The Art of Voice Acting
The Craft and Business of Performing for Voice-Over
- 2nd Edition - March 14, 2002
- Latest edition
- Author: James Alburger
- Language: English
The Art of Voice Acting continues to be an excellent introduction to the business and art of voice acting. Newly updated to reflect the latest changes in the industry, this new… Read more
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The Art of Voice Acting continues to be an excellent introduction to the business and art of voice acting. Newly updated to reflect the latest changes in the industry, this new edition features more contributions from professional voice artists and voice-acting coaches. It also covers job opportunities in the field and career management tips, such as working with a personal agent and keeping detailed records. Including an expanded appendix of Internet resources and a new companion CD-ROM--complete with audio examples--this is the perfect modern manual to getting established in the voice acting industry.
This book introduces performance techniques and offers many useful tips, including how to build a career as a voice-actor. Complete with a large variety of scripts to use for practice and a CD-ROM with actual examples and voice-over demos, it takes readers step-by-step through a recording session, a review of equipment set-up, and some of the difficulties they might encounter when recording and performing.
This book introduces performance techniques and offers many useful tips, including how to build a career as a voice-actor. Complete with a large variety of scripts to use for practice and a CD-ROM with actual examples and voice-over demos, it takes readers step-by-step through a recording session, a review of equipment set-up, and some of the difficulties they might encounter when recording and performing.
* New companion CD-ROM with audio versions of sample scripts
* Expanded section of Internet resources
* Includes updated contributions from professionals in the field
* Expanded section of Internet resources
* Includes updated contributions from professionals in the field
Stage and screen actors, radio announcers, aspiring voice preformers
What is "Voice-Acting?", Voice-Acting 101, Technique, Taking Care of your Voice, The Character in the Copy, Words that Sell, Single Voice Copy, Dialog Copy: Doubles & Multiples, Character Copy, Corporate & Narrative Copy, Your Demo Tape, Getting Paid to Play!, Auditions, You're Hired!--The Session, Reference and Resources.
- Edition: 2
- Latest edition
- Published: March 14, 2002
- Language: English
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James Alburger
James R Alburger, has worked with hundreds of voice- over artists. After a 25 year career in television as an audio producer and director (and recipient of 11 Emmy Awards), he opened his production company, The Commercial Clinic. James now produces award- winning radio and television commercials featuring his voice- acting talents along with those of many of his students. He also conducts workshops, seminars, and private coaching for voice acting and effective business communication
Affiliations and expertise
An experienced voice-over trainer Alburger runs clinics and workshops on voice-overs. A recipient of 11 Emmy awards, he has spent 25 years as the sound designer and audio supervisor for KNSD-TV, an NBC owned and operated station in San Diego.