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Voice Acting
How to Get Into Character: A Comprehensive Guide to...

Before you get in front of the mic, do you have anything special that you do to get in the ‘zone’ for voice acting performances?

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Vocal Health
Vocal Care Tips for Character Voice Over Roles

The Voices Insiders shared their go-to vocal care techniques that help to repair the strain on their voices when they take on harsh-voiced roles.

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Voice Acting
6 Ways for Voice Actors to Get Into Character

As a voice actor, you will often be required to get into character. These tips will help you become your character and nail the read.

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Voice Acting
How Voice Actor and Coach Rachel Alena Gets Into...

Voice coach and actor Rachel Alena on how to get into character for your next gig. She uses her real life experience and examples.

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Voice Acting
How Many Actors Are Best for Elearning Character Voices?

Weighing out why, how & when to use multiple voice actors for elearning course voice overs, especially when budget & time constraints are priority.

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Voice Acting
Bringing Characters to Life

Being in character can be difficult - but it can also be a thrill. Chris Nitchter loves character work and gives tips on staying in character.

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Coaching
Dialect Coach to the Stars Denise Woods on Creating...

Denise Woods, dialect coach to the stars, shares her experience keeping actors stay in character and tips for helping you sustain yours.

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Voice Acting
Reverse Engineering Character Development

According to Mark Twain, there is no such thing as a new idea. Learn how to re-spin the characters you know and love into your own. Read more

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Voice Acting
Animation Stars Talk About How They Find the Character

How do Billy West, Reuben Langdon and Paul St. Peter find the character? Read on to discover how they make animators dreams come true!

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Voice Acting
How Do You Get into Character?

4 tips to help voice actors get into character: comfort, conviction, confidence, correlation. Read how these terms relate to character preparation.

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Voice Acting
Using Myers-Briggs For Character Development

Voice actors can use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment to help build more authentic characters by understanding personality types.

Voice Acting
Voices of Mickey Mouse and Character Voice Caretakers

When a character’s voice is first created, something special happens, & it may be voiced by different people over the decades, takes on a life of its own.

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