Meet Deborah Eliezer: Voice Star of The Sims
Mary Windishar
Meet a real pro, and find out how she builds her characters, from the inside out, and back again. Deborah plays every female character in the most recent SIMS computer game, and shares the secrets of her success. . . .
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Moderating Audio Webcasts
Mary Windishar
Mary has done more than 500 webcasts -- that explains the calluses on her live chops! Find out what it takes to moderate webcasts, including the equipment, the skill set, and the benefits. . . .
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On The Job Protocol for the Voice Actor
Mary Windishar
You've trained for the voice part of the job, but what about the rest of it?! Never fear, Miss Manners is here to calm your etiquette aprehensions. And guess what, you'll do great because there are no forks to worry about! . . .
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On-Line Casting Auditions (Pay-To-Play Sites)
Mary Windishar
On Line Casting began exploding in 2008. These days, websites help producers find voice talent for projects like commercials, documentary films and more. The magic is that it doesn't matter where the producer and talent are…technology allows directors to direct from their location, and talent to record and edit at home, and send voice files over the Internet. Producer David Fuller, President of Airstream Pictures, shares his perspective on the benefits of on-line casting, and how voiceover artists can best compete for jobs. . . .
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Singing Your Way Through A Voice Over Audition
Mary Windishar
Every once in a while we not only have to sing for our supper, it's also required for an audition. No, they're not asking for Mariah Carey (thank God) or Luciano Pavarotti; they simply want you, the voiceover person, to sing a few lines as a "real" person. The following is one such case. You can find four of these kind of commercial auditions in the download section under Scripts(Commercial) and then, "BPM Radio..." . . .
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Prepping Your Brain Before A Voice Over Job, Part 2
Mary Windishar
You can only fill your brain with so much info! So, you aren't expected to know how to perform cataract surgery, or how to program a computer. However, you are expected to know how to sound as if you do. Tips for faking credibility...every time! . . .
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Controlling Your Pace in Voice Over Narration
Mary Windishar
It's tough to control your pace when it really wants to control you! This lesson offers several tips, both technical and acting, that will help you master your nerves, your compulsion to win the race to the end of the sentence, or to simply speak the way you do in normal life! On your mark, get set, SLOW DOWN! . . .
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Reading Live (Voice Over on the Web)
Mary Windishar
Talk about walking a tightrope without a net! But with the proper prep, practice and attitude you'll provide your own safety net when performing in live webcasts or broadcasts. How to build the skills, and optimize the opportunities that reading live offers. . . .
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Voicing Sales Videos For Corporate Industrials
Mary Windishar
The Sales Video is a staple of narration opportunities. But this specialized copy should be read in a certain way. Emphasize those verbs, lift those titles, linger over the open and closing video. Here's where you'll learn how, because if you know how to do sales copy, they'll buy you, so you can sell, sell, sell! . . .
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Reading E-Learning Copy
Mary Windishar
Nothing is as boring as a teacher reading from a textbook. Learn how to engage your e-learning students as you read copy you may not even understand! Tricks that truly teach, and help you survive v/o sessions that can make you feel you really should have studied engineering like your parents advised! . . .
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Conquering Lists in Narrative Copy (a Voice Over Primer)
Mary Windishar
If you can't find at least one list in an industrial film, e-learning video, sales tape...you should pay the writer instead of the other way around! In fact the reason you get paid is that this stuff is very difficult to perform well. Find out how to succeed at sounding knowledgeable at material you don't even understand...just by knowing how to read a list. . . .
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Your Home Studio Made Easy, Part One
Mary Windishar
Even if you haven't decided to create a professional studio in your home, take a look to see what's involved, and what you're getting yourself into financially, technologically, and if you're like Mary, emotionally. . . .
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