words, get the best voice over class at the best price.
When developing a voice acting lesson we don’t just focus on what we know. We also aim to achieve a great user experience. For this reason, we focus heavily on our what our students need.
For instance, we repeatedly review our classes and lesson based on these questions:
- Who is this lesson for (e.g. level of voice skills)?
- How will the lesson transform them or move them forward (lesson objectives)?
- What can we do to make this easy to understand and be engaging?
- What resources can we develop to support the lesson?
STRUCTURE OF GOOD VOICE ACTING LESSONS.
Good quality and engaging voice acting lessons need some common elements:
- Learning goals – every learning experience should have a clearly defined learning goal, after all, that is the reason for teaching? At Gravy For The Brain, our lessons all have clearly defined learning goals.
- Resources – every lesson needs some relevant resources. Nothing is worse than having a great experience only to find that you are missing valuable material. We provide a full set of appropriate resources for each lesson.
- Introduction – the introduction gives students a high-level overview of what they will learn and what they can expect from the lesson.
- Mixed instructional methods – we use a variety of instructional methods. Each one matches proven learning techniques. As an example, in our voice acting lessons, we use professional voice actors to demonstrate voice techniques.
- Summary – a summary gives students a refresher and reminder of the critical points.
- Assessment – voice acting lessons should have some form of evaluation. An evaluation is a simple test. It provides a learning check for the student and feedback for lesson producers on the quality of the lesson.
HOW TO GET THE MOST OF VOICE ACTING LESSONS.
#1 – PLAN YOUR DIARY.
Once you commit to taking a voice over class, you need to plan your time. If you jump in too quickly, you can quickly get overwhelmed. Do not panic! It is perfectly reasonable to feel overwhelmed at first. Use a simple plan to keep yourself on track. A plan will help you feel that you are steadily making progress.
Plan first. Set a plan that sets a good pace, but doesn’t cause you to stress out or get frustrated.
Start by defining the days of the week to reserve for voice acting lessons. Then decide which voice over lessons you will take and when. If you follow a plan, you will soon find that you make progress.
#2 – TAKE NOTES AND LIST ACTIONS.
At first, you might think “why bother taking notes if I can access it at any time, anywhere?”
Note-taking improves how people absorb information. Your notes needn’t be long though. As an example, you can make notes by merely jotting down bullet points. What’s important is that you understand them and can use them later. When learning something new, you can often lose track of what to practice. This is particularly true of voice acting lessons. A crucial part of learning how to voice act is to exercise regularly. During the voice acting lesson, you will be prompted to practice techniques. Immediately after the lesson practice and schedule further times to practice in the week.
#3 – REPLAY VIDEOS.
Learning takes time, especially if you are new to the subject. Some ideas or concepts can initially be hard to grasp but don’t worry about this, it’s perfectly reasonable. For this reason, watch the video again, and again until you finally get it. This is a valid learning approach and one many used by students everywhere.
WHY CHOOSE GRAVY FOR THE BRAIN?
Our Gravy For The Brain voice over classes allows you to study at your own pace. Because they are online, there is no need to waste time travelling. We also connect you with like-minded people across the world of voice over. That means you are always learning from others as well as from lessons.
But online learning only works if we, as providers, deliver a valuable learning experience.
We create engaging voice lessons that don’t leave you confused, cross-eyed, and without hair. Our classes and lessons are designed from the ground up based on knowing the problems voice actors face at every stage of their career. From just starting out through to more advanced techniques, we offer ways to progress your skills and expertise.
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