Friday, 16 January 2015

The Work Worlds Of Male Voice Over Talents

By Kristen Baird


Most people seem to need a secondary income source during these challenging times. The demand for Male Voice Over Talents is on the rise. There's no promise of making a full-time career out of this work, but at least there is wide range of options. Opportunities for this work include studio recorded dramas, narrated text for audio instruction, and more.

Slightly faded but yet recognizable stars often accept sound studio acting roles because of their ease, when compared to visual media. There's no need for hours in makeup or costuming in a sound studio. Increasingly, even the biggest stars can be found doing voice for cartoon characters, particularly in feature-length cartoons. For many, the motivation is the pleasure of entertaining a largely child audience, but no one complains about earning a bit extra.

The good news is that there are vastly more speaking jobs than can be filled even by the obscure celebrities and aspiring actors of Hollywood. This is good news for all of us non-movie stars. As a rule, though, some background as an actor, even if that was simply in the class room, will be advantageous in finding sound recording work.

There are all kinds of acting, of course. This would include the salesman reading a script into a telephone the requisite eighty times per day, day in and day out. In many ways this is the ultimate performance, because the audience response is a sale made. Anyone with the skills to be a telemarketer might do well to explore voice opportunities as an extra income source, and anyone trying to make a living as a telemarketer might need the money.

Not just telemarketers, but anyone making their living through any customer work, from technical support to fund raising, might find themselves with an aptitude for voice-work. Those doing this work teach themselves to note when they are truly getting their point across, always with the help of professional coaching in the office. Over time what they shape is a personality not quite the same as their own everyday self.

Some qualities are generally helpful. A rich voice with a flat, "television accent" is usually the most in demand, with the best chance to get work reading previously unrecorded text into audio format. Here, the reader should not try to exude any personality of their own. Only the words of the book or article being recorded are meant to have a personality.

There are opportunities for speakers with charisma, and someone might be be looking for one's own style at any time. There is room for people who don't sound like the readers of television news. Moreover, an expanding segment of customers require narration in more than one language, so those who speak Spanish or other languages might find work that seeks such expertise.

A special few work exclusively doing audio work. Doing this calls for much more than a nice voice. Those who have made a profession off audio recording have both drive and attention to objective detail. At the very least, audio work can help one's budget by providing that second income source.




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