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What are some good tips to increase believability of voice tone? by ForgotMyCakeDay • last post Apr 17th
I'm not a professional actor, but I do enjoy implementing acting into personal projects. With that being said, I find it hard to connect to the character I'm playing and act accordingly. How can I act in a way that isn't obviously fabricated? Is there some trick that may help an actor visualize his character? I know that good acting comes with practice, but I was wondering if there are some mentality tips that might get someone on the right track.
How do I go about acting? by patdeeznutz • last post Apr 17th
I'm an Irish 23 y/o male. I don't have any experience whatsoever, but I am very good at voices and characters. I find myself constantly doing different "characters" to make jokes, and a few people have mentioned that I should act. Every time I watch a show or a movie I get the urge to act myself. I have no formal education, or experience. Whilst im not unattractive, I don't think I have the "look" of an actor. This plays a role in me not pursuing the career. Can someone give me advice on what to do? I'd really appreciate it!
Is it ok for me to take a different route than most actors?? by ScoobyHorn • last post Apr 17th
Yo,so i'm 14 and i find acting interesting and i want to do it,but i have school so i started theatre [classes.my](https://classes.my) question is can i do theatre-Acting classes/imrpov and still develop the skills that someone named Jimmy that goes to a drama school does ???
Looking for people who have experience with Art of Acting Studio summer intensives by crackerjackfeeler • last post Apr 17th
I’ve been invited to attend the 5 week Film & TV acting intensive at Art of Acting Studio and I was hoping to hear from some people who have attended the school at all but especially from anyone who participated in a summer intensive. I’m an out of state actor and I’m pretty limited as to classes where I’m located. I’ve been thinking about splitting my time between my home and LA so I can pursue acting work there too. I was thinking an intensive like this could be a good chance to get the ball rolling on that in addition to the connections and further learning. That is assuming of course they will even be able to hold the intensive as usual with everything going on... Thanks!
Interview tips? by _StarkEdits_ • last post Apr 16th
Hello everyone. I have an assignment for class that involves interviewing someone. I am interviewing a friend who has background in theater acting. I know this is a very vague question, but does anyone have any tips for interviewing actors? The interview is just audio based, so my main goal is to really capture their identity and personality. And I’d like to ask good questions to get that feel, but I’m really doubtful of my questions.
Kotaku: "Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy Voice Actor Keiji Fujiwara Has Died" by Cicada_5 • last post Apr 16th
[https://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-final-fantasy-voice-actor-keiji-fujiwar-1842897719](https://kotaku.com/kingdom-hearts-final-fantasy-voice-actor-keiji-fujiwar-1842897719) Rest in peace.
I’m an aspiring voice actor looking for work. What are some good websites I could find jobs on? by AfricaByToto3412 • last post Apr 16th
I have some experience, I played a few characters in a friend’s animation a couple years back and Im looking to get back into it, this time seriously.
How attractive do you need to be to get lead roles? by throwaway93737363 • last post Apr 16th
Assuming the actors had the talent to back it up, if an actor is above average and another one is very attractive who’s more likely to get the lead role? Excluding rom-coms, how much would looks play into someone getting a lead?
How do voice actors change their voices so much? by chrisredfieldu • last post Apr 16th
I've seen a few videos on voice actors "changing their voices" but they dont explain how. It comes off as an inherent anomaly they were born capable of producing. I think a speech pathologist would be the best person to explain specifically how these voice actors are able to change their voices so much. Are these successful voice actors born with vocal anomalies that are allowing them to change their voices so drastically? I know in some people smoking is how they achieve some changes in the voice, like Troy Baker. If these vocal changes are learned, where do voice actors go to learn how to produce these sounds? Examples: \- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3sux7tH9M](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV3sux7tH9M) \- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmXeH\_2XIww](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmXeH_2XIww)
If you were able to go back in time and talk to your younger self when you were first starting your Acting career, what would you tell him/her? by dbowsmashbros • last post Apr 16th
This is for all the experienced Actors and Actresses out there.
If you were able to go back in time and talk to your younger self when you were first starting your Voice-Acting Career what advice would you tell him/her? by dbowsmashbros • last post Apr 16th
This is to all the experienced Voice-Actors out there
Headshot-Age Range-Character Type Post - Apr 16 by AutoModerator • last post Apr 16th
Use this thread to post your headshots for feedback, get info on your age range/type, find good headshot photographers, ask any questions you may have about headshots. If you are posting a DIY headshot for feedback, and not just a snapshot in order to get feedback on your age range/type/etc, it is advised that you do at least some basic research on what actor headshots look like--composition, framing, lighting. You will find a Google Image search for "actor headshots" to be very helpful for this. Non-professional shots are fine for age/typecasting; please keep in mind that one picture is a difficult way to go about this. Video of you moving and speaking would be ideal, but understandably more difficult to post. For what it's worth, the branding workshop at SAG-AFTRA recommends a five-year age range. That's inclusive, so for example 19-23, 25-29, 34-38, etc.
I’m too scared to start by inash7170 • last post Apr 16th
I am a 17yr old male and I’ve have always loved the idea of acting and always wanted to try it and pursue it as a career. I live in rural/suburban Minnesota so obviously the opportunities are scarce but that’s not the problem. I have never had anyone support me in wanting to be an actor, my family thinks it’s nonsense and that I should try a real job. I also don’t even know where to start, what do I even do first? Do I have to move? Do I go against what everyone thinks? I’ve been thinking about this for years. I know I’m still pretty young but I like to start early I guess. I need some advice please! Anything can help!
Transitioning from hobbyist to professional; what is the benchmark for being a 'trained professional'. by Brewtifull • last post Apr 16th
I started doing voicovers for game mods 8 years ago and since then I've done game trailers for indie games and some audiobooks for friends as well as some narrative dialogue for indie games. I have no acting training and everything I've learned has been from feedback. Since October I've been looking for paid gigs, mostly on Mandy, and have only had two paid jobs. With the current social distancing measures I've been trying desperately to get more gigs as I'm getting no other work (usually I freelance in a variety of stuff), but I'm not getting many hits on Mandy so I need register to a number of other platforms, but I seem to be hitting this "Only professionally trained voice actors may apply" line. What is professional voice acting training, do I need to get a degree specifically geared toward it?
18 years old dreamer by Pesetas000 • last post Apr 16th
Hi guys i'm 18 years old guy from algeria I want to become a successful actor like robert dinero and leo please i can do audition or acting school in my country I need to find a way to do online audition or a way to contact movie producer to help me please
Just needed to rant by pretendtobefish • last post Apr 15th
So in about a year I have to record a play with myself and a friend in it. As of now it only involves the two of us, and it's not a professional gig. I am working to be an actor, while my friend has no interest at all in acting. The reason we're doing this is because we recorded ourselves in a play for a drama class project. We worked very hard on it but in the end we agreed it could be improved in a lot of ways. Since she doesn't enjoy acting, it was so difficult working with her. She wouldn't learn her lines, she would constantly go on and on about how she hated it, and told me that she felt like I was a witch for trying to achieve the best we could with so little we had. I would try to rehearse scenes with her and she would loudly sing over my voice. I did my best to pull her along and I guess my passion for it overwhelmed her all the time. We nearly fell out during rehearsals as I was pissed off at her and she was too. Fastforward to performance day. We did our best to set the stage and fall into character. There were other teams as well and it had been agreed on that the recording would go online. I was happy at that, since I wanted to put myself out there even if only a handful of people might watch it. Small steps as an amateur actor. She started crying. She started crying that it would go online. And at first I understood her horror, since she had no interest in acting whatsoever and hated the thought of people who she didn't know watching her horrific acting. So at first I agreed in not letting ours online. It was a live performance after all, no need to leave it online.... But days passed and I grew depressed that all that time and hard work we had put in would be gone just like that. Since it was a class project our audience was small, around 25 people. That was fine, but I craved the idea of exposing myself to a possibly larger audience. I wasn't looking for attention. I had lived all my life hiding from people's eyes and had only recently decided to express myself to anyone out there, and putting this recording online was a part of that. So I explained everything to my friend who initially reacted with anger but eventually was persuaded. But it was on one condition: that we record it again sometime before graduation, since she hated the way she looked in the video. I was desperate so I agreed. I made a promise. And now I feel so much more depressed. I want to turn back time and just leave the recording to ourselves. I can't do that now because they told us it wouldn't be possible to change our decision since our performance was in a video with the other teams. So now I have about a year until I have to act with her again, and it is terrifying. I hate the idea of having to spend that much time again with somebody with such a distaste for acting, and who always thinks of her vanity rather than the play itself. If I'd been a professional actor and had many skillsets I could just teach her and have some breathing room, but I'm not. I've only been at this for a few years and it was all drama work at school and I have never been taught anything about acting. I'm reading books and watching classes on acting, and I do have a much better idea than when I began, but it's still not enough to pull someone like her through. And just the two of us have to build the set, direct ourselves, all of it. The first time we did it she simply followed along with what I did. Gave little to no opinions and then complained about it. I don't get how she actually wants to go through that hell all over again. To be honest I could just start pretend like I never promised we would do it again, but I'm as terrified of doing that as I'm of acting with her. I don't know. I just wanted to rant... I'm looking to audition for drama school programs now and then what? What if I get into a short course and am away from my current school? Do I go back to her and record that shit after finishing drama school? This time around there wouldn't even be an audience since she wants to record it with just us two. It sounds ridiculous but then again I'd have more knowledge and experience on acting so maybe it'd be easier to pull through. Maybe I could give an improved performance and count that as experience. Maybe I'm just in a bad headspace and overthinking it. I don't know.
Having success with Voices.com? by Cordath • last post Apr 15th
For about two years now I've been practicing my VO skills through Gravy for the Brain and feel that I'm at a point now where I'm hireable, so I got a subscription to [voices.com](https://voices.com). With the whole Coronavirus situation, I figured that this would be a perfect time to start establishing myself as I'm out of work anyway. Out of the fifty odd auditions that I've done so far, I've had about four of them liked by the client and haven't been hired yet. Is this typical? I really don't want to bungle my chances of turning something I enjoy into a career by shooting myself in the foot with bad auditions. It's worth noting that Gravy for the Brain has a course on improving P2P casting chances, but I don't entirely agree with the methodology. They say that to get hired more one should always perform multiple takes of the script to demonstrate range - which I can get behind - except that [Voices.com](https://Voices.com) themselves recommend getting six auditions done every single hour. I'm currently at six auditions in a day. Does quality beat out quantity in the world of P2P? ...Or am I just being naive and should be working on building my own client base through marketing myself on online platforms and just forget about P2P for now until I have some work to put on my resume? TLDR; I'm just starting out with making VO a career and got a [voices.com](https://voices.com) subscription, but haven't had success yet. Am I going about this the wrong way? Here's a link to my profile in case anyone wants to look: [https://www.voices.com/actors/Will-Reierson](https://www.voices.com/actors/Will-Reierson)
How to know if you can be a great actor? by Theswissmothafockaaa • last post Apr 15th
Aesthetic, empathy, charisma, ... what are the important things to be a great actor? Like Hollywood stars
How do I get started on becoming a voice actor? by epicgameraphix • last post Apr 15th
My favourite show, Steven Universe recently came to an end, and I realised soon after finishing it that I want to become a voice actor. I hope that one day I can work on something as impactful and inspirational as SU. Right now I know practically nothing about the voice over world. What can I do to get started?
Bryan Cranston's Advice to Aspiring Actors by Movie-Connoisseur • last post Apr 15th
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1WiCGq-PcY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1WiCGq-PcY) ​ Great video, one of the best pieces of advice I've heard.